[etni] Re: Fw: re: grading bagroots -- an innocent question

Sorry to split hairs but isn't the expression "to pre-
memorise" tautology. You can't memorise something after you 
need it, can you?

David "nit-picker" Graniewitz

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From: judyastary@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: grading bagroots -- an innocent question

From 1998 till 2003 there was a system of Accuracy and 
Communicative 
ability.
In 5 point tests there were two compositions worth 10 pts 
each. Most pupils 
got a n average 7/10 (4 for communicative ab. and 3 for 
accuracy) unless it 
was especially abysmal, then s/he might get a 3 + 2 (out of 
10 per compo). 
There were also discrepancies between the two types of 
compos. some genres 
were done better than others (depnding on how many phrases 
of the format had 
been pre-memorized.) Prior to 1997 the whole nature of the 
tests was 
different and it is simply too distressing to go into it. 
Rest assured, 
however, that the change to communo-accurate (1998) 
represents the top of 
the slippery descent into communo- inaccurate.

Judith Astary


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