[etni] Re: module a
- From: Yisrael and Batya Medad <ybmedad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: nate1@xxxxxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:11:37 +0200
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At 23:33 20/07/04 +0200, Nathan Singer wrote:
>Module A as a stepping stone to continue on to the supplementary exam or
>the following modules but how can we
>expect them to have a positive attitude towards this when they get a low
>grade on the FIRST exam ????
Amen!
Our job is to teach English and then test to see that the students mastered
the material taught. We are not the ones responsible for giving them a
"well-rounded" education, etc. We have to teach them to read accurately,
spell properly, punctuation and capitalization according to normative
English. We have to teach our students how to write properly syntaxed
sentences and how to speak and understand English. Of course we should
make it enjoyable and use authentic texts, which can be from literature,
lyrics, recipe books or American drivers manuals, and they should recognize
the difference between an encyclopedia and a catalog.
I don't know about all of you, but I don't have enough hours for teaching
these necessary skills. Test questions shouldn't be tricks and demands to
judge nuances, which they don't catch well enough even in Hebrew.
Batya
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