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Make suggestions, report errors > Victor, please add categories to the upload choices
Victor, please add categories to the upload choices
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elderberrywine
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Victor, please add categories to the upload choices
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Dear Victor, dear users of this site, for a long time, I have found it difficult to classify my worksheets among according to the categories existing on this site. I mainly teach advanced students and think the categories focus too much on beginners and intermediate students. Where do I uploade a worksheet on the electoral system of the US or the British monarchy, on how to analyze a Shakespearean sonnet, etc? We have the categories " vocabulary / grammar / others" - and many of the things I look for or upload are neither focused on vocabulary nor on grammar nor do they fit the category "others".
I would suggest the following additions, anf if other teachers have other ideas, please add them
FOR the TYPE of upload: here the category GAME should be introduced for VOCABULARY, the sub- categories RELATIONSHIPS, POLITICS (we do teach political systems in GB and USA) and LITERATURE (for stylistic devices, literary genres, analysis etc.) should be introduced for the category OTHERS, I suggest that you add the sub-categories - (CAMBRIDGE) EXAM PREPARATION , as we have a lot of material that prepares people for the Cambridge and other exams, -
REGIONAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES (or GB studies and USA studies) (for all the worksheets which focus
neither on grammar nor on vocabulary but on geographical, political,
social etc. knowledge of Great Britain and the United States) Best regards elderberry who has been a member for many years and missed these categories from the very beginning! |
26 Sep 2015
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MoodyMoody
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Definitely Games! I would guess that 10% of the uploads are games of some sort. I might even suggest Games and Puzzles, for crosswords and word searches. Family relationships? Sounds fine. I think I would call the next category Civics rather than Politics. Unfortunately, politics is such an emotionally-charged word that I think we might encourage uploads we don �t want. Literature is perfect as is. I would like to amend elderberrywine �s proposal to "Standardized Exam Preparation," instead of just "Cambridge." This would include Cambridge, of course, but also TOEFL and my poor little CASAS practice tests. It would exclude tests specific to one school or one class. Regional and cultural studies would be good; that would include Australia, Canada, other English-speaking countries, as well as the rich variety of non-English-speaking countries with worksheets that appear here. I don �t tend to use them myself, but Music is another popular category of upload. It could even be Popular Culture if you want to include TV shows. If you couldn �t tell, I heartily endorse elderberrywine �s proposal! And to make even more work for you, Victor, how about updated Rules and Instructions? Many things have changed in the five years since they were last updated. I submitted a proposed revision along those lines a year ago, but nothing has changed. I can email the document again to you, Victor; just ask. It is still languishing on my hard drive. |
26 Sep 2015
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elderberrywine
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Thanks for supporting my proposal, Moody! I agree that civics sounds better than politics. Let �s hope for some change that benefits teachers of advanced classes. |
26 Sep 2015
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MoodyMoody
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I �m actually not an advanced teacher, although I have similar issues because I teach adults, not children. Everything you mentioned just makes sense from what I �ve seen from submissions. It wouldn �t hurt my feelings if guidelines for levels here showed up, but I �d settle for a few more categories and updated rules. |
26 Sep 2015
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