Do you think the target score for each lesson should be higher?
I find that I can reach the 750 target score pretty much first time in every lesson but then I'll go away and not remember a lot of what was in that lesson.I know that you should go through each lesson a few times anyway to hammer in the things being said but I think the target score should be higher and a little harder to reach.I think doing this will make people have to go through each lesson a few more times and really get them remembering what was said in the lesson.
Just my thoughts,
What do you think?? ![]()
5 Answers
Your "target score" is what you decide it should be.
If you can achieve 75%, and feel that that is the best you could do, then that's fine. If you set your own "target" at 100% and refuse to move on until you have achieved it, then that's fine too.
If the official targets were higher, then I do feel that it might cause problems for people with disabilities. For example, a deaf person would never be able to achieve the necessary scores on the listen section, and a dyslexiac would have great trouble with the recall one.
You can always go back later and revise each section if you need to - that's what I do.
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Im not saying force them as its not like you have to achieve the score to unlock the next lesson and advance but maybe just give them a little something higher to aim for.
You do raise a good point about people with disabilities, well now i think about it 750 is a pretty reasonable score to reach and if some one really wants to learn then they should take it into their own hands to back track and do the work. ![]()
I understand your point Spanish newbie, but I would not get to hung up on the "numbers". They do serve as a sort of guide, but in all reality, you are only going to get out of each lesson, what you put into it. When you think about it, everyone receives 100 points for just "watching" the video. Whether you push play and walk into another room, or push play and take precise notes, you will receive the same score. So in that case, the numbers are meaningless.
However, there has to be some structure to the lessons and some way of signifying when each has been completed. We are responsible only to ourselves for how much we learn. I don't think it is the job of the creators of this site, Paralee or the administrators to establish who has thoroughly completed a lesson and is ready to move onto the next level That decision is up to us. I have completed and reviewed most of these lessons several times and I still know there is more work to be done. There are times when the "numbers" looked good, but I knew that I still had a lot of confusion over a particular lesson. There were other times when the numbers were considerably lower, but I had a firm grasp on the topic. So honestly, if the numbers guide you in any particular way, then use them. If not, just create specific goals for yourself and focus on them.
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Spanish_newbie:
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I don't think the idea should be to "force" people to repeat things so that they remember them. Anyone who wants to learn is going to repeat the lessons as many times as they need to retain the information. I do flash cards daily whether I've achieved a perfect score on them or not. My goal is not the top score, it's using the tool to improve my knowledge, use and fluency.