English 3 - Lesson 4
English 3 - Lesson 4
Content
Preteaching: spelling
Business idioms
Accuracy in English: Dunglish
Study field differentiation
After class: progress test + feedback & reflections
Content
Preteaching: spelling
Business idioms
Accuracy in English: Dunglish
Study field differentiation
After class: progress test + feedback & reflections
Warm-up: guess the idiom
1) 3)
2) 4) 5)
Endgame ;): Charades!
But first:
Go over the list (cf. Leho). Focus, edit, etc.
Take the quiz (cf. Leho)
Prep done!
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Endgame ;): Charades!
Game rules
Each team takes turns sending one actor to the front.
The actor draws a card with a business idiom and acts it out silently.
No speaking or mouthing words. Only gestures and movement allowed.
Each team has 60 seconds to guess the idiom.
One guess per team member at a time.
If the team guesses correctly within the time, they earn 1 point.
If the team can add an English explanation they even earn 1 extra point.
If not, the idiom goes to the next team for a bonus guess.
The team with the highest score at the end wins.
Content
Preteaching: spelling
Business idioms
Accuracy in English: Dunglish
Study field differentiation
After class: progress test + feedback & reflections
Dunglish? What's that for a thing?
Intro: Dunglish detective!
Can you turn Dunglish into English?
Eventually he came back to Belgium.
I would like to talk a bit about my internship.
The amount of people who attended was surprising.
Ghent University is the school where I studied.
How long do you have that dog?
It are the students who decide.
Everyone must go his own way in life.
She’s the tallest of the two.
To whom are you talking?
If you would go to Athens, you would be stunned by the architecture.
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Intro: Dunglish detective!
Can you turn Dunglish into English?
❌ Eventually he came back to Belgium.
✅ Finally, he came back to Belgium > “Eventually” betekent “uiteindelijk”, niet “ten slotte”.
❌ I would like to talk a bit about my internship.
✅ I would like to discuss my internship. > “Discuss” is formeler en idiomatischer dan “talk a bit about”.
❌ The amount of people who attended was surprising.
✅ The number of people who attended was surprising. > “Amount” is voor niet-telbare zaken, “number” voor mensen.
❌ Ghent University is the school where I studied.
✅ I studied at Ghent University. > Directe en idiomatische formulering.
❌ How long do you have that dog?
✅ How long have you had that dog? > Present perfect nodig voor een situatie die nog steeds geldt.
Intro: Dunglish detective!
Can you turn Dunglish into English?
❌ It are the students who decide.
✅ It is the students who decide. > “It” is altijd enkelvoud.
❌ Everyone must go his own way in life.
✅ Everyone must go their own way in life. > Gebruik van “their” vermijdt genderbias.
❌ She’s the tallest of the two.
✅ She’s the taller of the two. > Bij vergelijking van twee gebruik je de comparatief.
❌ To whom are you talking?
✅ Who are you talking to? > Voorzetsel achteraan is common in English.
❌ If you would go to Athens, you would be stunned by the architecture.
✅ If you went to Athens, you would be stunned by the architecture. > In de 2e conditional gebruik je “simple past” in de if-clause.
Team work!
Form teams of 2-4 students.
Open the syllabus 'Accuracy I' (cf. Leho).
There are 6 themes. Format:
Get a summary template.
Go over the syllabus together.
Complete the summary.
Grab exercises.
Retrieve the answer key & correct the exercises.
Return the answer key, mark your progress on the whiteboard ✅and get a new template.
Content
Preteaching: spelling
Business idioms
Accuracy in English: Dunglish
Study field differentiation
After class: progress test + feedback & reflections
Content
Preteaching: spelling
Business idioms
Accuracy in English: Dunglish
Study field differentiation
After class: progress test + feedback & reflections