Conversation Questions
Standardized Exams
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
- Do you have standardized exams for students in your country?
- Have you taken a standardized exam?
- Why did you take it?
- Were you happy with the results?
- Do you think they are useful?
- Do you think they are fair?
- Do you think they are a good assessment for how well a student is learning?
- Should there be exams or tests at all?
- Which is more important to you, results from standardized exams or results from teachers' evaluations.
- Do you know of students who are currently studying for exams?
- How do they feel about the exam?
- Should exams be so important that they can determine a student's future?
- If exams are no longer used, what do you think should be used?
- Do you have standardized exams for students in your country?
Thanks to Jane Tai who suggested this topic and contributed the first 17 questions in February 2002.
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