Unit 3. Use of English

WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU GET

Robert Rosenthal is a Professor whose         [studies, classes, careers, exams] showed that students try to live up to teachers'              [improvements, expectations, enrolments, certificates].

In his studies, all the teachers in a school were told that a certain group of students in their class were expected to make greater               [concentration, method, progress, attendance] compared to the other students.

In fact, thenames of the students in each class were chosen at random. In all classes, and particularly for the younger children, what the teachers believed            [submitted, influenced, attended, applied] the students' progress.

Rosenthal and Jacobson called this the Pygmalion Effect. Rosenthal's            [assignment, knowledge, assessment, research] was not limited to the classroom; he also studied the effects of nonverbal communication in doctor-patient and manager-employee situations.

MARIA MONTESSORI

Maria Montessori was avery influential teacher whose approach to children's education became popular around the world. She was born in Italy in 1870 and was one of the first women in her country to become a doctor. She worked with children and soon became interested in teaching. In 1907, she opened            [one's own, one of her, herself, her own] school in Rome, and the success of her methods led more and more schools to adopt them.

She spent the next 40 years         [either, both, neither, all] writing about her teaching system and travelling to educate teachers about it.

Maria Montessori believed that all children have          [creative, creation, creature, creator] powers and that every child is unique.

In her classes, students could choose activities they found interesting and learn by teaching            [theirs, them, themselves, other].

They also had the freedom to move around and interact with each            [themselves, other, of them, another]. Today, Montessori schools can be found all over the world, and teachers still use Maria's methods to help children learn and develop.