W1 L1 Reading and Listening

Year 2, period 3
  • Reading and listening strategies
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Year 2, period 3
  • Reading and listening strategies

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This period's goals
  • Reading and listening
  • Project: Kelly Hoppen
  • Project: customer consultation

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Today's class
  • Reading and listening strategies
  • Example text

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Reading strategies
  • before reading
  • how to read
  •  unknown words

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What do you already know
about reading strategies?

Slide 5 - Mind map

READING AND LISTENING TIPS
Before reading
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Look for the form of the text: what kind of text is it? This helps you to get the gist.
Look at the heading. This tells you what the text will be about.
Look at the images. This also tells you what the text is about.
Look at the assignment. Then you know what you need to find in the text.

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READING AND LISTENING TIPS
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Questions about the entire text:
Skim; look for clues
Questions about certain information: Scan; look for specific words/numbers e.g.
If a question mentions a line number: read the whole paragraph to see the context.
Multiple-choice question: always in order of the text; read the question, then the text, then the answer possibilities.
Kinds of questions and how to read

Slide 7 - Slide

READING AND LISTENING TIPS
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Read the whole sentence/paragraph: context.
Does the word look/sound like a word you know from other languages?
Use a dictionary (this does take some time, so be careful with it).
Learn signal words and common words (see next page).
ways to find meaning of words

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Let's practice!
Read the first paragraph of the text 'Possible days out'.

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Lees alinea 1.
Wat is de 'Mermaid II'?
A
Een standbeeld
B
Een vissersboot
C
Een rondvaartboot
D
Een viskwekerij

Slide 11 - Quiz

Lees alinea 2.
Wat voor uitje wordt in alinea 2 beschreven?
A
Een dagje naar de dierentuin
B
Een bezoek aan een pretpark
C
Een tocht door een natuurpark
D
Een boomklimdag

Slide 12 - Quiz

Lees alinea 3.
Wat wordt er gezegd over de ballonnen?
A
Ze hebben allerlei vormen
B
Ze hebben een probleem met opstijgen
C
Ze blijven een hele dag in de lucht
D
Ze zijn 120 meter hoog.

Slide 13 - Quiz

Lees alinea 4.
Waar staat de 'outdoor table' die genoemd wordt?
A
Op het dak van de Babylon
B
Op de zevende verdieping
C
In een Engelse tuin
D
Bij een riviertje

Slide 14 - Quiz

Vergelijk uitjes 1 t/m 4.
Bij welk uitje krijg je groepskorting?
A
Uitje 1 Catch, Penzance
B
Uitje 2 High drama, Cornwall
C
Uitje 3 Hot air rising, Ashton Court, Bristol
D
Uitje 4 Rooftop lunch, London

Slide 15 - Quiz

Want more practice?
Read the rest of the text 'Possible days out' and answer the next few questions.

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Listening strategies

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What listening strategies do you already use?

Slide 18 - Open question

READING AND LISTENING TIPS
LISTENING TIPS
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Last tips
Read the question and play the audio fragment.
Look for details, synonyms and signal words in answer possibilities and fragment.
Try not to change your answergo for your gut feeling (during exam no replay possibility).
Keep working fast enough (time limit); ALWAYS fill in something, trust yourself and practise!

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What is a post-listening strategy?
A
Summarizing the main points of the listening.
B
Repeating the listening without pausing.

Slide 20 - Quiz

Why is it important to listen for specific details?
A
To summarize the entire listening in one sentence.
B
To answer detailed comprehension questions accurately.

Slide 21 - Quiz

What is an example of a during-listening strategy?
A
Recognizing signal words and phrases.
B
Skipping ahead to the next part of the listening.

Slide 22 - Quiz

READING AND LISTENING ASSIGNMENT P3 
(MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IN TRC - 601)

Go to Magister  (via www.hmcollege.nl or hmc.magister.net).  Then go to Studiemeter and select 'Examencoach Engels'.

Or directly go to studiemeter.nl, choose 'Inloggen met Entree' and select 'Examencoach Engels'.

Choose B1 --> oefenexamen (whichever version you've not done yet). Make sure to work on it 90 minutes straight in TRC. Do this BEFORE week 7

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