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Bob” I would give them a passing mark, because although not standard French, he would’ve been understood. The same idea also pertains to when the student is asking the questions. Todd ====================== 97/06 From–> “Richard E. Boswell” Subject: Testing: oral and written BOSWELL> >- Yes, writing tells us what we want to know. All the rest is probably superfluous! PONTERIO> Generally true, though for some students written proficiency will not be a good indicator of oral skills. Of course, tests do much more than evaluate students. They also send a message about what skills we think are important for students to develop. – Yes, I agree that our testing sends a strong message to the students about what we as teachers consider important, but I don’t find that my students need any encouragement to think that oral skills are important. They’d love to speak good French. I don’t feel guilty about not doing oral testing because there is after all a generally strong