Author: Ano Sensei
Format: Video
Subject Matter: assessment, common errors, context, listening comprehension, or questions, test design
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📚 Part of a series: English in Context: Basic English Grammar
🧑🎓 She answered every question correctly — and still failed the test | ENGLISH IN CONTEXT 👀
But why?
This video is a little different from the ...others in the series — I'm leaving the explanation almost entirely to you. Listen to the passage, answer the three questions, and see if you spot what went wrong before Lara's answers are revealed. It makes a serious point about how test questions can go wrong, but it does so in a way that's hard to forget.
What this video covers:
A short listening comprehension passage with three questions
A student who gets every answer right — and fails
Whose fault is it? The student's? The teacher's? The examiner setting the test?
A subtle but important point about how "or" questions work in English
I'm John R. Yamamoto-Wilson — formerly Professor of English Literature at Sophia University, Tokyo, with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. These videos are aimed at intermediate learners of English, and at the teachers who work with them. 📌 Part of the English in Context series — intermediate grammar points that textbooks often explain poorly or get wrong. Click here for the complete series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzVb6yL_jY6_sKngAN_gYB8w-KC20AGP4
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