II. Watching activity

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 494.

Discuss in a group if the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1 and state your choice.

Discuss with your partner and classify the following features as characterizing

Discuss with your partner which paragraph contains the following information and state your decision.

1. details of the range of family types involved in an education programme
2. reasons why a child's early years are so important
3. reasons why an education programme failed
4. a description of the positive outcomes of an education programme

A. the 'Headstart' programme

B. the 'Missouri' programme

C. both the 'Headstart' and the 'Missouri' programmes

D. neither the `Headstart' nor the 'Missouri' programme

1. Most 'Missouri' programme three-year-olds scored highly in areas such as listening, speaking, reasoning and interacting with others.
2. 'Missouri' programme children of young, uneducated, single parents scored less highly on the tests.
3. The richer families in the 'Missouri' programme had higher stress levels.

5. Mini-Debate:Group A stronglybelieve higher education will get better in the future; group B stronglybelieve not.

http://www.euronews.com/2013/04/18/education-funding-gap-in-europe/