tzfujimino
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What is a 'concept question'?
Thank you in advance.:-D
Thank you in advance.:-D
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What is a 'concept question'?
Thank you in advance.:-D
May I ask a question here?
What is a 'concept question'?
Thank you in advance.:-D
They're questions used by teachers to check whether learners have understood the underlying idea/meaning/concept of something- if you don't know that yesterday refers to the past, you haven't fully grasped the concept.
Not really. It's testing knowledge of the word 'yesterday'.See if my example is correct when referring to the word yesterday.
- How do you say the day before today? (perhaps this is a stupid example) Is this an example of 'concept question'?
Not really. It's testing knowledge of the word 'yesterday'.
A CCQ for 'yesterday' might be, "Today is Monday.; and yesterday ...?". If the response is 'Sunday' then the teacher knows that the concept of 'yesterday' is clear - for the moment, at least.
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