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Flipped classrooms Reported speech


1 In pairs. Discuss the questions.


a In a typical class at your school, college or university, how much time does the teacher spend explaining things?


b How much time do the students spend practising new things in class? c How much time do you spend doing homework each week? d What kinds of homework do you get from your teachers?


Read the start of an article about ‘flipped classrooms’. Answer the questions.


a In what way is a flipped classroom different from a traditional classroom? b What role does homework play when teachers use a flipped approach? c What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of this idea might be? d Do you think a flipped approach would work in your place of education? Why/Why not?


Khalil’s Flipped Classroom


ast year, Khalil Harb used to daydream through his maths classes while his teacher wrote figures and sums he didn’t understand on the board. Inevitably, the sums


he did for homework in his exercise book were returned to him covered with red ink, and his marks were always very low.


This year, the way his maths teacher teaches has changed a lot. Since September, the students in Khalil’s class have been learning using the ‘flipped classroom’ system. Last night, Khalil did his maths homework alone. He watched an online video about long division. He didn’t understand much at first, so he watched it again, pausing it to think about what it showed. Now, Khalil is in maths class. He is doing sums with a group of three classmates. Khalil’s group hasn’t stopped working


since the class started. They have helped each other with the difficult bits and discussed the answers. They have already solved most of the sums. The teacher has been going around the groups to check their work and offer extra help if needed.


1.2 Listen to Khalil’s teacher asking his group about the maths lesson. Are these sentences true or false? a All the group members did the homework last night. d The group have been discussing fractions for five minutes. T / F


b The students haven’t finished all the sums in their workbook yet. T / F c Sam hasn’t watched the video yet.


T / F T / F


English for the 21st Century • Unit 1 17


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