Hi All, Thank You for being here! LIST RULES ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public list, avoid attacking anyone - emails sting so easily. be kindly...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Jun 1, 2005 7:46 am
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Jacob, I tried out your new site and found it works very smoothly. It is certainly very attractive and sleek. I'm sure the visual appeal to students will be...
the miseducation of lauren hill is a great educationoal album. Anon ... Uhm, Uh, isn't My favourite things" from The Sound of Music??? Just go to the search...
Martin Greeman
sunwukongus@...
Jun 1, 2005 7:58 am
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We are days away from our first exams. Our all-powerful teaching Affairs has decided that we must provide 2 diferent versions of each exam paper, of equal...
TF Eaton
terieaton2000@...
Jun 1, 2005 7:59 am
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Try getting sending your complaint to the beaurocrats in the 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' The Ministry of Education could care less. They may get a...
I know it is more work, but I almost always gave out two versions of my tests. Why are you so set against it? john TF Eaton <terieaton2000@...> wrote: ...
"Our all-powerful teaching Affairs has decided that we must provide 2 diferent versions of each exam paper, of equal difficulty, and these will be distributed...
I guess I should have been clearer Dave - we now actually provide 3 papers, the 3rd one for make-up. The Paper A & paper B that now must be provided are...
TF Eaton
terieaton2000@...
Jun 3, 2005 7:37 am
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... I don't see the problem. This was standard pratcice when I was a university lecturer in Australia and when I taught in Polytechs in new Zealand. The "A"...
Teri wrote about setting two different versions of an exam. I've done this in the U.S. as well, to avoid cheating on a multiple choice exam. It involves ...
Douglas and Elizabeth...
thesearles@...
Jun 3, 2005 7:39 am
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It does seem a bit absurd to teach one identical course to 118 2nd year English majors, then set them a different exam at the end. Then there is the small fact...
TF Eaton
terieaton2000@...
Jun 3, 2005 7:39 am
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... Setting exams of equal difficulty is extremely difficult in language testing and requires teachers with a great deal of testing knowledge and experience....
I am about to offer a one-month business English course to Chinese adults (most of them are senior managers in their 30s or 40s, almost 10 years older than...
I'm not saying EFL student in China have L..D., just may be it's worth thinking about.......... You can find guides on the net..... Guide to Learning...
Hubei Normal University asks for three as students are given two extra chances. The first retake is in September. It will be interesting, as I’ve been led ...
Hi Sylvia, I did a number of these types of programs while in China - evening and summer classes. I think the first step is to recognise that these are mature...
"I guess I should have been clearer Dave - we now actually provide 3 papers, the 3rd one for make-up. The Paper A & paper B that now must be provided are...
"Setting exams of equal difficulty is extremely difficult in language testing and requires teachers with a great deal of testing knowledge and experience. It...
Yes, well it's that season isn't it. I've tried a lot of different ways to streamline exam checking. I think the only two I haven't tried is having my kids or...
<by giving alternate studenst a different exam paper <than their neighbours, they can't cheat??? You can probably get your hands on a computer program that can...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Jun 4, 2005 6:27 am
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There are large well-staffed testing development companies in the world who produce tests for various purposes. The amount of time and energy put into...
Definitely go in and ask what they want to study, how it would be best and what they expect as outcomes. Whoever is paying for the training needs to be asked...
... Easier method is to have kids taking the exam for one subject alternating with those taking the exam for a completely different subject. No extra rooms or...
Thanks everyone for your input. I have had time to reflect on my too-hasty reaction. I just got caried away with being so well-organized and forgot I was in...
TF Eaton
terieaton2000@...
Jun 5, 2005 2:16 am
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... This is OK for a test of meaning, provided there's no problem of meanings being wider than those presented in the lesson, but it's much harder to equate...
I had a one-month-long training course last August for 16 chemical engineers,who were expected to work with a team of Dutch experts.Their reading ability was...
John Pullen spelt out very clearly issues around the exams being set within China - school or college internal exams - and it does highlight some of the the...
Jennifer Wallace
isleworth.jennifer@...
Jun 6, 2005 8:10 am
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Dear Members, I am very happy to announce the formal publication of the eleventh edition of the Hwa Kang Journal of TEFL, available online at ...
Ah, c'mon guys--everyone knows the correct spelling is doodoo (as in "you're in deep _____ now") --as we will all be if we continue this levity on the teach...
Try a lyrics list for karaoke, or ask someone at a private English school--The Sound of Music may be better known in China than in the US! Leslie Leslie...
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