Phones in the Classroom Hurt Everyone’s Grades

Students are using laptops and phones during class more and more often. Researchers suspect there can be a problem with that.

People like to think they can multitask. But the brain actually can focus attention on just one thing (49) __________ a time. When people switch between tasks, their brains can’t keep up with (50) __________. So, there will be a delay as their attention (51) __________ from one task to another. Someone who is listening to one person talk, for instance, can’t also listen to another. They can’t even listen and read at the same time.

So, what happens when students try to listen to a lecture while they check their email? Or participate in a classroom discussion while liking a (52) __________ photos? Glass and Kang, psychologists who (53) __________ at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., thought this kind of multitasking might make it harder for students to learn. Their new data now confirm that it does.

Phones in the Classroom Hurt Everyone’s Grades

Students are using laptops and phones during class more and more often. Researchers suspect there can be a problem with that.

People like to think they can multitask. But the brain actually can focus attention on just one thing (49) __________ a time. When people switch between tasks, their brains can’t keep up with (50) __________. So, there will be a delay as their attention (51) __________ from one task to another. Someone who is listening to one person talk, for instance, can’t also listen to another. They can’t even listen and read at the same time.

So, what happens when students try to listen to a lecture while they check their email? Or participate in a classroom discussion while liking a (52) __________ photos? Glass and Kang, psychologists who (53) __________ at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., thought this kind of multitasking might make it harder for students to learn. Their new data now confirm that it does.

Phones in the Classroom Hurt Everyone’s Grades

Students are using laptops and phones during class more and more often. Researchers suspect there can be a problem with that.

People like to think they can multitask. But the brain actually can focus attention on just one thing (49) __________ a time. When people switch between tasks, their brains can’t keep up with (50) __________. So, there will be a delay as their attention (51) __________ from one task to another. Someone who is listening to one person talk, for instance, can’t also listen to another. They can’t even listen and read at the same time.

So, what happens when students try to listen to a lecture while they check their email? Or participate in a classroom discussion while liking a (52) __________ photos? Glass and Kang, psychologists who (53) __________ at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., thought this kind of multitasking might make it harder for students to learn. Their new data now confirm that it does.

The Oscars

The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (54) __________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organization of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (55) __________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become.

The statue that everyone hopes (56) __________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (57) __________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (58) __________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.” 

The Oscars

The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (54) __________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organization of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (55) __________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become.

The statue that everyone hopes (56) __________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (57) __________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (58) __________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.” 

The Oscars

The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (54) __________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organization of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (55) __________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become.

The statue that everyone hopes (56) __________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (57) __________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (58) __________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.” 

The Oscars

The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (54) __________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organization of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (55) __________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become.

The statue that everyone hopes (56) __________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (57) __________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (58) __________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.” 

The Oscars

The Academy Awards (The Oscars) (54) __________ each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional organization of film industry heavyweights. The Oscar is its casual nickname; the official name of the golden statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. They were first granted in (55) __________, first broadcast on radio the following year, and first televised in the 1950s. The first award show ran a total of 15 minutes, which is a far cry from the hours-long marathons they’ve become.

The statue that everyone hopes (56) __________ home was modelled after the Mexican actor, film director, and screenwriter, Emilio “El Indio” Fernández, best known for (57) __________ María Candelaria. The statue’s nickname, Oscar, has conflicting (58) __________ stories, but the most popular narrative credits Margaret Herrick, Academy Award librarian and eventual Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick claimed that the statuette looked “like her Uncle Oscar.” 

You’ve got a letter from your English pen-friend in which he/she writes that he/she is going on a sightseeing bus tour of his/her country and asks your opinion on travelling. Write a letter to your pen-friend in which you tell him/her

• what type of travel you prefer and why
• what season is the best to visit your country and why
• what places of interest you would recommend him/her to visit in your country and why

Write a letter of at least 150 words. Start your letter in an appropriate way but do not write your own name, any dates or other personal information.