{"id":26119,"date":"2023-07-14T06:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=26119"},"modified":"2023-07-14T06:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T04:43:09","slug":"government-bans-phones-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Bans Phones in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present, mobile phones have clearly become a very important device for everyone. However, is it something that should be allowed to be used by students in schools?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dutch government plans to prohibit gadgets in the classrooms by 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to this audio and read the transcript about the Dutch government\u2019s plan to prohibit mobile phones in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/dutch-government-bans-phones-in-schools-level-2\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. What does \u201cto do something in one\u2019s way<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cSchools have the flexibility <\/em>to implement the ban in their way<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d? Use this phrase in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201coutcome<\/strong>\u201d mean,  \u201cIf the desired <\/em>outcomes<\/em><\/strong> are not achieved by the summer of 2024, legal rules will be enforced.<\/em>\u201d? Give 2 synonyms and use \u201coutcome\u201d in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201denforce<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cIf the desired outcomes are not achieved by the summer of 2024, legal rules will be <\/em>enforced<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em>? Give 2 synonyms and use \u201cenforce\u201d in your own sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    1. What is your opinion on this prohibition?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Do you agree or disagree that gadgets aren\u2019t suitable for classrooms? Explain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What are the pros and cons of letting students use devices in the classroom?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. How would people react if this ban was implemented in your country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Talk about an issue in education that you think the government should focus on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      B1 – Intermediate At present, mobile phones have clearly become a very important device for everyone. However, is it something that should be allowed to be used by students in schools? The Dutch government plans to prohibit gadgets in the classrooms by 2024. Listen to this audio and read the transcript about the Dutch government\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,294,29,290,295],"class_list":["post-26119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-audio","tag-b1-intermediate","tag-education","tag-listening","tag-preliminary-pet"],"yoast_head":"\nGovernment Bans Phones in Schools | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government Bans Phones in Schools | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B1 – Intermediate At present, mobile phones have clearly become a very important device for everyone. However, is it something that should be allowed to be used by students in schools? The Dutch government plans to prohibit gadgets in the classrooms by 2024. Listen to this audio and read the transcript about the Dutch government\u2019s […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-14T04:43:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-14T04:43:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@phoneenglishes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/phoneenglish.es\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/phoneenglish\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phoneenglishes\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/phone-english1.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":124,\"caption\":\"PHONE ENGLISH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"phone english blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/\",\"name\":\"Government Bans Phones in Schools | phone english blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-14T04:43:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-14T04:43:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Blog\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#webpage\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74786b784a3d32102e60c20d61b651c3\"},\"headline\":\"Government Bans Phones in Schools\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-14T04:43:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-14T04:43:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#webpage\"},\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"audio\",\"B1 - Intermediate\",\"education\",\"Listening\",\"Preliminary PET\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homework\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/07\/government-bans-phones-in-schools\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74786b784a3d32102e60c20d61b651c3\",\"name\":\"katie\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26120,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26119\/revisions\/26120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}