A. HARM B. GARDEN C. VARIOUS D. FARMREAD THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND MA...

Câu 2: A. harm

B. garden

C. various

D. farm

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer

sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably

increase their children’s language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to

their children makes a big difference in the children’s language development. If a parent

encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child’s language

skillsincrease.

A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty

children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In

the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which

they

were

taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should

ask, “What is the doggy doing?” rather than, “Is the doggy running away?” Experimental

parents were also instructed how to expand on their children’s answers, how to suggest

alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers.

At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but

at theend of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of

the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children

in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control

group.