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Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Teens spoke “about the ways they used English with people on those sorts of social networking sites and other media.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
But it was rarer that they were talking about sitting down to learn English via those platforms
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Some students in Greece said it is easier to search for English-language information on the internet because more of it is available. In the Netherlands, 15-year-olds described wa…
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
In a written opinion study, half of students in the Netherlands reported always using English when using digital tools.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Teachers however are unsure whether digital tools are improving students’ English knowledge.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
While teachers said using English platforms might increase students’ motivation to learn and help them get used to the language, the platforms “are not necessarily teaching them E…
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
One teacher in Finland, for example, said students might get the false idea that they do not need to study English because of how often they use English outside of school.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
“They think they know it better than I do because they use it in computer games and it’s present in their lives all the time,” the teacher said.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
“They think they don’t have to listen to me in English classes, I feel that is a challenge
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Rawkins said there is a “slight disconnect” between the kind of English students are learning outside of school “and the kind of English they're being asked to learn and study in…
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Students might feel that “studying English at school is just about studying grammar whereas outside (of) school they can communicate and interact in the language,” the report said.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
A large part of OECD’s work with PISA, the researchers said, is examining inequities in education.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Rawkins said there can be large inequities that arise from the kinds of out-of-school exposure kids get to English.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Kids from wealthy families are able to travel to English-speaking countries or attend summer camps where they can speak English to international friends, for example. Some student…
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
“Kids living in cities were more likely to be using English out and about in their daily lives compared to their counterparts in more rural areas,” Rawkins added.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
There has been a big change in how students are exposed to English outside of school. But within the classroom, things “hadn’t really changed.”
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
The report noted how digital technologies are used within the classroom, but traditional teaching methods, like textbooks, were still used in every school observed.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Teachers in all five countries said their students struggled the most with writing and speaking English rather than in reading and listening.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
Researchers noted that students might feel a lack of self-confidence when it comes to speaking. They might also be less likely to speak and write English outside of school.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
“Outside school they're doing a lot of reading and listening to English because that's what the majority of their exposure is, particularly when it comes to digital technologies,”…
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study Looks at How 15-year-olds Learn English
“They're not doing so much speaking or writing.” I’m Dan Novak.
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Study: AI Robot Finds Way to Produce Oxygen from Water on Mars
Chinese researchers say they have built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot that can carry out chemical reactions to produce oxygen
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Study: AI Robot Finds Way to Produce Oxygen from Water on Mars
from water on Mars. The system could be another way for space travelers in the future to make much-needed oxygen on Mars.
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Study: AI Robot Finds Way to Produce Oxygen from Water on Mars
Humans visiting the Red Planet will need oxygen to support life. The gas could also be used to make rocket fuel, which is difficult to transport to space.
- Public domaingeneral-american
Study: AI Robot Finds Way to Produce Oxygen from Water on Mars
Scientists have already established from multiple studies that Mars contains large amounts of water. Most of the water exists in the form of ice.
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