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Can Mozart make you clever ?
Some people believe that young children should listen to ____________________ ____________________ . They think it can change a child's brain and make the child clever . They call this ? the Mozart effect' .
This idea became very popular in the 1990s . Governments and universities spent a lot of money over the next twenty years to test if it is true . The research shows that it is not . Listening to Mozart ____________________ not have a permanent effect on your brain .
However , research shows that listening to music can help children learn . Mike Edwards teaches eight - year - olds . He works in a special school for children with behaviour problems . He is not a music teacher , but in his classroom there is always music .
? I play the music at the beginning of the lesson , ' Mike says , ? and it really works ! '
Mike's students are sometimes difficult to control . ? They're not stupid or lazy , ' he says , ? but they're sometimes noisy and rude and you have to be very patient . ' The music is calm and quiet . It helps the children to feel calm and quiet too . Then they can learn better .
? I ____________________ think music changes a child's brain or personality , but it helps them to concentrate so they can be more creative . They enjoy coming to class and it makes my job easier because they're more polite and hard - working . '
So does Mozart make you a better student ? Maybe . But Mike's students are listening to the blues !

1 In the last ten years of the twentieth century , many people believed in the Mozart effect . ____________________
2 Research proved that listening to classical music doesn't make students more clever . ____________________
3 Mike teaches children about music . ____________________
4 Mike's students are always badly behaved . ____________________
5 Mike's students aren't listening to classical music in class . T