How To Avoid Negative Effects Of Tests On Students

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Some educators argue against using tests. They say students study for tests only at the end of the semester. Students also tend to study when the school year is about to finish, while not working throughout the course. Once the test has finished, students forget all that had...
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Writing Effective Test Questions: The Definitive Guide

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What This eBook Is About? It is a practical guide to constructing effective test questions. It provides teachers with step-by-step instructions they need to go deeper, further and faster toward making a success in preparing effective classroom exams with ease and comfort. Why I’ve Created It? I created...
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Six Tips To Encourage Students To Speak Out In English

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1. Give Clear Goals and Instructions. Inform your students with the main goal of speaking and the importance of developing speaking skills. Model speaking with one of your best students so everyone can see what to say. Students also need to know how to say something. Without understanding...
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What’s The Best Predictor Of Success?

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Guest Post By Emily Heaslip  Originally appeared on Vervoe.com. Soft skills are in-demand in nearly every company and every industry. A Wall Street Journal survey of 900 executives found that 92% said soft skills were equally important or more important than technical skills. But 89% of those surveyed said...
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How To Prepare Learners For ESL/EFL Exams

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Most students who are studying English have to take an exam at the end of their course. Others are planning to take a public examination. They want to get a certificate which demonstrates their level of English. Whenever there is an exam, the teacher should consider doing the next things...
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Practical Guidelines For Developing Good EFL Test Items

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I want to guarantee you understand some terms. This is important before providing you with guidelines for writing good EFL test items. These terms are used in testing. Here are the terms you should be familiar with. 1. Test Blueprint (or Test Specifications) It identifies the objectives and...
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Pre-Employment Assessment, Skill Testing, And Interviewing

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Guest Post By Omer Molad We often hear terms like pre-employment assessment, skill testing and even interviewing used interchangeably. While they may have similar high-level goals, such as identifying a suitable candidate, they are fundamentally different methods of achieving those goals. It’s important to know the difference because each...
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4 Stages To Teach Paragraph Writing In The Classroom

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Writing is a productive skill that enables students to express their feelings, thoughts, and knowledge. Students can improve their writing skills by practicing and repetition. their writing product should be monitored from the beginning of writing to the production of the final copy. Here are the four essential...
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How To Teach Grammar Using PPP Model

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We need to have some grammatical knowledge to be able to speak a language to some degree of proficiency and to be able to say what we really want to say. Without grammar, words hang together without any real meaning or sense. By teaching grammar, we enable students...
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