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While listening, complete the sentences with suitable words.

You are going to listen to Social Mobility Debate at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas which seeks to explore the best ways to promote a less divided society.

On the panel there are:

Professor Diane Reay, from the department of education at the University of Cambridge

Anastasia de Waal, head of family and education at think-tank Civitas;

Brenda King, chief executive of AC Diversity, an organisation dedicated to the advancement of African and Caribbean students;

Joe Baden, manager of the Open Book project at Goldsmiths, University of London.

While listening complete the tasks below.

1. What are two major questions for debate?

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Speaker1: Professor Reay

2. What is social mobility according to Professor Diane Reay?

Social mobility is __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

While listening, complete the sentences with suitable words.

1. The class 1) p__________ in English society and a growing gap between the rich and the poor contribute to 2) u__________ processes of social mobility, making the 3) m__________ between social classes difficult and painful. Differences between people in different 4) s__________ -e__________ groupings are wide and make transitioning almost insurmountable because we live in such a 5) h__________ society.

4. What are the best ways to encourage social mobility according to Professor Reay? From the list below choose measures mentioned by Speaker 1.

1 to design student loan and support systems

2 to remove obstacles to social mobility and thereby promote economic equality of opportunities across individuals

3 to support early childhood education

4 to improve student-teacher ratio and teacher quality in the sate sector

5 to create an online National Internship Service and a Social Mobility Commission

6 to raise teachers’ salaries in the most disadvantaged schools

Speaker 2: Anastasia de Waal

5. What are two key areas which need focusing on according to Speaker 2?

· Short-term areas:

· Long- term area:

6. A total of seven words are missing from the script. Try to add the missing words, then listen and check.

One of the very important interfaces the moment between income inequality and weaknesses the education system is the achievement gap. This gulf increases children get older. That is why primary education is particular importance. In order to generate greater social mobility we need to start primary school. Many issues in primary education aredo with teachers not beingto respond to their pupils.

7. There are several key reasons currently fuelling a situation where too many pupils leave primary school without securing basic numeracy and literacy. Enlist the most important of them:

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