Listening

Society #110

ILR 3 · Society · roundtable · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the roundtable about?
Question 2 of 6Why does Mr. Nabil defend the unified exam?
Question 3 of 6What does Dr. Abeer mean by "formal fairness"?
Question 4 of 6What does she say a memorization-based exam produces?
Question 5 of 6On what point do the two agree?
Question 6 of 6What condition does Dr. Abeer attach to year-round projects?
Vocabulary
الثَّانَوِيَّةُ الْعَامَّةُsecondary school (exam)
وَكِيلُ الْوِزَارَةِdeputy minister
الْمُوَحَّدunified
عَلَى عُيُوبِهِfor all its faults
الْوَاسِطَةconnections, wasta
الْمَحْسُوبِيَّةfavoritism
التَّلَاعُبmanipulation
الشَّكْلِيَّةformal
تَدْقِيقٌ خَارِجِيٌّexternal checking
مُعَلَّقًا بِـhanging on