T2_exchange activity
Exchange Interviews
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Exchange Interviews
Which of these countries have you already been to?
Which would you like to visit? Why?
When you met the students at International School Stuttgart, was it easy to connect with them? Why or why not?
How are your lives similar? How are they different?
What differences did you notice when you were at their school? Would you like to have a homeroom like they do?
Think of some questions that you can ask the exchange students next week.
Ask them questions about:
School
What is it like at their school?
What are their English classes like?
What books have they read?
Life as a teenager in their country.
What are some similarities/differences between their lives and growing up in the Bollenstreek?
Work
Tevredenheid RLS: Mail 23 Febrary
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Docent leerling onderzoek: Mail 2 February
50% of you need to do this.
Check your mail, follow the link and check if you have completed this.
Go to the Online Practice and complete Grammar 1 and Grammar 2
Steps to take (1-3 in class)
Which Dutch symbol is near to your heart?
TO DO:
Create a nametag with your name AND that symbol.
Put it near your heart.
2. In groups of 4, investigate interesting and fun facts about Romania, Finland and France.
TO DO:
Draw, colour and decorate while noting down your findings on a map of Europe.
3. Time to redefine and check your facts – are they true, interesting, previously unknown?
TO DO:
Take a “speed-dating” card. Make sure each team member chats with at least two exchange students from different countries.
Fill in your card: include their name, nationality and your redefinition/complete story behind your findings/research.
Exchange: your own Dutch symbol.
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T2 Exchange Task
Curiousity and Courtesy
Curiosity and Courtesy
What do these terms mean?
How do you show these terms?
How are they connected to talking to internationals?
Why would T2 do an activity about this?
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Task
Which Dutch fun fact or symbol is near to your heart?
Create a nametag
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Curiosity
In groups of 4.
Time to investigate.
Which interesting and fun facts can you find out about…
Finland
Sicily
Spain
Romania?
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Which topics are your courious about for ... the Finnish students?
Which topics are your courious about for ... the Spanish students?
Which topics are your courious about for ... the Italian students?
Which topics are your courious about for ... the Romanian students?
Courtesy
How do you express respect/courtesy?
Are there differences in Europe?
What do you need to be aware of?
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The register of the speeddate questions should be...
Informal
Formal
Formal Questions/topics
Informal Questions/topics
Inappropriate Questions/topics
Sort your questions/topics
Follow up: visitors at RLS
On Thursday 19 March 2026, 8th period, learning square
Goal: find out/fact check interesting, surprising facts about someone else’s culture
Task: you will speeddate international exchange students from ?
Each T2-group (4 members) interviews at least two students per country.
After TW3
Task in speaking week: collecting and sharing your findings in English class.
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Eehhmm Speeddating?!
How can you start a short conversation?
What do you ask/do when you get stuck?
How can you conclude your conversation?
Speeddate card
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Conversation Card
You will get: a nametag and speeddate cards (one for each "date")
For structure and help, you must create a conversation card.
= recipe for a successful short conversation
= helpful sentence starters for when you get stuck
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T2 Exchange Task
Thursday, D-day
I feel prepared for the conversations.
Steps to take
Get into groups.
Put on your name tag.
Exchange and discuss your conversation cards
Take your “speeddate” cards.
Go, get out there!
RULES:
You have got 30 minutes to “date”
Each T2-group (4 members) interviews at least two students per country
Write down and collect your findings for the follow-up task after TW3
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