[etni] Re: [FWD: module D]

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One of the grammar lessons I teach to my lower level kids every year is 
using the verb to make professions by adding er, sometimes or.  A four 
point student should know this.  I think that it's more important than 
progressive, perfect, etc.  Treat English as a language with roots, like 
Hebrew.

Batya
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> Subject: module D
> From: "Silver" <eliza_nm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I am surprised that there were no responses to the module D winter
>bagrut.  My students told me that they tried looking up the word
>"educators" in the dictionary (one of the multiple choice items for one
>of the questions) and they could not find it.  Some of them, being
>insecure 4 pointers, did not choose that answer (the correct one) since
>they could not verify it.  I was surprised that "educator" is actually
>NOT an entry in the Oxford dictionary.  Is it an oversight on the part
>of the exam writers?  Shouldn't students be able to verify the correct
>answer by looking it up in the dictionary, especially at the 4 point
>level?  
> Any feedback would be appreciated.  My students are waiting for an
>"official" answer.  (I also posted this question at anglit.net.)
> 
> Shoshana
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