Listening Comprehension

A ‘growth mindset’ means understanding that

• we can develop our abilities and intelligence; they are not set forever at a certain level.

• our abilities can grow a certain amount but are mostly fixed at birth.

• our bodies and minds grow until we become adults.

• we need to grow up and act like responsible adults.

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In one high school, when students did not pass a test they received a grade of “not yet” instead of ‘F.’ The speaker likes this, because it helps students understand that

• that test wasn’t really important. 

• it’s O.K. to fail.

• some people just aren’t good at taking tests.

• they can keep studying and pass it next time.

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(Choose the answer that IS NOT true.)

Students with a ‘fixed mindset’ were more likely to

• believe if they failed at something they would never be good at it.

• believe if they failed at something or made many errors they needed to practice it more.

• avoid difficult tasks because they feared looking like ‘failures.’

• look for others who did worse than they did so they could at least feel superior to them. 

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When researchers taught students that learning difficult new things helped them make more connections in their brains, and get smarter over time,

• students were disappointed they didn’t immediately feel smarter.

• students decided studying was too much work.

• students were more willing to keep trying, and their grades went up.

• students started getting all ‘As.’

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While visiting in the refugee camps, what did the speaker decide was the best way she could help in Afghanistan, and why?

• As a doctor, she could care for maternal and child health and save lives.

• As a doctor, she could help people who had been wounded during the fighting.

• By opening schools for girls she could give her people confidence and a way to support their families and move forward. 

• By opening schools for girls she could distract them from their worries and help them become better wives.

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Once 19 young men with rifles stopped Sakena Yacoobi’s car. What did they want?

• They wanted to kill her because she was educating girls.

• They wanted her to stop educating girls.

• They wanted her to pay them a lot of money.

• They wanted her to educate them too. 

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What did she do about it?

• After they let her go she never went back there again.

• With the help of donors she started classes for young men too.

• When she left she called for military help.

• She gave each of them money to go to school.

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What has happened to those young men since then?

• They have attacked other educators.

• They got educated and have become her supporters and protectors. 

• They have joined the Taliban.

• They have grown up and started businesses.

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