From: "Eleanor" <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: etni Digest V7 #269 And besides compensation for the 5 pointers, the weaker - especially MABAR 4 pointers are being ignored. Literature at the level demanded is beyond them and we are talking about a foreign language. The definition of MABAR thinking processes - no empathy, no knowledge beyond their immediate experience and inability to read between the lines. Of course they are not hopeless - but 10th grade , foreign language is NOT the time to start teaching them how to think And of course -wh at happens to standardization... ? Eleanor ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------