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Each of the four paragraphs below comes from one of the articles in 1. Match the paragraphs (1–4) with the articles (A–D).


1


This is one of about 160 Waldorf schools in the United States, establishments whose teachers believe that younger pupils learn best through physically active or creative tasks. Their methodology includes teaching knitting and learning poetry while throwing and catching items in a group. When pupils want to look up information, they do it in an encyclopedia, not on the internet.


2


Those of us who work in traditional schools set our students tasks and make them sit exams which involve finding and supplying ‘right answers’. In this way, we don't provide opportunities for our students to explore alternative ways to solve problems and risk creating a society of unimaginative thinkers. But what if we posed questions that had more than one correct answer?


3


Here teachers do not instruct the pupils, computer programs do that. Instead, their role is to be mentors – they encourage the students to find out answers for themselves, and, if necessary, provide guidance in where to look for those answers. Pupils learn at their own pace, and motivation is high.


4


The college has trained women from small villages in 68 countries as far apart as Togo and Myanmar. All the teaching is carried out using sign language, photographs or symbols because the women don’t share a common language. Thanks to practice and repetition, the women pick up engineering skills and knowledge and return to their villages to install solar panels and lighting systems.


3


a experienced teachers who give advice and help b unable to read or write c a system of teaching d the act of doing something again and again e as quickly or slowly as they want f help and advice about how to do something g the ability to use information technology effectively


Match the highlighted words and phrases in the texts with the definitions. mentors


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STUDY SKILLS: Using an English–English dictionary See page 22➝


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