Answer Booklet (15%)
Par Ramy • 7 Décembre 2018 • 1 338 Mots (6 Pages) • 879 Vues
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10. How does Christina counter Martin’s argument that speaking cannot be learned on the Net?
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11. How does Christina defuse (counter) the budget argument even before Martin brings it up?
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12. What is one of the possibilities that could be offered to language students through the new technologies? ( /1)
13. Has Christina convinced Martin that investing in a multimedia lab is a good idea? Support your answer. ( /1)
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PART 3: READING – “INTERNET CAPTIVATES RELUCTANT READERS”
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READING QUESTIONS
1. According to the article, what is one of the biggest problems our education system has to explain?
(a) Educators’ inability to teach students basic reading skills
(b) Students’ inability to concentrate and read
(c) Society’s inability to improve education standards
(d) Parents’ inability to help students develop good reading habits
Answer: ( )
2. In paragraph 2, what does Ross Finley say about teachers?
(a) Most teachers agree that new technologies are valuable educational tools.
(b) Most teachers accept that relying exclusively on printed material for teaching is a thing of the past.
(c) Most teachers are afraid to use new technologies in their classrooms.
(d) Most teachers believe they will be forced to integrate the Internet culture into their teaching very quickly.
Answer: ( )
3. According to Ross Finley, our students’ reading skills are:
(a) better than those of students in other countries.
(b) worse than those of students in other countries.
(c) the same as those of students in other countries.
(d) None of the above
Answer: ( )
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4. Ross Finley believes that students are reluctant to read because:
(a) reading words on paper is outdated.
(b) students spend too much time on the Internet.
(c) teachers’ reading requirements are beyond the students’ abilities.
(d) there are fewer reading opportunities in today’s world.
Answer: ( )
5. What is the revolution Ross Finley is referring to in paragraph 4?
(a) The implementation of new technologies in education
(b) The shift from words on paper to words on screen
(c) The revolution created by the Gutenberg printing press
(d) The students’ refusal to read
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6. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Ross Finley gives to explain student laziness?
(a) Program and school requirements have diminished.
(b) Parents are not as present and available as they were in the past.
(c) The authority of teachers is more limited.
(d) It is easier for today’s students to be lazy.
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7. What do most of Ross Finley’s students from all over the world have in common?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are intelligent.
(c) They dislike reading.
(d) All of the above.
Answer: ( )
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8. What challenge do teachers have to face when their students are at their computers?
(a) Getting their attention
(b) Finding interesting reading material
(c) Getting them to use dictionaries
(d) Giving them writing assignments
Answer: ( )
9. Which of the following is FALSE?
(a) Ross Finley communicates with his students through e-mail.
(b) Ross Finley’s students develop their writing skills through e-mail letters.
(c) Ross Finley uses printed material as well as electronic material in his language course.
(d) Ross Finley’s students develop skimming and scanning skills while using the Internet.
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10. Ross Finley obviously believes in the pedagogical value of the Internet. It has helped his students in many ways. Among the following four choices, which one is NOT mentioned as a pedagogical benefit?
(a) His students have improved their writing skills.
(b) His students have developed their skimming and scanning skills.
(c) His students have added new words to their vocabulary.
(d) His students
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