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Make suggestions, report errors > What do "elementary," "intermediate," and "advanced" mean at this site?
What do "elementary," "intermediate," and "advanced" mean at this site?
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MoodyMoody
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What do "elementary," "intermediate," and "advanced" mean at this site?
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I �ve been looking at the new contributions, and I wonder what teachers consider "elementary," "intermediate," and "advanced" here. Is there a list of guidelines that I somehow missed?
I teach ESOL to adult students at a Low Beginning level (Level 2) at a community college. Many contributions listed as "elementary" are suitable or even too easy for my level, which I believe is appropriate. A few "intermediate" contributions are also good for my students, since they are adults and already understand the information in their own languages.
However, a few "elementary" contributions today leave me flabbergasted. Literary devices? Classic English literature? Really? Most of my students couldn �t read a fifth-grade level book in English without lots of help. Shouldn �t these be advanced? Or am I just being narrow-minded? |
28 Sep 2011
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Redbull
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Sorry but I think maybe you are being a little picky here, after all the worksheets are "FREE".
elementary / intermediate / advanced
Low / Medium / High
REDBULL GIVES YOU WINGS YOU KNOW |
28 Sep 2011
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MoodyMoody
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I know they �re free, but I just wonder what people are thinking when they label activities on metaphor and simile or Gulliver �s Travels as "elementary." My students would be totally clueless unless they �d taken classes in their own languages. The metaphor/simile worksheet should certainly have been labeled "advanced," and GT as well unless the teacher used a dumbed-down summary.
We have rules or guidelines for almost everything else; I just wondered if there were guidelines for level-labeling. I couldn �t find any. |
29 Sep 2011
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BlancaNC
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Yes, I believe there should be more levels, for beginner, elementary, lower intermediate, etc. But I think what you are mentioning is that the posters are selecting the levels erroneously. You could write to the poster and ask them to correct the level they selected. They can easily make updates to their postings. That would be helpful to other users of this site because if someone is seeking advanced material on metaphors or literature then it will come up in their searches. |
1 Oct 2011
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