[etni] Re: Module E

  • From: "Bari Nirenberg" <nirenber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rlewen@xxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 20:51:29 +0200

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I follow your reasoning here, but why does the longest text have to be the
hardest one?

Bari

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> Behalf Of Rivka Lewenstein
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 14:50
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> Subject: [etni] Module E
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> 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.
>

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