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 are 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; this gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with the personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers. Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes the work on individual tasks and assignments, they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced works; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.

In the passage, the author’s attitude towards “mixed-ability teaching” is_____.

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• What might be the most suitable title for this reading passage?

• The author states that “There are no right or wrong answers” in order to ............

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• According to the passage 3, Pilobolus fungus___________

• According to the passage,which of the following is a universal rule of etiquette?

• In what way is Juliette’s current job better her first job?

• According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT .............

• Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

• The word “they” refers to___________.

• When was M.L. born?

• The word “forces” in line 9 could best be replaced by:

• When we apologize, ..............

• The expression “on its own” in the last sentence can be best replaced by “.................”

• Which of the following phrases best explains the meaning of the word “verbal”?

• We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ..............

• The word ‘akin’ in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ...........

• The writer says that when he was very young ________.

• The word "symptoms" is closest in meaning to______________.

• According to the passage, students working for their first degree at .............. are called undergraduates.

• How many orchid seeds are typically pollinated at one time?