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Yu_Bum_suk
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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: Co-teachers getting wrong answers to your exam questions |
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I like working with my (current) CTs for the most part and think it's great that we can often cooperate on things like exams. But you have to love it when CTs choose the wrong answer to questions you put on the exam (taken right from textbook materials). Today's example:
Mr. Kim is in Daegu and his plane leaves from Incheon Airport in two hours. He doesn't have ______________ to drive to Incheon.
a. the time of day
b. enough time
c. to kill time
d. to waste time
e. time flies
And of the 10 CTs I've worked with the one who got this one wrong is probably in the top 3! |
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nate2008
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| We all make silly mistakes sometimes...maybe just a bad day for your CT? |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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After four years in K-land, that doesn't surprise me. 
Not the same situation, but similar -
At my school I usually get to check all the English exam questions before they're printed. But this past term's finals had a few questions added/changed that I didn't see before exam day... what a mess!  Much to their consternation, I love explaining to K English teachers that the students (in some cases) are right. 
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm guessing he chose d. |
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DeLaRed
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
After four years in K-land, that doesn't surprise me.
Not the same situation, but similar -
At my school I usually get to check all the English exam questions before they're printed. But this past term's finals had a few questions added/changed that I didn't see before exam day... what a mess! Much to their consternation, I love explaining to K English teachers that the students (in some cases) are right. |
me too |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I would never correct the teachers. They will lose face and hate you for it. |
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Freddypops
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| I would never correct the teachers. They will lose face and hate you for it. |
This.
Sample question from this year's final exam:
What type of bird is a bat?
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Freddypops wrote: |
Sample question from this year's final exam:
What type of bird is a bat?
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
They're not biology teachers. |
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carpetdope
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Freddypops wrote: |
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
Wait a minute. I thought bats = bugs |
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toadhjo
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| carpetdope wrote: |
| Freddypops wrote: |
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
Wait a minute. I thought bats = bugs |
I hope you're kidding... |
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Goku
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
| I'm guessing he chose d. |
I think he choose D too.
it's a bit tricky because
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Mr. Kim is in Daegu and his plane leaves from Incheon Airport in two hours. He doesn't have ______________ to drive to Incheon.
a. the time of day
b. enough time
c. to kill time
d. to waste time
e. time flies |
It's not clear from the first sentence what his next course of action should be.
b - assumes he's screwed.
d- assumes he shouldn't drive, he should take another form of transportation to the airport.
One could argue that D is a prefectly acceptable answer because it's grammatically correct. Only because he inferred different information from the first senstence doesn't make him worng. Only the communicaiton of the first sentence isn't obvious. The underlying infrences isn't sufficent to make a good conclusion. Between B or D
For example take sentence D. We could tack on another sentence at the end to make it wholly comprehensible.
Mr. Kim is in Daegu and his plane leaves from Incheon Airport in two hours. He doesn't have to waste time to drive to Incheon. He can take the KTX.
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bobbybigfoot
Joined: 05 May 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| Freddypops wrote: |
Sample question from this year's final exam:
What type of bird is a bat?
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
They're not biology teachers. |
Give me a break. Don't write sentences you aren't 100% certain of. Takes 30 seconds to look it up on the Internet.
Bats are mammals. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| carpetdope wrote: |
| Freddypops wrote: |
A bat is a bird which loves to live in darkness. |
Wait a minute. I thought bats = bugs |
It looks like you just copied the Batman symbol and drew fangs on it. |
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Goku
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| bobbybigfoot wrote: |
| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| Freddypops wrote: |
Sample question from this year's final exam:
What type of bird is a bat?
A bat is a bird [/b]which loves to live in darkness. |
They're not biology teachers. |
Give me a break. Don't write sentences you aren't 100% certain of. Takes 30 seconds to look it up on the Internet.
Bats are mammals. |
Yeah birds lay eggs, bats don't.
You better revise that final question. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: Co-teachers getting wrong answers to your exam questions |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
Mr. Kim is in Daegu and his plane leaves from Incheon Airport in two hours. He doesn't have ______________ to drive to Incheon. |
So what class was this? Math? Geography?  |
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