Newspapers in Language Teaching/Testing..:

Students of I Pbt / Zoo came geared up with the day's newspapers, and the few who didnt were asked to purchase one rightaway. The test started at 11.30 and students were so engrossed in their newspapers that they did not notice what's going on around them. One good thing that i noticed today about my students was that, each one was so engrossed in his answer sheet that he/she did not turn around here or there. The Jumble in page 15 was indeed a challenge to most of them.

Yet another encouraging thing that i observed today was the interest of the students in the question paper. One could find most of the students glued to their answer sheets till around 2.15, which is 45 minutes behind cut off time.

The picture shows my students taking their first C.A based on the day's newspapers.