You are going to listen to part of an interview with education specialist Dr. A. Hrabowsky. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1-7) with the sentence endings (A–J). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided on the answer sheet. The first one (0) has been done for you.
After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers.
Children and math
0 One of the most important pre-conditions for math is ___.
1 When preparing food with children we teach them ___.
2 Young children should learn math ___.
3 A child who could solve a mathematical calculation might ___.
4 Children with parents in science and technology ___.
5 Most grown-ups in America ___.
6 Children get the best support from adults who ___.
7 Dr. Hrabowsky’s mother taught ___.
A together with other subjects B get little support with homework C have a positive opinion about math D to have good reading competence E get excellent support
F to relate math to real life
G his parents thought math was great H get a flash of excitement
I mathematics as well as languages J have negative feelings about math
Children and math
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0 1 2 3 1 2 3
D
4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7
___ P.
