GARETH MALONE’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS (INTERMEDIATE B1)

LISTENING  (Page 65, lesson 7A)

GARETH MALONE’S SCHOOL FOR BOYS

B)

1) 8 weeks   

2) to improve the boy’s reading age by six months

3)

  i to make the work feel like play

 ii competition

 iii to allow the boys to take risks

C)

Gareth made some general changes, for example:

1 The boys spent a lot of time outside and did physical education every day before normal lessons began.

2 He tried to involve the boys’ parents as much as possible in their education.

To improve their language skills he organised:

1 A school debating competition

2 A reading ‘World Cup’

3 A play

D)

The school debating competition: the boys lost, but they wanted to do it again.

The reading ‘World Cup?: this really motivated the boys.

The play: it was a great success.

E)

All of the boys’ reading had improved by six months and some of them had advanced the equivalent of 2 years.