FOR TEACHERS ONLY: Some notes on the exam

[Essam ABDOU]

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thanks Mr.Essam for this elaboration , but if you give me chance to comment

1- yield is the right answer for sure because harvest means the process of gathering but yield refers to the process of increase or decrease.

2-i agree with you about 'concerning' you are completely right.

3- as for the translation i think all related answers are acceptable / cradle/ birth i think he chose it to make it easier for students, but i don't think it is wrong.

4- generally speaking, the exam should be difficult not easy to expect to show the skills student have learned for 15 years , you know we learn and teach English for the sake of exam only , this is the problem , we should learn language not a mere subject

Sir, imagine that you have these two sentences:

Egypt`s grain yield has increased since 2001
Egypt`s grain harvest has increased since 2001

Can we say that Sentence 2 is WRONG? I don`t think so.

I agree that "yield" has a different connotation from harvest, but in my humble opinion using 'harvest' is not wrong. The example I gave from the dictionary was "a good harvest" which also shows there could be increase or decrease, just like a low or a high yield.

Best Regards