Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Listening Comprehension Advanced: How Schools Kill Creativity


Instructions: Listen to the TED talk and answer the questions that follow.

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

Questions

  1. When will children starting school “this year” be retiring?
  2. According to the speaker, what is unpredictable?
  3. The speaker mentions a child named Serena. How does she relate to the topic of his talk?
  4. According to the speaker, how should we treat creativity?
  5. What advantage is there of not being frightened of being wrong?
  6. What did Picasso say about children?
  7. According to the speaker, how do we lose our creativity?
  8. What, according to the speaker, is common to all education systems on Earth?
  9. What does it mean to “educate children from the waist up”?
  10. According to the speaker, what is the purpose of university education?

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