Lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to your first Lesson up 

What?

- Listening exercise; How to study better

- Vocab exercise

- Writing exercise 

good luck and have fun!

Task A; Do you prefer (lieber haben) studying at home or at school? Why? Write two sentences in English.

Task B:Listening exercise

Listen and answer the questions

Tom doesn't know how to start studying.

1. true
2. false

Tom's mother thinks that listening to music helps while studying.

1. true
2. false

Tom put his dog outside

1. true
2. false

at first Tom doesn't want to switch off his phone.

1. true
2. not true

Tom needs internet to study.

1. true
2. not true

Tom thinks that his mother helped him.

1. true
2. not true

Task C: Listen to the audiofragment. Put the tips in the correct order that you hear them. 

1

6

4

5

2

3

Take away things that stop you working 

Turn off your instant messages 

Have something to eat and drink on your desk

Turn off your phone. 

Turn off your music 

Put your pet outside 

Task D: Listening

Listen to the audiofragment and answer the questions. 

The teacher wants the students to..

1. take notes after she has finished speaking
2. take notes while she is speaking
3. forget about taking notes

The teacher suggests eating...

1. sugary snacks
2. only apples
3. fruit and cereals

The teacher suggests finding a study place with a lot of..

1. light
2. space
3. books

If students feel stressed they should...

1. go to bed
2. go out for a walk
3. drink some water

The teacher understands that repeating things can be...

1. difficult
2. uninteresting
3. tiring

The teacher recommends a break of five minutes every...

1. hour
2. two hours
3. thirty minutes

Task A: Vocabulary

You've just listened to an audiofragment about studying and concentrating. Have a look at the next words and see if you know what they mean. 

Stop wasting time

1. Stopp mit der Zeitverschwendung
2. Stopp mit dem Nichtstun
3. Stopp mit Zeit waschen

Turn off your music
Turn off

1. schalte ein
2. lege weg
3. schalte aus

Have a glass of water on your desk :
Desk =

1. Büro
2. Schreibtisch
3. Tisch

If you turn it off, it's easier to concentrate.
Was bedeutet concentrate?

Task B: Fill the gaps
If you want to learn better, you have to ____________ your mobile phone.

1. turn off
2. turn on
3. desk
4. concentrate

It's hard to _____________ when the tv is on.

1. desk
2. turn off
3. concentrate

You should _______________ and do the exercises

1. desk
2. turn on your mobile
3. stop wasting time

Task C: Fill in the gaps with the words you've just learned.
You should ____________ on your work and not your phone.

_____________, you only have an hour left to do your homework

To _____________ better, you should have a clean ____________.

Task D: Write 3 sentences with the given words from task A
1. Concentrate
2. Stop wasting time
3. desk

Task B writing: Wie machst du es, dass du zuhause konzentriert arbeiten kannst?
Schreibe einen kleinen Text auf Englisch, brauche mindestens zwei der Wörter aus task A, schreibe mindestens 30 Wörter.
(concentrate - desk - stop wasting time - turn off)

Task C: Writing
Was hältst du von den Tipps, die du in diesen Hörfragmenten gehört hast? Schreibe auf Englisch deine Meinung auf. Schreibe mindestens 20 Wörter. Beziehe deinen Text auf konkrete Beispiele aus den Hörfragmenten.

Task D: writing
Write a letter to a friend in which you give advice how to study at home. Use the vocab from Task A, write at least 30 words.

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