Listening Week 10 [Finland World's Best Education System]

Finland Has World's Best Education System

A new report (1) ____________ world education shows Finland has the best system. The global study is called "The Learning Curve" and is from the British (2) ____________ "The Economist". It (3) ____________ to help governments (4) ____________ a better education to students. The 52-page report looked at the education system in 50 countries. Researchers analysed millions of (5) ____________ on exam grades, literacy rates, attendance, and university (6) ____________ rates. Asia did well in the report, with South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore (7) ____________ second, third, fourth and fifth. The United States came 17th in the study, while Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia filled the (8) ____________ three positions in the top 50.

The Learning Curve reported on five things that education leaders should (9) ____________. The first is that spending lots of money on schools and teachers does not always (10) ____________ students will learn. Second is that "good teachers are essential to high-(11) ____________ education". The report said teachers should be "treated as the valuable professionals they are, not as technicians in a (12) ____________, educational machine". Numbers three and four are that a country's culture must have a strong (13) ____________ on the importance of education, and parents have a (14) ____________ part to play. Finally, countries need to "educate for the future, not (15) ____________ the present." The report said: "Many of today’s job titles…simply did not (16) ____________ 20 years ago."

TRUE / FALSE

Read the headline. Guess if [1-8] below are true (T) or false (F).

1. The article says Finland's kindergarten education is the best worldwide. T / F

2. A 50-page report looked at the education system of 52 countries. T / F

3. Researchers looked at attendance figures during their research. T / F

4. Mexico and Brazil were in the top 50 countries. T / F

5. The report made five suggestions for decision-makers in education. T / F

6. The report says spending more money will mean a better education. T / F

7. The report states parents should keep away from schools and teachers. T / F

8. It suggests we don't know what kind of jobs there will be in the future. T / F

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