TAG : Student Tests
Ignorance or arrogance?
Students and their lack of proper test preparation
In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 1st July 2008
Teachers who have taught TOEFL or IELTS courses can attest that for non-native speakers, doing well on these tests translates into a lot of hard work. Apart from becoming proficient in English, students will also need to fine-tune their test-taking skills and build up their endurance and concentration, as these tests usually take about four hours to complete.
Tags: student motivation student attitudes toefl ielts test preparation courses student tests university requirements standardized tests
Phrasebook learning
Is phrasebook learning letting Korean students down?
In Blogs Archived: Matt Smith - 1st June 2007
One of the true beauties of learning another language is the curiosity value of seeing how other peoples string together the concepts the words of their language embody to give meaning to the world in ways we never thought of.
Tags: teaching methodology teaching vocabulary exams korean students lesson worksheets student tests learning methodology monolingual environment learning vocabulary
Negative expectations
And their role in language learning
In Blogs Archived: Ian McNamara - 24th October 2001
My turn as an agony aunt for the masses. Compassion is just one of my many virtues.
Tags: student problems student motivation student behavior student activities exams student participation thai tesol conference tesol conference opinions student tests student materials
Choice tests
The sheer joy of multiple choice
In Blogs Archived: Ian McNamara - 14th February 2001
Over reliance in Thailand. All roads lead to a,b,c or d. When speaking to Thai students it's often best to give them a choice of 4 responses to each comment you make.
Tags: student behavior student attitudes student tests standardized tests mid-term breaks cheating in exams multiple choice tests
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