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1、Unit7GroupingtheGifted:ProKennethMottCulturalBackgroundQuestionsontheTextLanguagePointsTextAnalysisDiscussionExercisesBriefInformationoftheEducationSystemTheUnitedStates1.Elementaryeducation(5-11岁):publicelementaryschool(prepschool:expensive,privateboardingschool)2.

2、Secondaryeducation(11-18):juniorhighschool＋seniorhighschool3.Highereducation(18-)4.Degrees:Communitycollege:AssociateDegree4-yearuniversity:BachelorofArtsScience1-2yearspostgraduateschool:MasterdegreeHighestDegree:DoctorofPhilosophy5.FamousUniversities:Harvard,Yale

3、,Princeton,ColumbiaBackTheUnitedKingdom1.PublicSchoolSystemPrepschool(名校:EtonCollege,HarrowSchool,WinchesterCollege,RugbySchool)Publicschools:5-11岁全国考试:ElevenPlusSecondarymodernschool:全国考试:GeneralCertificateofEducationat“o”LevelGrammarschool:全国考试:GeneralCertificateo

4、fEducationat“A”LevelBack2.ComprehensiveSecondarySchoolSystem11岁全国考试:Elevenplus→ComprehensiveSecondarySchool(11-16岁)→CertificateofSecondaryEducation(CSB)or:GeneralCertificateofEducationat“o”Level(16-18岁)→GeneralCertificateofEducationat“A”Level→Universities3.FamousUni

5、versities:Oxford,CambridgeBackQuestionsonthetext:1.HowisMott’sdefinitionofthegifteddifferentfromthecommonlyheldone?Thenotionofthegiftedisnormallyassociatedwithahighlevelofintelligence,butMott’sdefinitionemphasizesinterestandabilityaswellasintelligence.2.WhatdoesMott

6、thinkisthegreatestadvantageofgroupingthegifted?Thepupilsareencouragedtodeveloptheirlatentcapacitiestothefullestextent.Back3.Howdoyouunderstandtheexpression“acasteofintellectualsnobs”?acaste–anyofthehereditaryHindusocialclassesofaformerlysegregatedsystemofIndiasnob–o

7、newhodespisesthoseconsideredinferiortohimintermsofsocialstatus,income,etc.“acasteofintellectualsnobs”–agroupofstudentswhoconsiderthemselvessuperiortoothersbecauseoftheiroutstandingabilityandachievement,andspecialtreatmenttheyreceivefromtheteachersBack4.Whatdifficult

8、ydoestheauthorencounterwhenitcomestotheassessmentoftheprogressofthegiftedorganizedintogroups?Thereseemstobenoviable(feasible)waytoassessth