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Read the first paragraph of the article. Do you think the
flipped c[assroom sounds like а good idea? Why / why not?

lп а поrmаl classroom, the teacher stands at the front of the rооm and gives а lesson and the students listen
and take notes. Then they go home and do their homework. lп а flipped classroom, everything is the other
way around. Students study at home from а textbook or опliпе videos, and then discuss the topic and do
'homework' exercises or projects in class. Lots of schools are trying it, but is it а good idea? We spoke to а
teacher and two students to find out more.

The flipped сIаssrооm is hard l love coming into the classroom We tried the flipped classroom for опе
work for the teacher, especially ready to talk about the topic term in maths, but there wеrе а few
at the beginning. You have to and feeling l understand it. problems. Some students didn't watch
make videos of every topic in the lп а поrmаl class, l often feel the videos before the lesson, so they
textbook for the students to watch пеrvочs, because if l don't couldn't do the exercises in class.
оп their computers at home. That understand, l have to ask the Also, when the teacher was gоiпg
takes а rеаllу long timel But it teacher to stop the lesson and round helping people, we found it really
means l сап spend time iп class explain. But with а video, l сап easy to stop working and just chat. We
helping students опе-tо-опе. l love watch it as mапу times as l like did а test at the end of the term апd
that - | wasn't able to do it before. until l understand it. lt's great! we all got terrible marks. l usually pass
ечеrу test, but l failed that опе.
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Read the article and answer the questions. Write Р (Penny),
С (Caitlin) or D (Dylan).
Who said this about the ftipped classroom? @ ;,; wrt.h the video about l
1 l lf l need to, l can repeat parts ofthe [esson. а school called Redroofs. ь_
2 l tike being аЬ[е to explain things during the lesson. тhеп ask and answer the
3 Lots of us spent too much time ta[king to each other. questions with а partner.
4 Тhеrе wеrе реор[е who did not рrераrе for the classes. What do you like about уоur
5 l don't have to Ье scared aboutwhat's goingto happen in the lesson schoot?
6 Getting everything ready wasn't easy. ls уоur school bigger оr
sma[[er than Redroofs?
ln pairs, discuss the questions.
How mапу children аrе iп
1 What do you think аrе the best/worst things about flipped classrooms? уоur уеаr?
2 Wou[d you Iike to trу it? Fоr which subjecis? What subjects do уоu study?
What аrе your teachers Iike?
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