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Maroune
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Dear colleagues! What do we call the teachers who watch students during the exams and what do we call this operation! Can we call them exams watchers or supervisors / and the operation is exams watching or something else . Thx a lot in advance . Have a nice week |
17 Jun 2013
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maceman
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Hello Maroune In Canada we call a person who does that a proctor. Hope this helps you. proc�tor Noun | A person who monitors students during an examination. |
| | Verb | Monitor students during (an examination). |
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17 Jun 2013
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KARENZA THOMAS
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I think in UK we call them exam invigilator |
17 Jun 2013
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IbuLulu
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In Australia it is also invigilator.
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17 Jun 2013
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dmharg
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I think it is supervisor, he/she supervises students, supervision  |
17 Jun 2013
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douglas
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First time I have ever heard that word (invigilator), it �s not too often that I hear completely new words in English--cool!
I like the way it says "chiefly UK or archaic"  |
17 Jun 2013
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pilarmham
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didn �t want to say it but ...
isn �t "watching" rather up-to-date? 
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17 Jun 2013
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alex1968
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invigilator....and no, it �s not "archaic" at all  |
17 Jun 2013
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Jayho
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Invigilator and proctor are formal words meaning exam supervisor.
Where I am the formal IELTS test refers to exam supervisors as invigilators and TOEFL&TOEIC call them proctors. For school, I �d just use exam or test supervisor.
invigilator - invigilate - invigilation
proctor - proctor - proctoring
supervisor - supervise - supervision
I find it surprising that dictionaries refer to invigilate as archaic because I did IELTS invigilator training not that long ago followed by TOEIC proctor training. Until then, I hadn �t heard of either of those words.
Cheers
Jayho
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17 Jun 2013
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