[etni] oral testing

  • From: "Sharon Tzur" <sharontzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <zvi43@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "etni" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:21:05 +0200

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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

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