Task 4:(10mins)

Compound dictation

Listen to a short passage concerning digital education and fill in the missing information.

 

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

We     1     a question from a listener in the West Bank about how American schools use     2    technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. But it also depends on the interest and      3      of the teachers, and the goals and budgets of the schools. Schools are almost all      4      to the Internet. But some have more technology, and use it more, than others.

 For example, some schools use computers for       5    like video conferencing, to bring the world into the classroom. And some classrooms      6    things like a Smart Board, a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large      7     for presentations.

They connect to a computer and can     8     by touch. They can be used for documents or writing or to     9      video. Some teachers are trying creative new ways to teach with devices like iPods and mobile phones. But educators say the most important thing, as always, is the     10    .