School Reform Expands to Arabic and Math in Primary Schools
The Ministry of Education is making changes to primary schools. The changes now include Arabic and math classes. Before, the changes were only in other subjects.
The ministry made a new calendar for these classes. This calendar shows how teachers should teach. Teachers will have six weeks to teach new lessons. Then, they will have one week to help students who need it.
This one week is for extra help. Teachers call this remediation. It means helping students understand things they did not learn well. This plan is for primary school students. The ministry wants all students to learn better.
This change is part of a bigger school reform. A reform means making big changes to make something better. The ministry is working step by step. First, they changed other subjects. Now, they are changing Arabic and math too.
Vocabulary15 words
- calendar
- a plan that shows what happens and when
- remediation
- extra help for students who need to understand better
- reform
- a change made to improve something
- ministry
- a government department
- primary school
- school for young children
- subject
- a class like math or Arabic
- schedule
- a plan with times for things
- lesson
- one class or one thing taught
- update
- to change something to make it new
- teacher
- a person who teaches students
- student
- a person who is learning
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- include
- to have something as a part
- step by step
- doing something slowly, one part at a time
- extra
- more than usual
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1. Arabic and math 2. Six 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Ministry of Education is making _____ to primary schools.
The changes now include Arabic and _____ classes.
The ministry made a new _____ for these classes.
Teachers will have _____ weeks to teach new lessons.
Then, they will have one _____ to help students who need it.
Teachers call this _____.
This plan is for _____ school students.
This change is part of a bigger school _____.
A reform means making big changes to make something _____.
The ministry is working step by _____.
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