Few students like it， but homework is an important part of secondary school[中學] life in the UK. Not only does it reinforce[加強] what has been done in the classroom， but it also develops independent learning skills.

Government guidelines on homework：

Years 7 and 8 （ages 11 to 13）： 45 to 90 minutes per day

Year 9 （ages 14 to 15）： 1 to 2 hours a day

Today， many homework tasks are done on a computer—for example， preparing presentations[陳述]， using the Internet， or completing online tasks on an e-learning[電子學習] platform. So， schools are usually open before and after normal hours， enabling students without a computer or Internet access[互聯(lián)網(wǎng)接入] at home to use their resources and IT facilities[設施].

Sometimes students are given Extended Learning Tasks which require more detailed research and analysis[分析]， such as a history or art project. But however big the task， teachers will always give feedback[反饋]， helping students to identify[識別] areas that need improvement.

Some schools send students home with a homework diary， so parents and carers[看護者] can track[追蹤] their childs progress. Other schools have an e-portal[電子門戶]， so parents can keep track of their childs performance every day. Sadly， not every parent takes that much interest. In a 2011 poll[投票，民意調(diào)查] of 1， 000 students aged 11 to 18， over one in ten complained that they did not have enough space at home to do homework， while almost a quarter said that their family did not support them enough.

雖然沒有多少學生會喜歡家庭作業(yè)，但它確實是英國中學生活中一個重要的組成部分。家庭作業(yè)不僅可以鞏固在課堂上所學的知識，還能發(fā)展學生的自主學習能力。

（英國）政府對家庭作業(yè)的指引是：

七年級和八年級（11- 13歲）：每天45- 90分鐘

九年級（14- 15歲）：每天1- 2小時

如今，許多家庭作業(yè)都在電腦上完成——例如，準備自我陳述、使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、或者在電子學習平臺上完成線上作業(yè)。因此，除了正常的授課時間之外，學校通常也會在課外時間開放，讓沒有電腦或是家里無法聯(lián)網(wǎng)的學生能夠使用學校的資源和計算機設施。

有時候，學生需要做更細致的研究和分析，以完成學校布置的“擴展性學習任務”，例如一個歷史課題或是藝術項目。不過，無論學習任務有多大，老師都會給予學生反饋意見，以幫助學生認識到需要改進的地方。

有些學校會給學生發(fā)一本作業(yè)日記簿，以便家長和看護者追蹤孩子的學習進度。有些學校則創(chuàng)建了電子門戶網(wǎng)站，這樣家長就可以每天跟蹤了解孩子的表現(xiàn)情況。遺憾的是，并不是每一個家長都關心孩子的學習情況。2011年，一份針對一千名11到18歲的學生所做的調(diào)查中，超過十分之一的學生抱怨他們在家沒有足夠的空間做作業(yè)，而大約四分之一的學生說他們的家人沒有給予他們足夠的支持。

Word of the day： e-

e- is used as a prefix[前綴] to refer to[指的是] things that happen on the Internet. It is short for electronic[電子的]. So an e-mail is mail on computers and e-learning is online learning.

Match Numbers

Match these numbers from the article to the correct statement.

10 9 11 1000 90

a） The year group that should spend about 1-2 hours per day on homework.

b） The maximum number of minutes a Year 7 student should spend on homework.

c） The number of students who took part in the survey.

d） The age of the youngest child to take part in the survey.

e） The percentage of students who dont have space at home to do homework.

Word Web

Find six words in the article that are connected to computers.