Reading practice - Robot teachers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Robot Teachers

Reading comprehension

Today:

Vocabulary exercise

Reading comprehension

Discussion

What is:
a takeover

1. the ability to think of new ideas
2. to think something is less than it is
3. when someone takes control of something, like a job or a place
4. the ability to deeply understand someone’s situation or feelings

What is:
to adapt

1. the ability to think of new ideas
2. to change something so that it fits better
3. the ability to deeply understand someone’s situation or feelings
4. to work out what kind of illness someone has

What is:
to underestimate

1. to think something is less than it is
2. to work out what kind of illness someone has
3. to change something so that it fits better
4. when someone takes control of something, like a job or a place

What is:
empathy

1. the ability to deeply understand someone’s situation or feelings
2. the ability to think of new ideas
3. to think something is less than it is
4. when someone takes control of something, like a job or a place

What is:
to diagnose

1. the ability to think of new ideas
2. to think something is less than it is
3. to work out what kind of illness someone has
4. to change something so that it fits better

Read the text

Handed out in class

True/False questions

Most jobs seem as if they can be done by robots or computers

1. true
2. false

Robots are always better at diagnosing illness than doctors.

1. true
2. false

Many experts agree robots will replace teachers by 2027

1. true
2. false

One advantage of robot teachers is that they don’t need to rest.

1. true
2. false

Robot assistants could help teachers by marking homework

1. true
2. false

Some teachers use robots to reduce their time answering emails and
marking homework.

1. true
2. false

Multiple choice questions

It’s easy to think robots …

1. will replace people even if we don’t like the idea
2. are more capable than people and it’s true.
3. can do less than people but it’s not always true.

Anthony Seldon thinks teachers in the future will …

1. help robots in class.
2. teach knowledge to students.
3. no longer exist.

Robots will probably never …

1. have human understanding of emotions.
2. be a popular choice for teachers.
3. be intelligent enough to work in education.

Some parts of the world …

1. pay robots to teach.
2. already use robots in teaching jobs.
3. have a shortage of teachers.

Teachers …

1. work harder than office workers.
2. have less help than office workers.
3. leave their jobs to become office workers.

Robots could …

1. empathise with students.
2. mark homework.
3. prepare lessons.

Discussion:

Would you like a robot teacher?

What could a robot teacher do that a real teacher can't? 

Discussion:

Which teacher do you think is already a robot?

Which teacher do you think
is already a robot?