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THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDDAN-MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
GENERAL SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION-2015
الاستاذ محمود العزام
الوحدة الاولى
Read the following text carefully, and then in your ANSWER BOOKLET answer all the questions that follow. ( 20 points)
Young people love learning, but they like learning even more if they are presented with information in an interesting and challenging way. Today, I am going to give a talk about how you can use technology in Jordanian classrooms.
Here are some ideas:
Many classrooms now use a whiteboard as a computer screen. As a consequence, teachers can show websites on the board in front of the class. Teachers can thenuse the internet to show educational programmers, play educational games, music, recording of languages, and so on.
In some countries, tablet computers are available for students to use in class. Therefore, students can use the tablets to do tasks such as showing photographs, researching information, recording interviews and creating diagrams.Tablets are ideal for pair and group work.
Teachers can perhaps ask their students to start writing a blog, either about their own lives or as if they were someone famous. They can also create a website for the classroom. Students can contribute to the website, so for example they can post work, photos and massages.
Another way of communicating with other schools is through talking to people over the computer. Most computers have cameras, so you can also see the people you are talking to. In this way, students who are studying English in Jordan can see what students in England are doing in the classroom while they are speaking to them. You can also use this system to invite guest speakers to give talk over a computer. For example, scientists or teachers from another country could give a lesson to the class. If you had this type of lesson, the students would be very excited.
Student often use computer at home if they have them. Students can use social media on their computers to help them with their studies. Including asking other students to check and compare their work, asking questions and sharing ideas. The teacher must be part of the group, too, to monitor what is happening.
A-Question Number One (15 points )
1. Students can use tablet computers in the class to do many tasks. Write down three of these tasks. (4points)
2. Quote the sentence which indicates the quality of talking to people over the computer. (3points)
3.Using social media on home computers can help students in their studies. What does this help include? (3 points)
4. What does the underlined word in the third paragraph ” blog”mean?(2p)
5. What does the underlined pronoun “them” in the fourth paragraph refer to? (2p)
See Page Two……..
B: Critical thinking. (5 points)
- Talking to people over the computer is an exciting way of learning for student, but it has many disadvantages. Think of this statement, and in two sentences, write your point of view.(2points)
- According to the text, the writer states that the computer has made life easier. Explain this statement, mentioning three difficulties people would find without computers..
(3points)
Question Number Two :( 14points)
A-Choose the suitable item from those given in the box to complete each of the following sentences,then write your answer down in your ANSWER BOOKLET. (8points)
1.When I find a suitable job, I will be able to buy my own house and …………………, but now I am still……………because my situation doesn’t allow me to buy even a ………………at least to be able to use the…………………… .
B- Study the following pair of sentences carefully, and then write down the difference in meaning between the underlined phrases. (6 points)
- Using social media we can compare our ideas and check our homework.
- Email exchange allow students share ideas.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
See Page Three………
Question Number Three: (16points)
Correct the verb between brackets, and then write your answer down in your Answer Booklet. (16points)
Sami usually…………………(leave) his house to work early, but yesterday……………………(be)his wife’s birthday, so he has to have flowers………………(deliver)to his house. He often…………(buy)his flowers from a nearby store, butunfortunately the store……………….(not open)yet. he said to himself: it …………………(estimate)that the store………………..(open)too soon and if I …………(go)now, my wife won’t get the flowers on time, so I had better wait.
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR: (19points )
A. Complete each of the following items so that the new item has a similar meaning to the one before it,then write your answer down in your ANSWER BOOKLET. (10 points)
1. “You are doing well in this match.”
The coach told the players ………………………………………………………..
2. It is necessary to type your project in a formal size.
You………………………………………………………………………………..
3. I am unsure if Yara is still inside or not.
Yara…………………………………………………………………………………
4. Nour edited the file, and then she printed it.
Before……………………………………………………………………………
5. The employees misunderstood the point, so it was wrongly implemented.
The point…………………………………………………………………………..
B. Report the following paragraph. (10 points)
“I have never thought of travelling, but if it comes to my mind, I will only choose Dubai as it is an exciting country that is distinguished by its multi-culture society. In addition, it is a wealthy country, so it must be a beautiful country.”
Sana’said…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Free Writing. (7 points)
Nowadays, so many people suffer from obesity. Write an essay about the causes of obesity and its negative effects on the human health, and then suggest some ways for people to lose weight.