Evaluation
of students' progress - 1 of 3
At
the beginning and end of every training session, students
take a one-and-a-half-hour test that assesses their
levels in oral comprehension, written comprehension, oral
expression, and written expression. These tests can be
quite conventional; they determine objective levels before
and after the course, as well as the progress made during
the four or five weeks.
Readers
may be surprised that I differentiate between "objective
levels" and "progress". In Suggestopedia this
distinction is particularly important, as groups are less
homogeneous in level than in traditional teaching. Consequently,
just as there were differences in level on Day One, so
will there be differences at the end of the course. If
this were not the case, the students who were stronger
at the outset would have made less progress than those
who were weaker, hence not making the most of their time.
The
putting together of participants of slightly different
levels creates a healthy dynamic within the group, which
is favorable to an exchange between its members.
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