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Listening Extra Practice - Section 4 - Practice 1

Before you listen, find a pen and paper to make notes as you listen.

 

These 10 questions relate to a short talk on the work of Sugata Mitra.

 

A mini lecture about Sugata Mitra and education

 

Section 4 Questions 1 - 10

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 

Sugata Mitra

Biography:

  • born in Calcutta to (1) parents

  • first worked as a (2) for an India-based multinational

Hole-in-the-wall experiment:

  • no computer holes are operating now so Mitra has developed the “(3) environment”

  • the ratio of children to computers should be (4)

  • where teachers are not available, teaching can be done with a (5)

  • the experiment has also been conducted in approximately (6) in North-East England

Criticisms

  • there is a lack of (7)

  • claims need to be tested by (8)

Publications and papers

  • Mitra published in a journal with a (9) rating

  • in the study in England, year 4 children increased an average test score of 13% to (10)