Sabtu, 04 September 2010

Child prodigy

Self-study activity: Discuss with a friend or classmate in English: Do you know any especially clever or gifted children? How are they different from other children? Do you remember any famous child prodigies throughout history?

Watch this video about Kieron Williamson, a child prodigy. Try and understand as much as possible, but remember it is an authentic piece of news, so it will be quite difficult to understand everything.



Watch the video again, or as often as necessary, and complete these sentences or answer the questions:

1 Kieron Williamson is ... years old.
2 His paintings have sold for a total of ...
3 All Kieron's paintings were sold in ... minutes.
4 Kieron started painting when he went ... down Devon and Cornwall.
5 Kieron takes ... hours to paint each of those paintings.
6 Who is Kieron's favourite painting?
7 Kieron's mother feels ...
8 What does Kieron's father do?
9 How many pastels are there in the box Kieron is planning to buy?

Key: 1 seven 2 $28,000 3 fourteen 4 on holiday 5 two 6 doesn't have one 7 very proud 8 art dealer 9 700

You can read the transcript of this piece of news here.

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