Unit 15-Reading Practice
Reading Passage Two
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One of the primary factors that should be considered is what type of college or univer- sity your child will attend after high school. Some parents want an international education instead of just an education within an American system school and fortunately, they have the opportunity to go to these types of schools. But what parents must keep in mind is whether this school will best prepare your child for education beyond high school.
Parents may be tempted to alternate their children's school system in order to enhance cross-cultural understanding, but many experts suggest just the opposite. Mannino and Miller warn that differences in the sequencing of curriculum exist in the high school grades;
moving your child from one academic system to another during this time can handicap a child academically. At the very least, the parents should learn what the differences in curriculum are and try to keep the child in one system (although this may be in more than one location) for all of the high school years. It is clear that whatever continuity you can provide these children is important. The nice thing about the American school system or the French, German or whichever, is that it is the same school system throughout their lives.
Many parents are hoping their children will enter a college or university in their home country.
Especially in the high school years, it is important to select the school system that will best prepare your child for the college of choice and stick with that system throughout the high school years.
Other factors that affect school choice include your child's grade, language skills and person- ality. Despite some parents' desires to have their children learn other languages through their schooling option, most children will want to go to school that has other children from their passport culture.
The international school systems offer considerable benefits to the mobile child. Unlike some students in domestic schools, students in international schools have a stronger sense of empathy for new kids since almost everyone has been new at one time or another. Many of the international schools also have excellent academic standards. The Office of Overseas Schools reports that graduates of the approximately 190 schools it assists achieve SAT scores well above the national average. These children also often make it into excellent universities, in part because of their international schooling.
Use
Match the following words with the definitions.
1. assumption A. in a sincerely honest way 2. candidly B. of one's own country 3. alternate C. fairly large
4. domestic D. something that is taken as a fact without proof
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S.enhance E. to (cause to) follow by turns 6. considerable F. to increase
Matching the Phrases
Read the passage Educating Our Mobile Children and choose, according to the passage, one phrase (A-H) from the list of phrases to complete each key point below. There are more phrases than key points, so you will not use them all.
7. Most of the families moving overseas will worry about
8. To parents who need to make choices for their children's education, 9. An important factor which parents should think about is
10. Many experts agree that
11. To keep the children in one system in high schools, parents may have to
Exercise 3 Summary Completion
The following is a summary of the passage. Fill in the gaps by choosing from the words or phrases listed in the box below the summary. Remember that there are more choices than you can use.
One of the greatest concerns families moving overseas have is the 12. to their children's education resulting from their international move. Some experts warn the parents against making 13. about their children's education. To those who are making an educated choice for their children, 14. are something they need to think through in advance, There could be many choices of schools for children who are
15. and parents will have to make decisions 16. about
the appropriate school for their children. One factor which affects the school choices is the type of university your child will attend. Due to the differences in the 17.
experts suggest not to move your children from one 18. to another. Other- wise children may be academically 19. . The international school systems 20. the mobile children considerably. Comparatively speaking, students in
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the international schools may 21. more with the new kids because everybody has been in a similar situation at one time or another. The report from the Office of Overseas Schools shows that graduates from approximately 190 international schools have achieved SAT scores well above the national average .
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alternate /';,:ltaneit/ v.
assumption /a'sAmpfan/ n.
candidly /'kcendidli/ adv.
caution /'b:fan/ u.
considerable /kan'sidarabl/ adj.
cross-cultural /,krns'kAltfaral/ adj.
curriculum /ka'rikjulam/ n.
desire /di'zaia/ n.
despite /di'spait/ prep.
domestic /da'mestik/ adj.
empathy /'empa8i/ n.
enhance /in'ha:ns/ v.
factor /'fcekta/ n.
handicap /'hcendikcep/ v.
option /'opfan/ n.
personality /,p3:sa'nceliti/ n.
primary /'praimari/ adj.
schooling /'sku:li1J/ n.
sequencing /'si:kwansiiJ/ n.
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