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    The Engkey is a small, penguin-shaped robot that is being used to teach English to students in South Korean classrooms. The robot is controlled remotely by a human teacher located anywhere in the world. While robots can help teach simple, repetitive lessons, they currently have limited understanding and can only respond to pre-programmed conversations. In the future, robotic technology may improve, but human teachers will still be needed for their ability to understand students.

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    The Engkey is a small, penguin-shaped robot that is being used to teach English to students in South Korean classrooms. The robot is controlled remotely by a human teacher located anywhere in the world. While robots can help teach simple, repetitive lessons, they currently have limited understanding and can only respond to pre-programmed conversations. In the future, robotic technology may improve, but human teachers will still be needed for their ability to understand students.

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    The Engkey is a small, penguin-shaped robot that is being used to teach English to students in South Korean classrooms. The robot is controlled remotely by a human teacher located anywhere in the world. While robots can help teach simple, repetitive lessons, they currently have limited understanding and can only respond to pre-programmed conversations. In the future, robotic technology may improve, but human teachers will still be needed for their ability to understand students.

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    The Engkey is a small, penguin-shaped robot that is being used to teach English to students in South Korean classrooms. The robot is controlled remotely by a human teacher located anywhere in the world. While robots can help teach simple, repetitive lessons, they currently have limited understanding and can only respond to pre-programmed conversations. In the future, robotic technology may improve, but human teachers will still be needed for their ability to understand students.

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    READING 5

    The Future Is Here


    It looks like a normal classroom – children sit at their desks as the teacher gives them instructions
    about what they have to do. Except this is a class with a difference. The students are not being taught
    by an ordinary teacher. Instead, their instructor is the Engkey – a small, penguin-shaped plastic robot.
    The Engkey was developed in South Korea as part of an innovative plan to incorporate robots into the
    country’s classrooms. In particular, the government is hoping that robots like Engkey will help to teach
    Korean children English.
    The Engkey is controlled by a human teacher outside the classroom. Because the human teacher
    controlling the robot can be located anywhere in the world, students have access to highly skilled and
    qualified English-speaking teachers that would otherwise be unavailable to them. What is more, some
    teachers believe that many students are too shy to speak English to a real person because they are
    afraid of making mistakes. They claim that students might find it easier to talk to a robot. Other robots
    use voice recognition technology to help students practise their English pronunciation and dialogue.
    These robots can help teachers when simple and repetitive training is required.
    Supporters of teaching robots claim that the robots will help to motivate students and improve their
    concentration in the classroom. They also note that robots are an inexpensive way to ensure that
    teachers get the help they need.
    However, these robots have a long way to go if they are indeed going to be helpful. One of the main
    difficulties with the existing robots is that they are only able to help students practise very specific
    conversations. If a student says something that has not been programmed into the robot, the robot
    doesn’t understand and cannot reply.
    Yet even if robotic technology improves significantly in the future, it is not probable that computers
    will ever be able to develop the level of understanding that is needed to be a successful teacher. It
    would appear that human teachers are here to stay.

    1 Translate into Spanish the red words or expressions.


    2 Choose the correct answer.
    1. The Engkey … .
    a. was developed in an English-speaking country
    b. has replaced teachers in South Korea
    c. is used to teach English
    d. can be located anywhere in the world
    2. The writer of the article believes that robots … .
    a. can’t be improved
    b. will eventually take the place of teachers
    c. can’t help teachers
    d. have limited understanding
    3 Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in the text
    to justify your answers.
     1. All of the robots are linked to human teachers.
    ..................................................................................................................................
     2. Robots are cheaper than human teaching assistants.
    ..................................................................................................................................
     3. The robots can have real conversations with students.
    ..................................................................................................................................

    4 Complete the sentences.


    1. The Engkey may be helpful for shy students who …
    2. Using voice recognition technology, robots …

    5 Find words or expressions in the text that mean:


    1. original (paragraph II) ……………………
    2. situated (paragraph III) ……………………
    3. needed (paragraph III) ……………………
    4. likely (paragraph VI) ……………………

    6 Find in the text


    ✓ 5 nouns:
    ✓ 3 verbs in different tenses(name the tense):
    ✓ 5 adjectives:
    ✓ 5 prepositions:
    ✓ 4 adverbs:

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