Week 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas. In class you can drink water. Students themselves take responsibility for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Only with permission of the person(s) involved we take pictures or film each other.

Today's programme

- looking back at last week's lesson
- looking forward to the upcoming lessons/period
- exercise about mobile phones
- prepositions exercise

Learning objective: You are able to express your opinion about the use of mobile phones.

Week 1 14 September	Introduction & reading
Week 2 21 September	Exercise about mobile phones, and working online
Week 3 28 September	Adverbs and adjectives, language card exercise and working online
Week 4 5 October	Conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 5 12 October	Review writing and reading text about vegans
Week 6 19 October	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 7 2 November	Adverbs/adjectives and listening exercise about the number 1 new restaurant in the United States
Week 8 9 November	Period test reading and use of English + language card

Year 1 (period 1, 2, 3 & 4)	Year 2 (period 5, 6, 7 & 8)	Year 3 (period 9 & 10)
1 study point per period	1 studypoint per period Cambridge C1 for those of you who are interested and motivated December/January reading/listening B1 June/July writing A2 (reading/listening B2)	1 studypoint per period October/November speaking B1 and presenting B1

Course overview

Mobile Phones

Video exercise 

While watching try to write down 5 things that phones will be able to do in the year 2030 according to this video.

Video exercise

In a couple of minutes we are going to watch another video about mobile phones. While watching try to write down the differences between this video and the previous one.

How do you feel after watching this short film? Write down in one short sentence.

Exercise

We are going to read a text about mobile phones.

When we are done you are going to match the words to the correct meaning

Reading B1 mobile phones

1. According to the text, do mobile phones lead to brain tumours?

1. Yes, definitely
2. No, definitely not
3. Too early to say

2. The text mentions the 1990s because this was when mobile phones

1. were invented
2. caused cancer
3. became popular

3. Why does the article mention microwave ovens?

1. They also use EMR
2. They cause tumors
3. They can be wireless

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article?

1. video game consoles
2. digital televisions
3. laptop computers

5. If mobile phones are shown to be hazardous, the mobile phone industry's profits will

1. increase
2. decrease
3. stay the same

6. Which are NOT a form of electromagnetic radiation?

1. sound waves
2. microwaves
3. radio waves

7. Many experts say electronic devices should be at least six feet from our heads when we're

1. keeping them
2. using them
3. sleeping

8. Many health professionals say we should be careful until _______ studies on safety are done.

1. definitive
2. logical
3. scientific

9. How is mobile phone use compared to tobacco use in this article?

1. both cause brain tumors
2. both need long-term studies
3. they are equally hazardous

10. Which is recommended when using a mobile phone?

1. holding it to your ear
2. doing a handstand
3. using a headset

Exercise 

You are going to write and present a short pitch about mobile phones.
Decide if you want to focus on the pros or cons of mobile phones.

First, write down your text in Dutch, then translate it into English. When you are done you are going to show your text to the teachers, when she approves you can find a place somewhere in or around school where you are going to record your pitches in pairs. When you are done you come back into the class.

Exercise

Make sure: 

You prepare your work by writing it out first

You record the video in a fitting surrounding

Your video is creative

Your video is around one minute

Your video is convincing

You use correct language

Your body language matches your speaking

Expressions exercise

We will now make an exercise about English expressions with see 

Working online

We are now going to work online. Make sure to log in via mbo webshop.