Question

The concept of homeschooling is not a new one. Homeschooling means educating children at home instead of sending them to public or private schools. Nowadays, homeschooling has become popular in many countries for a variety of reasons. One of them is poor quality of education in public schools and it’s also because private schools are quite expensive. Some parents believe that because they know their child’s strengths and weaknesses, they can teach him or her better. Some parents prefer homeschooling so as to prevent their children from getting into bad company. There is another group of people who choose to educate their children at home because they want them to learn spirit and values of the family and also their religious beliefs. They also think that homeschooling would help in development of strong family bonds(家庭紐帶).

However, there are some negative effects of homeschooling on students as well as parents.

Homeschooling is a full-time job and not fit for parents who have their own careers. It takes a lot of time for parents’ side to make homeschooling a success. Other family members’ responsibilities may also be affected. They may give their full attention to the needs of their children. Besides, a parent may have high educational qualifications, but that does not make him or her a good teacher. Teaching is an art, which requires the ability to understand the needs of the children. It is likely that the parent might have forgotten what he or she has learned, and the curriculum(課程) of the children would also be different. This would make it difficult for the parents to explain the concepts to their children. Parents also have the responsibility of designing the curriculum of students.

In today’s world, competition(比賽) is seen in every field, and school prepares children to face these competitions. However, homeschooling does not give the children a chance to compare with other kids. They will also not be aware of where they stand in educational position among their classmates. This may affect their future lives. Education is not the only thing that the children need to become successful human beings. It is necessary that they learn to communicate in the society, and public school provides them with such an environment, where they meet many people. Schools also provide children with a chance to take part in variety of activities to improve their overall development.

It is true that it has many benefits, but one must realize that school teaches children skills to face and survive.

Homeschooling

Definition	Educating children at home instead of in1.__________ schools or private ones.
Reasons for the 2.__________	Poor quality of education in public schools and 3.__________fees in private schools. Children are taught 4.________at home. Children are kept away from bad company. Homeschooling is5._________in strengthening family bonds
Negative 6.__________	For parents: They can’t 7.__________on their full-time jobs. They can’t be good 8.____________.
For children: They can’t get chances to 9.___________ with others. They lack an environment where they meet many people. They can’t join in 10.____________activities.

Answer 1

1.public

2.popularity

3.expensive/high

4.better

5.helpful

6.effects

7.focus/concentrate

8.teachers

9.compare

10.various

【解析】

試題分析:本文是議論文，就“在家教育還是在學校接受教育”的話題展開的討論，就家庭教育的劣勢進行了比較。

1. 根據(jù)第一句Homeschooling means educating children at home instead of sending them to public or private schools.可知家庭教育是在家而不是公立和私立學校。

2. 根據(jù)文章第二句Nowadays, homeschooling has become popular in many countries可知家庭教育的受歡迎度，而這里需要一個名詞來概括，所以就用popular的名詞形式。

3. 根據(jù)第三句because private schools are quite expensive.私立學校是相當昂貴的。

4. 根據(jù)Some parents believe that because they know their child’s strengths and weaknesses, they can teach him or her better. 可知父母更加了解孩子的優(yōu)劣之處，可以把孩子教的更好。

5. 根據(jù)第一段最后一句They also think that homeschooling would help in development of strong family bonds(家庭紐帶).他們認為家庭教育對家庭紐帶的發(fā)展是非常有幫助的。這里需要一個形容詞。

6. 根據(jù)二段話中提到家庭教育也有一些消極的影響。

7. 根據(jù)第三段第一句Homeschooling is a full-time job and not fit for parents who have their own careers. It takes a lot of time for parents’ side to make homeschooling a success. 家庭教育是一份全職工作不適合有自己職業(yè)的父母，它更花費了父母大量的時間，把自己的工作放一旁，才能使得家庭教育成功。可以推斷出父母不能集中精力來從事自己的工作。

8. 根據(jù)a parent may have high educational qualifications, but that does not make him or her a good teacher. 父母可能不能成為一位好老師。

9. 根據(jù)homeschooling does not give the children a chance to compare with other kids.家庭教育不能給孩子與其他孩子比較的機會。

10. 根據(jù)Schools also provide children with a chance to take part in variety of activities to improve their overall development.學校教育能讓孩子參加各種活動，那相反地，家庭教育就沒有這種利益。

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