One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c____. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p_____ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u____ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o__ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”
Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r____ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p_____students with easier ways to study and more c___) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i____ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .
However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s___ a short time . The teachers have to find b_____ ways to teach more effectively.
“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .