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01/10/2005 Entry: "Tests"

I should write a word or two about end o' semester tests. So here goes.

L1: You have a reading comprehension test. You'll get a text--probably an article from the internet--related somehow to computers and around 1,000 words in length. You'll have to answer around a dozen questions in English. I changed my mind and now I would like to give the test on the second to last day so that you can get your Teilnahmeschein on the last day. Okay?

L2: You guys will have both reading and listening tests. Listening involves a recorded text of around 8 minutes length, then around a dozen questions.
Testing takes place in the last two lessons.

Z1: Okay, this is different than what I said last week, so pay attention. The writing test will not be "take home", but rather you will be given one of three tasks. A) You will need to write a cover letter for a job application where I give you the needed info, B) you will be given a topic and then you will need to write a couple hundred words over it, C) the wildcard task, which is so secret not even I know what it is.
Secondly, you'll have an oral test. Next week, we'll pick out about eight topics. Next, we'll set up appointment times for the students to come in on the last day in groups of three. On the day of the test, each student will draw a topic, then he or she will need to speak about that topic coherently for five to ten minutes. The other two students are also to join in on the discussion.

Refresher: I already have your test ready. We'll do it on the second to last day. We'll grade it and hand out Teilnahmesheine on the last day.