Passage 20
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classroom, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups and this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analysis and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
1.How does the author look at the mixed-ability teaching?
A. Doubtfully
B. Critically
C. Negatively
D. Positively
2.Which of the following statement is true about “streaming pupils”?
A. It prevents the students from advancing
B. It can encourage the pupils to do their best.
C. Children can develop at different rates in this way.
D. It is advantageous to developing the full abilities of the students
3.The author considers that a teacher should be concerned to develop the student’s________.
A. total personality
B. intellectual ability
C. social skills
D. learning technique
4.By cope with in the 3rd paragraph the author means ___________.
A. control
B. solve
C. treat
D. conquer
5.The purpose of writing the passage is to __________.
A. recommend group work for classroom activities
B. emphasize the importance of evaluating the pupils correctly
C. argue for teaching the bright and the not-so-bright in the same class
D. criticize the methods of grading students just according to their intellectual ability.
