So I spent most of my day working on final exams. What I'm doing this semester is asking fewer questions that require more thought by putting each question in a special context. So I might ahve 2 or three sentences explaining a situation and then ask students to produce something relevant based on a word or two I give them that forces them to use the grammar we covered in class. Obviously I won't be giving any real examples, and I'm too burned out to think of more right now, but I promise to share more of what I've done later.
And if you were wondering about the timing of the final talking tests, it hasn't changed.
Posted by James Trotta at November 21, 2004 10:47 AMESL blog is one of many Blogs for learning English & teaching English. Translation services information.