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grimsim
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Help with translation
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Hello everybody!
Always at this time of the year I find myself confused as to what to call the test my stduents take at the end of the term that is counted separately and reviews all what the students have learnt since the beginning of the year. In French, it is an " examen normalis�". Should I call it " End of term exam/Test", "Final Examination" "Final Test", "Standardised Test"or simply "End of semester Exam", knowing that I use all of them except standardised test, which is a literal translation of " Examen normalis�"?
What do you call it?
Thanks
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13 Jan 2013
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ironik
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At the university I studied, they were called "finals". At the university I work for now, they are called ECA, end of course exam.
btw, I think all your suggestions are totally acceptable. |
13 Jan 2013
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Lilia Laz
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We would called it "full term test" |
13 Jan 2013
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edrodmedina
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Lilia, isn �t that a test that a woman who �s nine months pregnant takes? :-) Ed |
13 Jan 2013
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miyoko71
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Well, I �ve been looking for the same thing, I googled"alimtihan almowahad almahali" and found"Local common test", but I think that it doesn �t sound good.I think" final term test" is much better |
13 Jan 2013
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Moroccan Teacher
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Hi Miyoko,
I guess that "Final term test" is a little bit confusing: do "fina"l modify "term" or "test"?
By the way, it seems to me that "exam" is more accurate than "test"
according to Longman Dictionary:
test:
a set of questions or practical activities, which are intended to find out how much someone knows about a subject or skill : I have a chemistry test tomorrow. | Did Lauren pass her driving test?
exam ( also examination formal ) an important test that you do at the end of a course of study or class or at the end of the school year : He�s upstairs, revising for an exam. | When do you get your exam results? | There�s a written examination at the end of the course. |
13 Jan 2013
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jannabanna
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I �ve often seen this and that �s what I would have used: - end of term test. Our students in BAC PRO and BTS came for two years. I used to test them three times a year; the final being at the end of each year. Of course their exam were done by the State, but during the two years I did at least two mock exams. For me a test is more informal than an exam and is just to see what they have retained from the lessons. The marks may just be for me, whereas exam results count for a certificate or diploma. Janet |
14 Jan 2013
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