So, when I teach the Eiken students, I usually go over the format of the interview, Practice reading, practice the pictures, and questions.
Yesterday, a coworker came up to me and said that I was teaching them wrongly because I was teaching them to directly quote the card in front of them because the question will always be from that card. The teacher said “no, thats wrong. you need to teach them to paraphrase by using “by”.
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Example: Student volunteers read stories to children, and by doing so they help them to beome more intrested in books.
Q: According to the passage, how do student voulnteers help children become more intrested in books?
My answer: Student volunteers read stories to children, and by doing so they help them to beome more intrested in books.
Coworkers answer: By reading stories to children.
Question is: Will student A lose points because they are directly quoting the card for the answer?
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Edit: I didn’t even know there were help textbooks, so Im gonna start there and revise this. I think im more frustrated at the fact that a teacher told me to do this, and didn’t give me direction. T\_T. Its par for the course I guess. But now that I know there are resources out there, it makes it way easier! Thank you everyone for your help!
by TeachinginJapan1986