15b: PETs becoming monsters

Having seen a bit of my students' work in the reading and writing PET exam today, I'm not hopeful. I have no doubt that the exam is valid, and that students should be capable of passing. Lack of level and autonomy is certainly a factor, but how much better would ss do if the exam had been presented at the start of the semester, and worked on throughout? Don't want to end up teaching to the test either...

15a: the description of analysis

While some students got to grips well with today's presentations, too many lost the point. Need to drill in earlier the need to analyse and give a fact-based opinion. The evaluation format also needs some work...

14c: present perfect

Very happy with today's work on presentations - I think I did a good job of explaining how they work, and showing the idea of opinions based on facts... might be good to bring this in as a theme earlier in the semester, to make ss think about how we use technology?

14b: pre-PET

Always good to get in some extra exam practice, but need to look into more dynamic ways of checking answers / getting ss to take an interest in the proceedings. Could go either of two ways: made it more casual and game-like, or make it more like a mock exam...