ТЕКСТ ЗАДАНИЯ Task. Select ONE of the topics. The
following questions will help write
about topic.
Topic 1 Our class
Where is your classroom located?
How many students are there in your
class?
Describe items in the classroom
Would you like to change something in
your classroom?
Topic 2. Helping and Heroes
2. What does this sign mean?
3. We usually meet at the sports centre every Wednesday afternoon.
4. Greg is training for the next Olympic Games.
5. Michael Burns is very rich. He owns a department store.
6. John and Mary is playing chess at the moment.
7. Peter does not usually have bacon and eggs for breakfast.
8. My father buys a newspaper every day.
9. Mr and Mrs Dean are not going to Mexico tomorrow.
10. “Does Piere speak English?” “No, but he speaks French.”
The motion calls on ATL's executive to draw together evidence on the problem and produce a factsheet for all education staff.
"It's really difficult, but they do have to manage it.
б) She added: "I don't think anybody in the debate is going to say 'let's go back to the 20th century'; it's about how they are managed and particularly about how they are used in schools.
в) "There's no doubt that they are being used more in schools but there are concerns that increased time spent on the screen, on your tablet, leads to far more sedentary and far more isolated children and young people," she said.
It says that symptoms of this addiction can include pupils being withdrawn at school, lacking interest in other activities, being irritable, deceptive and performing poorly in lessons.
The union is due to debate a resolution at its annual conference in Manchester next week highlighting teachers' concerns about "tablet addiction" among pupils.
г) Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said that mothers and fathers need to monitor their youngsters' use of the gadgets, amid fears that children are spending hours, and staying up late into the night, playing on them.
д) "And perhaps there will be a debate also about the ways in which parents should monitor the use of tablets and computers at home."
е) Bousted said that the resolution was likely to address the effect of children over-using tablets at home and the effect this has on their school work.