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Concerning worksheets > reasons to report a ws.
reasons to report a ws.
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ikebana
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reasons to report a ws.
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Hi to every on here !
Hope you �re doing fine ! I was just wondering about 2 things but before asking I �d like to make sure you won �t take me wrong : I don �t think I �m perfect and every body can make mistakes but still : here are my questions . Ist it possible to report a ws. if one realizes that there are too many mistakes in it ? I mean very basic mistakes such as "maked INSTEAD OF made" .Ist it possible to report a ws. ( as non esl ressources ) when there are no instructions given? If we can �t see the point of a activity how could we suppose our pupils would see it ? It seems to me that there should be at leat some brief instructions leading the students one way or the other , shouldn �t there ?
waiting for your answers
Thanks a lot
hugs
IKEBANA |
23 Jan 2011
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ikebana
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THAT WAS JUST ME TALKING ABOUT BASIC MISTAKES !!! Such a shame !
sorry for "every one " of course !
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23 Jan 2011
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blunderbuster
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No, I am afraid you can �t report a ws for mistakes.
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23 Jan 2011
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zailda
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Hi!
I believe we already have tons of rules to scare the newbies and bother the old members. There are too many "don�ts" (all of them are necessary, of course) to frighten the members and I guess we don �t need more reasons to report wss besides the ones we already have to pay attention to before sending our contributions to the site.
If a teacher doesn �t get the point, he should send the author a PM asking for further directions; if there are too many mistakes he should send the author a PM (if it is non-editable) or edit it himself (editable ones). We also have another choice I think is the best one: simply ignore it!
I �m sure we can find gorgeous and useful wss that will perfectly fit our needs among the hundreds we have to choose from every day.
If the author doesn �t get many downloads, or if he gets some PM �s complaining about mistakes or confusable / incomplete directions, it �s up to him to improve his work and get more of the other members � appreciation.
There �s no need to spend our time reporting such kind of worksheets, just ignore them! |
23 Jan 2011
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ikebana
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thanks for your answers dear friends , I thin I will follow your advice 
hugs
IKEBANA |
23 Jan 2011
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Yolandaprieto
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In my opinion those worksheets should be reported. There are basic mistakes as Ikebana says which shouldn �t be allowed to be among the worksheets of this site. So I consider there should be a way of reporting those worksheets.
Yolanda |
23 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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Before one reports, consider..
In the same time it would take to report it and give reasons why, one could write a PM to the author, politely pointing out the mistakes and suggesting s/he update the worksheet.
That way we help the author to improve and make him/her feel welcome and noticed at the same time. (just like we do with students...)
ps. Yes I know we are all supposed to be teachers here, and we shouldn �t need to be �teaching � members on this site, but I strongly believe we all learn all the time. (And even a teacher with limited skills can still be a valuable teacher for beginners who know even less...) |
23 Jan 2011
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zailda
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I think that no one is so wise that has nothing to learn or so dumb that has nothing to teach.
I also believe we should help the others to improve their skills and if someone asks for help I �ll never let him without it.
I agree that we are all teachers, but everyone can learn something from someone else.
Unfortunately I don �t have the time to help the thousands of members of this site, and never tried to (I �m not that crazy...).
In the rare occasions I took the time to help someone who didn �t asked for help and sent him a PM giving some tips to enhance his work I got:
- 25% not really nice PM �s, pointing to some moral mistakes they claimed I had.
- 25% openly abusive PM �s telling me what I should do (in their opinion) with my entire collection of junk (they also used other words to define my worksheets but un/fortunately I can �t remember exactly and am afraid I would be punished if I wrote them on the forum if I remembered).
- 25% requests for sending all of my "magnificent, marvelous, excellent, etc." worksheets to their email addresses and all sorts or weird requests a human being is able to imagine.
- 25% haven �t answered yet.
So I prefer to spend my time helping in a more productive way - mainly people who asked my help first - and use my time taking care of my own business, as I was told to do without having asked for the advice first. |
23 Jan 2011
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LILIAAMALIA
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Hello everybody!!!!
We are all teachers here and too many of us teach a language which is not our mother one, so I believe any comments for us to improve should always be welcomed and appreciated.
I guess we all even thank our students when they spot a mistake made by us!!!!!
Have a great Sunday!!! |
23 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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I am sorry to see that was your experience zailda. I obviously also don �t write to everyone, I open only a small percentage of the recents lately. I actually only write when I notice major mistakes which I think might keep people from using the sheet. If I compare the responses I got to yours, I have been lucky so far it seems. Most members just wrote me a very friendly �thank you � note....Haven �t had any nasty responses yet. I can fully understand why you are reluctant to try and help if the reactions are ugly...That is really too bad.
(and in my opinion reflects much worse on a person than mistakes in their English...) |
23 Jan 2011
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tancredo
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If we can �t see the point of AN activity, I think we should.Yes, how could we SUPPOSE our students to?
Yes, every body can make mistakes. Even you. In spite of all these magnificent ressources.
Don �t throw any stones when you �re living under a roof made of glass! (an old Portuguese saying)
Every on here would feel safer!
Taking into consideration everything you said,shouldn �t your comment be reported?
Il faut que nous connaissons nos fautes. |
23 Jan 2011
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