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?
If you can think of another good question for this list, please add it.
Thanks to Jane Tai who suggested this topic and contributed the first 17 questions in February 2002.
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