[etni] Fw: winter Bagrut

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nathan Singer - nate1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: winter Bagrut

Hi all,

I have been following with interest the comments being made about the winter 
Bagrut.
Being mainly a 3pt. teacher, I would like to comment on the relevant 
modules.

 Regarding module A, the reading exercises were ok but the listening was 
simply:

"OUTRAGEOUS" !!!!!!!!!!!

Besides the fact that three exercises are simply too much for the weak 
students to do in the time given.
I'm curious did any English teachers who undoubtedly questioned their 
students after the test get a proper response as to what a "car free day" 
is?????
I won't even go into the speed at which it was read.

As for module C, it was very difficult and the questions were NOT clear.

What is trying to be assessed by these tests?? Certainly not the students 
proficiency on a 3pt level!

If that IS the goal, the subjects need to be known to the students from 
their every day lives, otherwise it's a lost cause.
The listening needs to be read at a SSSSLLLLOOOOOWWWW pace , suitable for 
WEAK pupils.
The questions shouldn't be mind games but rather clear cut WH questions to 
which the students will form proper answers in English.

Someone on the list asked if anyone pays attention to what we say about the 
Bagrut. I'd have to say no. I have been complaining about the A module since 
its birth as have many others.
Nothing has come of it. True, one listening comp. was dropped but I doubt 
that it was because of anything we said and it still is far from being a 
solution.

Please don't ask me how my Ethiopian students felt after the tests.

So, another Bagrut goes by and we will continue to console our students 
after the tests until those who design them realize the problems and make 
the appropriate changes.

All the best,

Nathan Singer

 

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