English@MBO lesson 1

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• Studiejaar 2

MBO

Vocational English (at MBO)
How does it differ from secondary school?

How do students learn at an MBO college?

englishmbo.wordpress.com

MBO Vocational degree courses, examples

• nursing
• agriculture
• tourism
• business
• ict
• hospitality
• education
• sports & leisure
• marketing

Language functions

How are you feeling? (asking about feelings)

I would like to take your temperature (instructing)

Is this painful, mister? (expressing sympathy)

Skills

e.g. speaking, conversations: small talk; instructions; about medical conditions

Grammar

e.g. modifiers (politeness)

present simple (instructions)

Vocabulary

to be short of breath

inhaler

to be in pain

to exhale

Association - 10 minutes; Think-pair-share

Associate freely on what is needed in that profession. 

• What English skills does a person working a profession need? Be as specific as possible. Write down lists and check the skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening) 
• What kind of grammar might a person need 
• What vocabulary domains does a person need to master?
  

ESP Vocabulary - 30 min. Pairs - individually -> combine findings

1. Search the internet and find existing materials on your field of research. 
   
2. Stock any links and vocabulary lists that you can find. Remember: you can use the search term ESP and the profession (in English of course) and ‘vocabulary’ or ‘lesson plans’ etc.
   

Learning cycle - 20 min. Pairs.

Input material -> Vocabulary list -> Output activity

Make a small cycle of learning: find input material (a relevant text or listening excerpt), make a vocabulary list of relevant vocabulary, think of an ‘output activity'(speaking or writing task that is relevant for that profession).

Market

Share your ideas by means of this google doc. Link is to be found at the wordpress EnglishMBO.wordpress.com

https://docs.google.com/document/d/121qdhLZo80kf61bsjKo7Ybgn-KwRMJ2vNYSfgYNps6w/edit?usp=sharing

 Go to: https://englishmbo.wordpress.com/esp/

Reflection

Reflection (obligatory). Write your answer in the Reply box below.

What have you discovered in focussing on English for a specific degree course about your ability to design materials and provide teaching content at MBO?

Sign up

Open the following Google doc to sign up. It's also to be found at the homepage of englishMBO.wordpress.com

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16VeChq36A12irIZj9LqS-gxa_j9bZrdwiTJlPJD-Xv4/edit

Vocabulary: Choose the odd one out

1. Degree course
2. MBO Colleges
3. Vocational education
4. ESP

Preparation for Guest lectures next week

1.  Check out the wordpress https://englishmbo.wordpress.com/
   
2. Contact your MBO teacher and plan school visits
3. Do the assignment “MBO”
4.  Please feel free to think of any other question that might be relevant to  you to grasp English at MBO.

Homework: Choose the odd one out. What is NOT part of your homework?

1. Assignment "ELT"
2. Assignment "MBO"
3. Contact your MBO Colleges
4. Think of questions

What did you think of this class in one word?