[etni] Fwd: re: Incomprehensible hogwash
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From: Adi Orian <austenorian@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Incomprehensible hogwash
Rafi, I am with you 100%
Most of the list knows by now that I am a very literary person and
academic, but my mission as was defined by the ministry and down is
teaching the English language - there are many ways to do that, one of
them is through literature, but it cannot and should not be The test
for this subject.
This is also true for language teaching and testing throughout the
world and in our own universities, Why must Israel be different and in
the wrong?
Adi
Rafi wrote:
> When a native speaker who has spent the last four years at a high
> school in Miami and was an honor English student receives a grade of
> 75 there has to be something wrong
> This exam or log is not meant to be an indicator of intellectual
> agility - it's an English exam no more no less
> That is our brief...
> We should not become so enamored with our collective egos and remember
> that HOTS is , and will never be , the panacea for an ailing education
> system.
>
> It is certainly not up to the inspectorate to bully and belittle
> dissenting voices.
>
> We are not the foot soldiers in the battle for self promotion and
> engrandisement.
>
> Can we hear what real people have to say and not the ministry lackeys?
>
> Yes we HAVE read the handbook and yes we HAVE taken the blasted course
> and yes the kids are unable to prove their linguistic ability in a
> fair and uncluttered manner.
>
> The exam and log are crap
> Speak up do... You have nothing to lose but your integrity
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