----- Original Message ----- From: Ruthi - rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx Subject: ambiguous Bagrut Questions Hi All I am sorry to sound so geriatric but is anyone else nostalgic for the good old Pre Module exams when we native speakers and experienced non native speaker teachers all agreed as to what the correct answers to the exams were? We used to sit around in a group while the kids were writing and prepare the answer sheets. Today we run around crazily checking that all is okay with the E module listening (which it isn't!) and barely have time to see the paper.And when we do ,we see that there are discrepancies and arguments among teachers as to which answers are acceptable! In the cloze and the rewrites there was no such problem. WE had a body of material to teach.We knew what grammar topics would appear in the rewrites,and what kind of questions to prepare our students for in the 5 point literature questions. Am I just too old or is the NBA really more chaotic and less of a language test and more of an intelligence test? Chag Sameach Ruthi ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------