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Practice Listening: Highlight Incorrect Words ID: #36402 Short Freedom
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You will hear a recording. Below is a transcription of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Please click on the words that are different.
* Click on the words that are different from what you hear
Result:

Correct Transcript:

What’s the best for students to really learn basic science? New research just presented at the annual meeting of the American association for the Advancement of Science suggests an answer: freedom. After years of watching nonscience majors struggle with biology courses, Steve Rissing of Ohio State University decided to see how the boring old cookbook method of teaching stacked up against something new. The old way was to give students a big textbook to follow and dumb down experiments. Many students still scored poorly when asked about the basics. The new method gave students freedom. They prepared their own enzyme solutions and were encouraged to come up with their own methods. The result? Eighty-three percent of the free students gave the right answer to the simple question, 'Where do enzymes occur in nature?" Just 23 percent of the cookbook group answered correctly. The new methods could help train students to better see and understand the beauty of science.
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Printed "glamourous", the speaker says "students"

Explanation: You will hear "What's the best for students". They start with different letters, so listen to the start of the word.

Printed "freshened", the speaker says "presented"

Explanation: On the recording the words are "just presented at the annual". They end the same, but start differently, so listen to the first part of the word.

Printed "excavation", the speaker says "association"

Explanation: Listen again to "the American association for". They end the same, so focus on the start of the word.

Printed "minarets", the speaker says "suggests"

Explanation: In the audio you hear "Science suggests an answer". The first letters are different, so listen to the beginning of the word.

Printed "heating", the speaker says "teaching"

Explanation: Here the speaker says "cookbook method of teaching". The printed and spoken words start with different letters, so listen to the start.

Printed "befuddled", the speaker says "answered"

Explanation: The speaker says "group answered correctly", not "befuddled". "Befuddled" does not make sense in the sentence, so click the printed word.

"cookbook" matches the audio

Explanation: "the boring old cookbook method of heating" may look odd and long. The speaker actually says it exactly as printed, so do not click it.

"enzyme" matches the audio

Explanation: "their own enzyme solutions" has a scientific word that looks tricky. It matches the audio word exactly, so do not click it.

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