Lesson 1, period 4

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

From 13:00-14:00 we speak English, also to each other!

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 school. In class you can drink water. Students take responsibility themselves 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.

Professional attitude

Today's programme

- introduction
- what are we going to do this period?
- listening exercise
- working online

Week 1 16 May	Introduction to this period and listening exercise
Week 2 23 May	practicing all skills
Week 3 30 May	practicing the skills
Week 4 6 June	practicing the skills
Week 5 13 June	practicing the skills
Week 6 20 June	practicing the skills
Week 7 27 June	practicing the skills
Week 8 4 July	practicing the skills
Week 9 8-12 July	Test

Period 4

listening	Listening to fragments, watching videos
reading	Reading texts, advertisements, reviews etc.
writing	Writing letters, reviews, minutes, filling in forms etc.
speaking	Speaking exercise in pairs/groups
working online	NuEngels
period test	In July you will have your test. Your test will be about adverbs/adjectives, conjunctions and there will be a reading part.

Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4
practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in October + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in January + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in April + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in July + language card

Year 1

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 B2/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

Discussing last period's test

year 1 test period 3 (creative assignment)
- I need to dye my hair again...
- afford & effort

Warm-up exercise

You will fill in a form with questions. Do not show your answers to your neighbours ;)

warm up exercise period 4

Have you ever been to a party/work/somewhere and forgot somebody's name after 5 minutes?

Can you think of reasons why people forget names?

What are your tips/what do you do to memorise names?

Listening exercise

Thomas will tell us all about the reasons why we forget names and gives us some advice on how to memorise them better.

why you forget peoples names

Working online

You are now going to work online on Unit 3.

This Unit needs to be finished by the end of June 2024

Speaking exercise

We are now going to work on a speaking exercise, to practice your speaking skills. 
You will work in pairs and you will need a sheet of paper and a pencil.

drawing exercise 2

Exercise

We are going to do a short warm-up exercise together. 
You need a pencil for this one

Introduction exercise HO

You will all receive a card with quesions. You will ask your neighbour to answer the quesions. Once you are done I am going to collect the cards. I will read out a few answers and you need to guess whose card it was.

The Netherlands

What do you call this country? The Netherlands, Netherlands, Holland, Dutch...? And what could be the difference?

Reading

We will now read a text about the Netherlands.

Dutch government ditches Holland (synonyms) &  Amsterdam (correct order)

Why does Els Iping find it most disgusting when tourists throw up in her plant boxes?

When does the weekend start in Amsterdam, according to Els?

1. Friday morning
2. Thursday afternoon
3. Saturday night

What is the target audience for the shop owners in Els' neighbourhood?

Name two measures Amsterdam has taken to decrease the growth of tourists in the city

Why did Amsterdam started to promote tourism in 2008?

1. Amsterdam wanted to become as big as London
2. In an effort to recover from the financial crisis
3. The population decreased and the city hoped more tourists would stay

How many residents does Amsterdam have?

According to Els and Bert, wat have been particular low points the last couple of years?

1. The beerbike and the Italian gondola
2. The beerbike and the Alpine snow mountain
3. The beerbike and vomit in plant boxes
4. The beerbike and the slow pace of people strolling through the city

Video exchange

Exercise with Danish and Finnish students

1-minute video in pairs

- who is your target audience?
- what is the goal of this video?
- what do you want to show?
- what do you want to tell to the Finnish and Danish students?

Working online

We are going to work online on Unit 3, this Unit needs to be finished in 8 weeks.

Good luck!

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