Rese (Botswana): I think just do. All people learn1 because they
give you the opportunity to evaluate how much2
you know and how far you've gone3
with whatever4 it
is that you're learning, and they give you a chance to also see how close5 you are
with your peers6
in the class.
Lindsay (United States): I
think tests help people learn, because they hold you accountable7 for information. Otherwise8, even with9 myself, if
I know I'm not being10
tested on it, I might write it down11,
but I'm not going to absolutely spend the time to sit and learn it, so they
hold you accountalbe. That's why12
people learn.
Sunny (Korea): Yeah,
definitely, I think tests help you to learn, because they can review13 the things
and then organize the knowledge14
in a systematic way15 too, when they
prepare for tests so…and they can adopt16
many learning technologies when they prepare for tests.
Paul (England): I
think tests are good in a sense that17
students are able to kind of18
organize their study. I think overreliance19 on tests is a bad thing, whereby20 the test
result dominates the student concerns21.
The focus should be22,
I think, more about learning rather
than23 test-taking.
Katia (Mexico): I
do not think that tests help people learn. I actually24 believe it's quite the opposite25 tests would stress26 some people and it tends to make27 the
students memorize rather than learn. So, I really don't believe that tests help
students learn.
Tim (United States): I
think some tests are good because they motivate people to learn. But I think a
lot of people have the tendency28
to study for a test very hard, to do
well29 on a test and not really appreciate30 what they're learning, because
they're only concerned31
about just getting a good grade32
on the test.
Vocabulary
1. Learn
= aprender
2. evaluate how much = avaliar o quanto
3. how
far you've gone = o quão longe você foi
4.
whatever
= o que quer que
5. how
close = o quão perto
6. peers
= colegas
7.
hold you accountable = torna-lo responsável
8. Otherwise
= do contrário
9. even
with = mesmo com
10. being
= sendo
11. I
might write it down = eu posso anotar
12. That's
why = é porisso que
13. Review
= revisar
14. Knowledge
= conhecimento
15. systematic way = forma sistematica
16. adopt
= adotar
17. in
a sense that = no sentido de que
18. kind
of = de certa forma
19.
overreliance = excesso de confiança
20. whereby
= pelo que
21. concerns
= preocupações
22. should
be = deveria ser
23. rather
than = ao invés de
24. actually
= realmente
25. quite
the opposite = totalmente o oposto
26. would
stress = estressaria
27. tends
to make = tende a fazer
28. tendency
= tendencia
29. to
do well = ir bem
30.
appreciate = apreciar
31. concerned
= preocupado
32.
just
getting a good grade = simplesmente conseguir uma boa nota