**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Dear Etniers: For those of us who have "multiple" oral testing candidates, I think we might have to cut corners a little during the school year. For example, you might try gathering all the students entitled to oral testing at one time, and work with them together. You can create a tape for them, and let them use the tape to listen to the texts and questions (I would make the tape more user friendly by grouping the questions together with the paragraphs they pertain to - the way I do when I test them orally). Have the student work with walkmen, but then go around from student to student, helping them as needed, writing their answers for them where needed. (like open ended questions). Many of our students who are entitled to oral testing can follow a text and mark off multiple choice questions and fill in charts. If you have students who can't use a tape at all, you can read to the whole group, and then go around from student to student to write their answers. If you can't test all your students at once, you might at least be able to do 2 or 3 students together. You might find these half-way measures suitable for at least some of your students. When it comes to the Magein exam, then I'd suggest doing it one on one as a rehearsal for the Bagrut itself. When it comes to literature, you might make it a habit to ask questions in class and mark down the names of students who answer correctly. When it comes to a test, students who have answered correctly in class can be given "credit" on the test (i.e. - they start the test already having earned X points, and they then do not need to answer all the questions on the test.) For students who are entitled to oral testing, this can cut down the number of questions you'll need to ask them in a "testing" situation. Yours, Sharon Tzur My home on the Net ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####