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I. The passage discusses the use of robots in classrooms around the world as teachers or teaching assistants. It describes robots like Keeko in China, Elias in Finland, and OVObot in Finland that help with storytelling, language learning, math problems, and providing feedback to students. II. While robots are helpful for certain subjects like language and math, the passage notes that robots cannot maintain classroom discipline or fully replace human teachers. At most, robots can currently only function as electronic teaching assistants rather than as artificial humans. III. In the future, the author believes that robots may become more integrated into education, but that teachers' jobs are safe and robots will likely

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02mindset1 Term1 Test WrittenComprehension

I. The passage discusses the use of robots in classrooms around the world as teachers or teaching assistants. It describes robots like Keeko in China, Elias in Finland, and OVObot in Finland that help with storytelling, language learning, math problems, and providing feedback to students. II. While robots are helpful for certain subjects like language and math, the passage notes that robots cannot maintain classroom discipline or fully replace human teachers. At most, robots can currently only function as electronic teaching assistants rather than as artificial humans. III. In the future, the author believes that robots may become more integrated into education, but that teachers' jobs are safe and robots will likely

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Name: Mark:

TERM TEST 1 Level 2

WRITTEN COMPREHENSION
Read the magazine article and answer the questions that follow.

Robot Teachers
I What jobs do you associate with robots? If you’re like me, it’s easy to imagine robot factory workers and
cleaners. But what about robots as teachers? Teaching is probably a profession most of us wouldn’t think
is suitable for a robot. After all, how could a robot deal with the challenges of classroom management and
discipline?
II Interestingly though, students in various countries around the world are learning with robots. One is
Keeko, a voice-activated, sixty-centimetre-high robot on wheels, which has been helping Chinese
kindergarten children for several years. Its role is to tell stories to children and also to give them puzzles
and logic problems to work out. Children instantly take to Keeko. Its eyes change into the shape of hearts
when children answer a question correctly. This motivates young children and makes learning fun. Keeko
robots have entered more than 600 kindergartens across the country, with its manufacturers hoping to
expand into Greater China and Southeast Asia.
III Elsewhere, Finland has been trying out two other robots. The first one, Elias, specialises in languages. Its
artificial intelligence allows it to respond to each student’s specific needs and language level and tailors
the questions for each student. In addition, Elias discreetly alerts a teacher if a student needs additional
support. In the schools which have integrated Elias in the classroom, the reaction has been positive on the
whole. Many teachers regard Elias as a tool to improve motivation and boost self-confidence but not to
replace traditional forms of learning.
IV Other Finnish students have been learning with OVObot. Locally developed, OVObot is a maths robot
which enables students to solve mathematical problems and gives immediate feedback. Teachers are
pleased to have OVObot as a teaching assistant in the classroom.
V While highly skilled in languages and mathematics, even the most cutting-edge robots cannot maintain
discipline. At best, the vast majority of classroom robots can only function as electronic assistants rather
than as artificial humans. While it remains improbable that robots will be the main educators in ten years’
time, it is highly likely that they are the beginning of a new era of AI-led teaching. So in my opinion, it’s
safe to say that teachers’ jobs are safe.

1 Choose the correct answer. (2 x 1 = 2 points)

1 What does the writer think about robots in the classroom?


a It is too early to decide if they are going to be a success.
b They are sometimes successful and sometimes not.
c They have been extremely successful.
d They have been a complete failure.

2 How does the writer feel about the future role of the teacher?
a Robots will replace the teacher in the classroom.
b Teachers won’t have to worry about discipline.
c Teachers and robots will be working together.
d Teachers will be teaching from home.

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Name: Mark:

2 Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in the text to support your
answers. (2 x 2 = 4 points)
1 Keeko will only be sold in China. ......
................................................................................................................................................................
2 OVObot is made in Finland. ......
................................................................................................................................................................

3 Answer the question. (3 points)

How do each of the robots help students?


.....................................................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................................................

4 Complete the sentences. (3 x 2 = 6 points)

1 Robot teachers aren’t capable of .......................................................................................................... .


2 Elias helps students feel comfortable because ...................................................................................... .
3 According to the writer, robots are unlikely ............................................................................................ .

5 Find words or expressions in the text that mean: (5 x 1 = 5 points)

1 solve (paragraph II) ..............................


2 to be attracted to (paragraph II) ..............................
3 experimenting with (paragraph III) ..............................
4 increase (paragraph III) ..............................
5 period of time (paragraph V) ..............................

WRITTEN PRODUCTION
Write an essay (120-150 words) on whether you would like to have a robot as a teacher.
Give reasons for your answer. (20 points)

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