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Mon Jul 09, 2007 14:57 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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Hi Charles,
I think those who ask for the right answer although they are provided simply play around and they never read your response because they aren't even aware that the forum exists. They select an answer and type a sentence into the message box. Once they hit the "You Can View Your Message Here" but apparently they don't click which means they will never see their own post let alone any of your answers. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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Torsten Site Admin

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Mon Jul 09, 2007 15:17 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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. So we should just delete all those 'what the anser is?' posts?
They seem to come in groups (a single new English Learner), so I have been answering the first one and deleting the two or three or four that follow. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach

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Mon Jul 09, 2007 15:25 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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Hi MM
If I understood your initial post correctly, you were referring to a possible change in the format of the results page of the tests themselves rather than the forum. Did I understand you correctly?
Although both the correct and incorrect answers are given and also labeled accordingly, I think test-takers are often confused by the fact that it is the incorrect answer which appears last. I've often wondered if it might not be better for a number of reasons to simply have a notation at the beginning of the answer for each question that a test-taker's response had been incorrect (i.e. do not additionally post the incorrect answer in the sentence as is done now), followed by the correct answer and the correct sentence.
That might reduce the number that then post to the forum requesting the answer. I also think it would be better for them not to see their incorrect answer in the sentence on the solutions page at all since this might unintentionally reinforce the wrong thing. . _________________ Amy
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 15:46 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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Yes Charles,
Deleting those posts is probably the best idea. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:09 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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. What are your thoughts on what I wrote, Torsten? . _________________ Amy
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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Mon Jul 09, 2007 16:37 pm A Problem Already Considered? |
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Hi Amy,
Thanks a lot for your proposals -- I'll discuss them with Slava and get back to you. Regards, Torsten _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 0:06 am A Problem Already Considered? |
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. Yes, Yankee-- that is what I meant. You seem to have a better concept of what the Learner sees than I do. Anything that will be clearer for the Learner is to be hoped for. . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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