IELTS READING – Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful? S10AT1
IELTS READING Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful? The country’s achievements in education have other nations doing their homework. A. At Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in Espoo, a suburb west of Helsinki, Kari Louhivuori, the school’s principal, decided to try something extreme by Finnish standards. One of his sixth-grade students, a recent immigrant, was falling behind, resisting […]
IELTS READING – The Hollywood Film Industry S12AT2
IELTS READING The Hollywood Film Industry A. This chapter examines Q14 the ‘Golden Age’ of the Hollywood film studio system and explores how a particular kind of filmmaking developed during this period in US film history. It also focuses on the two key elements which influenced the emergence of the classic Hollywood studio system: the […]
IELTS READING – THE SWIFTER S10AT3
IELTS READING THE SWIFTER For a fascinating tale about creativity, look at a cleaning product called the Swiffer and how it came about, urges writer Jonah Lehrer. In the story of the Swiffer, he argues, we have the key elements in producing breakthrough ideas: frustration, moments of insight and sheer hard work. The story starts […]
IELTS READING – Australia’s Lost Giants S10AT2
IELTS READING Australia’s Lost Giants What happened to Australia’s megafauna, the giant animals that once existed across this enormous continent? A. In 1969, a fossil hunter named Rod Wells came to Naracoorte in South Australia to explore what was then known as Victoria Cave. Wells clawed through narrow passages, and eventually into a huge chamber. […]