Номер 1, страница 167, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

LESSON 12. Progress check

Communicative area: testing your reading, listening and speaking skills

I. READING

1. Read the article and say what it is about, using 2–3 sentences.

Day camps, paying teens to study: Summer school looks different. Will it help kids catch up?

In March 2021 public schools reopened in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after Covid-19 lockdown had been eased.

Since that time, teens had been eager to get out of their houses. Seeing people and being with their friends motivates them to participate in voluntary work, such as delivering groceries for a local mobile food initiative.

With this in mind, Tulsa Public Schools are developing programme for the summer months which mix learning with play and socialising.

With widespread reduced learning during the pandemic, cities are hurrying to accelerate academic, social and emotional recovery.

“The new plans include free full-day camps at schools, academic lessons shared across states, elaborate experiential projects, and internships for older students. In Washington, D.C., teens who need additional credits can even get paid to take summer classes. The city’s summer youth jobs programme will allow some students to work part of the day and attend classes while still earning a paycheck”, city officials said.

Some students are struggling with reading and maths, so summer programme will boost the necessary skills.

Summer schools are also important because they will help to make up for the instructional time, lost during the pandemic.

“In Tulsa, summer programme in previous years cost 2 million to 3 million and might have featured a half-day programme at some schools. This year, Tulsa expects to spend 10 million to 15 million on many full-day summer camps at schools in July.

For elementary and middle schools, academic, social and emotional learning time will be followed by physical activities, led by community partners and individuals. In the afternoon, teachers will lead experimental projects in areas including engineering and social justice.

“The goal is lots of opportunities for students to accelerate their learning, to catch up on foundational literacy and numeracy skills, and to reconnect with their friends”, said Paula Shannon, Tulsa’s deputy superintendent.

A lot of parents are sceptical about the idea. They believe that after a difficult year of remote learning their children will do better in a traditional summer camp where they can run around outside all day.

“As much as I want him to be improving his academic skills, we can do that ourselves, and we’ll just let him be a kid this summer”, said one of the parents.

“A good summer school programme can help students make a lot of progress quickly. But the ingredients are a careful blend that usually take months to develop”, experts say.

“Teachers must be trained, buses need to run on time, and materials need to be high-quality”, said Schwartz, the RAND Corp. researcher who studied summer programme in five large cities before the pandemic.

“Good summer programme should last at least five weeks, with at least two hours of reading and one to two hours of math instruction each day. And teachers shouldn’t have to write their own lessons”, she said.

Adapted from USA Today

1. Прочитайте статью и скажите, о чем она, используя 2-3 предложения.

Ответ: This article discusses how summer school programs in the US are being redesigned after the COVID-19 pandemic to help students catch up. These new programs aim to accelerate academic, social, and emotional recovery by combining learning with play, experiential projects, and even paid internships. The text also explores the goals of these initiatives, the opinions of parents, and expert advice on what makes a summer program effective.

Перевод: В этой статье обсуждается, как меняются программы летних школ в США после пандемии COVID-19, чтобы помочь учащимся наверстать упущенное. Эти новые программы направлены на ускорение академического, социального и эмоционального восстановления путем сочетания учебы с играми, практическими проектами и даже оплачиваемыми стажировками. В тексте также рассматриваются цели этих инициатив, мнения родителей и советы экспертов о том, что делает летнюю программу эффективной.