Freitext-Aufgabe

[Torsten]

How do you translate "Freitext-Aufgabe"? It's an 'e-learning term'. It means that a learner has to answer an open question by typing their answer into a message box similar to the one here on the forum. So, it's not a multiple choice question but a question where the person inserts their own text and submits it.

What's that in English?
Thanks,
Torsten

TOEIC listening, photographs: A laboratory

[HamburgEnglish]

Yes this is a difficult one in English. Let me think and come back to it.

[Cliffdodger]

Well google language tools translates it literally to Free-text task
http://translate.google.com/translate_t#de|en|Freitext-Aufgabe

Unfortunately it's hard for me to guess what the context means in German since I don't speak German myself. If you describe the task in more detail I'm sure I could tell you the correct english term for it.

Free text task sounds like 'free writing' where a person would write whatever they wish without worrying about length or formatting and without having a set topic. Even more extreme would be a style of writing called 'stream of consciousness' where a person writes whatever comes to mind without really thinking about it even if what they're writing sounds completely bizarre.

Hope that helps.

[Cliffdodger]

[HamburgEnglish]

Whoops I forgot this one sorry.

In English I think it would be a matter of description ... I can't think of anything and the best I have found is ...

Short Answer Question. Requires a short answer to a question.
Place your cursor in the provided text box and type in your answer. Click on the Save Answer button. The answer is saved.

Rob
www.onlineenglish.de
TOEIC preparation Online.

[Cliffdodger]

Short answer question would be fine as well. Short answer can be both 'sentence answer' and 'paragraph answer' so that's even better.