**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** I follow your reasoning here, but why does the longest text have to be the hardest one? Bari > -----Original Message----- > From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Rivka Lewenstein > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 14:50 > To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [etni] Module E > > > **** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** > > Thinking over the Module E situation, I realized that this > problem was inevitable, and there doesn't seem to be any real > solution. Let me explain: > > Module E is the hardest text of the 4-point exam, and so should > be the easiest of the 5-point exam. However, because both Modules > F and G have writing tasks, it must also be the longest text of > the 5-point test. If so, it wouldn't make sense that the long > text in the 5-point exam is the easiest of the three texts, and > it seems to me that that's why Tuesday's Module E was so > difficult. The Ministry obviously treated it as the equivalent of > the long reading comprehension in the old 5-point format, > conveniently forgetting that it's also part of the 4-point exam. > How can we expect 4-pointers to cope with a text on a 5-point level?!! > > I personally don't see any easy way out of this dilemma, but > maybe some of you will suggest brilliant solutions for the > Ministry to adopt. > ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####