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AMC and multi-lingual exams

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h1. AMC and multi-lingual exams
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At our institute (Fontys Hogeschool voor techniek en logistiek in Venlo NL) we teach Dutch and German students.






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In the first two semesters we teach in Dutch ans German, the exams are accordingly.






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The lessons and exams that the students receive in these lessons should be the same, content wise.






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That is why I create my lecture sheets in LaTeX-Beamer, with multiple languages in the same file. I do the same with my exams.






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By keeping the content in one file, it is much easier to keep the content the same, provided you the languages used to some degree.






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It also help correcting the content of such files languages wise. While you are working on one file someone else (a colleague, maybe better at one of the languages 






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can correct you files in the mean time. This is especially advantageous if you teach in one language and the other in another and you share sheets and exam questions.






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h1. The trick is trivial.






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Define a set of macros each with one argument, one for each language. The macro for the active language simply passes its contents, the 






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macro for the inactive language(s) drops its content.






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Example adapted to the AMC doc.






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In the production file i deactivate the inactive languages like this:






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\renewcommand\EN[1]{#1} % active






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\begin{questionmult}{test}\scoring{haut=2}






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  \EN{Please select right answers.}






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  \DE{Bitte wählen Sie die richtige Antworten.}






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  \NL{Kies de juiste antwoorden}






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  \begin{choices}






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    \wrongchoice{\EN{Merkozy is the current president of the European Union.}






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            \DE{Merkozy ist der Jetzige President der Europäische Union.}






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            \NL{Merkozy is de huidige president van de Europese Unie.}






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     }






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    \wrongchoice{\EN{The UK just entered the EURO zone.}






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             \DE{Das vereinigte Königreich hat gerade die EURO zone zugetreten.}






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             \NL{Het verenigd koninkrijk ist zojuist bij de EURO zone toegetreden.}






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  \end{choices}






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\end{questionmult}






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