Dear All,
We were finding that many students had annotated their dictionaries, so
several years ago we moved to a system in which no dictionaries are
permitted in exams. We have had no real problems with that.
Best wishes,
Angela Turton
Assistant Registrar
University of Essex
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Rachel Leslie
Sent: 20 November 2007 16:01
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Subject: Use of foreign language dictionaries in exams
Dear all
Currently at Exeter we allow non-native English speakers to bring a
dictionary with them to exams, provided it has been approved by their
School. However, we have had some issues over the last year or two where
a
number of students have been found by the invigilators to have
annotations
in their dictionaries that may have helped them in their exams (usually
formulae, often extremely well hidden). We have been asked whether we
will
be able to supply dictionaries centrally in the exam halls so that
students
cannot use them to hide notes in; however, this raises many issues
(cost,
logistics, number of dictionaries and languages required, etc. etc.). I
would be interested to hear from anyone who has managed to make such a
system work for relatively large groups of students of different
nationalities in large, centrally run exam halls in which several
different
papers are being sat. I would also like to hear from anyone who has
decided
not to allow dictionaries in exams because of problems with notes being
written in them and whether this ruling caused any particular problems.
Many thanks,
Rachel
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Dr Rachel Leslie
Head of Registry Services
Northcote House
University of Exeter
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