English exam mistakes

[kyzoo]

^ he goes to Melbourne Grammar.

3-4 minutes sounds reasonable, the examiner has no need to comprehensively analyze an essay determine its merits and falterings. They only need to acquire a "feel" of the essay, that is all they need to assess the student's performance.

Try it yourself, take 4 minutes to briskly read an essay and give it a mark, then take 20 minutes to read it more carefully and see if your assessment has changed. Most likely you'll spend the 20 minutes trying to justify your initial assessment rather than altering it.

[herzy]

yeah fair enough... i will do that but can't be bothered now.

[werdna]

Guys... the examiner acknowledges the examination situation you are in - the stress, the pressure and the constant coercion to hurry up and get things done.

Not everyone will have time management struggles, but the thing is; no examiners are looking for a PERFECT and EXPECTED response.

English is a language; hence, there will always be perceptive ideas as to how you have structured your work, how you have conveyed your views, and how you have used your texts as a vehicle through which your points of view are made clear.

If you are able to JUSTIFY yourself in your essays, write with OWNERSHIP, and SUPPORT your viewpoints with textual evidence, the examiner will know. They will immediately distinguish between the good essays and the bad ones - and I have to disagree with the 3-4 minute essay examining. What kind of fairness does this bring to the marking process?