Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation
If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.
I agree, that we would have robots as a teacher, I saw teachers who completed their master's and Ph.D. degrees but still have plenty of issues in their related subjects, by replacing them with robots I believe the robots will be more effective and efficient than them. Also, the teachers always seem they become tired to take more classes, and sometimes they contrasted with students which frustrated the student, thus by replacing them with robots these sorts of concerns may be solved to some extent.
Yes, I'd like to have a robot in classroom not for a teacher, to help teacher some office work like this lesson mention, helping teacher and reduce the teacher office work. That will be helpful for teacher and children.
I don't think so. Robots can't be like human in education field as it will be like a bot chat, he will say the information about any topic like the one who Memorizes the subjects and doesn't understand it. Maybe they will be good in assisting teachers.
Yes, i prefer a robot than a human as a teacher. Because of that maybe, discrimination can be eliminated.
Would you like to have a robot as a teacher?
I would like to have a robot as a teacher because they easily read our faces if we have a doubt about any topic and we feel shame and do not ask the problem then the robot easily understands and solve the problem immediately.
it helps me know what are the advantage and disadvantages of the robot teachers .
Robot teacher is very good thinking, in my future but doesn't student feeling understand.. Education levels are good learning and good supporting for teachers side,.
I think robots would be good assistants to teachers, but i can't imagine that robots would take over the whole role of a teacher . Maybe it will be better in some points but will never be better than humans in overall roles .
In Task 1, Q1, What's the reason this answer is False?
In Task 1, Q5 and Q6, Reason for those answer was false is the questions is not given in sentence?
Hi Yeonjun,
I'll try to explain :)
Q1. The first sentence imagines a list of jobs that robots cannot do, and a 'list' suggests a relatively large number. Also, sentence 2's mention of two jobs that robots can do seems to be offered in contrast with the statement that "some jobs need human connection and creativity" (i.e., a relatively larger number). So, since the question asks whether most jobs can be done by robots, False is the best answer.
Q5. This should be True (see the final two sentences).
Q6. The False answer is implied by the final sentence: "If robots could cut the time ... , teachers would have ...". This is a second conditional structure, showing an unlikely or imaginary situation (i.e., one that does not necessarily happen now). This idea, that robot teachers will appear in the future but haven't appeared yet in the present, is shown in other places in the text (e.g., "2027" in para. 2; "That problem could be partly solved" in para. 3). But the question is about what teachers do now, in the present ("Some teachers use ..." - present simple).
Does that make sense?
Jonathan
The LearnEnglish Team