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Reading techniques
TD 2
The accelerating pace of change in our world and designing classroom instruction with a 20
th century mindset no longer prepare students for future success. Sitting in rows and listening
to content delivered through a lecture is slowly being replaced with active learning
environments where students are prompted to ask questions, seek out relevant information,
and apply information, not just remember it.
Today’s greatest concern in education is to help students learn better and learn more. It is
important to ensure that what students learn in the classroom and how they learn develop the
skills they need to succeed in life. Research tells us that building students’ capacity to think
about their thinking and become “self-aware learners” creates the conditions for sustained
improvement in their educational achievement at school, prepares them better for social
integration, and enables them to acquire new knowledge and skills throughout their lives.
In a world of constant change, students have to learn to cope well with uncertainty and
adapt themselves through further learning to new situations. Young people need to feel
confident about themselves and the contribution they can make to their communities. Being
encouraged to play an active part in the classroom and take responsibility for their own
learning, help them improve their own abilities and strengths. A well-designed curriculum
provides an opportunity for students to develop higher order skills such as critical and creative
thinking, problem solving and decision making.
Schools should both educate children in their own culture, and also help them turn into
“global citizens”. Our future depends more than ever on collaboration and communication
across borders in the face of shared challenges. Being able to effectively communicate both
orally and in writing is essential to success.
Once students leave school, they have to manage most of their own learning. To do this,
they need to be able to establish goals, to persevere, to monitor their learning process, to
adjust their learning strategies and to overcome difficulties in learning. Students who leave
school with the autonomy to set their own learning goals are better equipped to become
successful lifelong learners.
1) Read the text and answer the questions below.
a. Why are active learning environments more efficient?
b. Why are classroom activities important?
c. How could students adapt themselves to new situations?
d. Why do students need communication and collaboration skills?
e. What students are more likely to become successful lifelong learners?
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Reading techniques
2) In the text, find words matching with the definitions below.
a. … having conscious knowledge of one’s own character and feelings;
b. … a person’s way of thinking and their opinions;
c. … deal effectively with a difficult task or situation;
d. … continuing for an extended period or without interruption;
e. … change something slightly, to make it more correct, effective, or suitable.
3) Use the words in Ex.3 to complete the sentences below.
a. Our school started a new period of … growth.
b. To succeed, you must be creative, open-minded and ready to change … .
c. How did you … to your new student life?
d. Today’s teens have the mental ability to be sufficiently … to understand the cause of their
failures.
e. Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to … with it.
4) Suggest a title to the text
