ES- NL Exchange Collaborative Project KSG

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Project Across borders

You will be assigned a country

The Netherlands & Spain

Exchange Collaborative Project

April 2024

Before we start we want to ask you to go to Google and search: LessonUp code. 

Type in de code and join the online class.

Today's plan

1. A week in Valencia, your experience.
2. What is culture and what are cultural differences? 
3. What makes us, Dutchies, Dutch? - Our weird habits.
   
4. Quiz
5. Assignment in teams. 

 

A week in Valencia.
Describe the exchange in one word and discuss online. What cultural differences did you notice?

What is meant by "cultural differences"?

03:36

According to the people in this video, the biggest difference between the Dutch and people from abroad is?

Write down some typical Dutch behaviour.

Project Across borders

You will be assigned a country

What is culture?

Share your answer in the next slide.

What is culture to you?

Culture is...

• the way we act / behave,  
• what we like / don’t like,
• what we believe in…. 

What is an example of typical Dutch culture? Raise your hand to give an example. 

How do you think Dutch culture is
different from Spanish culture?
Are there any similarities?

What cultural background(s) do you have?

What do you know about

  cultural differences around the world?

Let's play a Kahoot quiz!

(Link in next slide)

create.kahoot.it

(Spanish students)
Which words come up when you think of Holland?

27-03-2023

Watch the video and answer the questions online.

See next slide.

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A "We-know-Holland🌷-test"!

Game for the Spanish students.

Dutch students explain & give examples after answers are given😃.

What is a bakfiets?

1. A bike with 5 wheels
2. A bike and a wheelbarrow in one
3. A car with 2 wheels
4. A bike with childrensseats on it

What is so special about Houten?

1. There only live children and elderly people.
2. It has the most bikes in Holland.
3. It is the most bikefriendly city in Holland
4. Every bike in Houten is made of wood.

What will be the case in 2024

1. There will be no more gendertoilets in Holland
2. We will remove the word men/woman from our dicitionary.
3. There will be no more prisons in Holland
4. The genderspecification will be removed from the Dutch ID's.

How many stray dogs are there in Holland?

1. 10.000
2. 0
3. 5
4. 5.000

What kind of prisoners do we have in Holland?

1. Dutch and foreign prisoners
2. Mostly friendly prisoners
3. Only foreign prisoners
4. Only Dutch prisoners

Why do we also have foreign prisoners?

1. Because we love to learn other languages.
2. Because the crime is so low, the prisons became empty.
3. Because in Holland they find it important to have a good foreign intergration.
4. Because we have a lot of foreign criminals in Holland.

What is an ecoduct?

1. It is a meal where the meat is ecological
2. It is a brigde over a river
3. It is a bridge over a highway for wildlife
4. It is a highway for wildlife

When we think of the environment, what do the Dutch do about that?

1. They encourage people to drive an electric car and they have a solar bike lane.
2. They encourage people to build their own forests.
3. They encourage people to take the bike to work.
4. They encourage people to take care of stray dogs and cats.

What were/are Dutch windmills used for?

1. To generate energy by the use of wind.
2. For the tourists.
3. For irrigation & grinding grain.
4. For keeping the water low in the fields.

Where is the Keukenhof and what is it?

1. It is in Sassenheim and it is a large kitchenmall.
2. It is in Amsterdam and it is a park.
3. It is in Lisse and it is the largest flower garden in the world.
4. It is in the north of Holland and it is the biggest zoo of Europe.

What is the name 'Holland' officially?

1. It is the name of the whole kingdom
2. It is the name of our king.
3. It is the name of 2 of the richest provinces .
4. It is the tourist name of the Netherlands

What is the flag of The Netherlands?

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Break time!

The Dutch culture

What makes us, Dutchies, Dutch? 

Let's find out and discuss what fabulous, 

yet weird habits, Dutch have.

How do Spanish see the Dutch?
What stereotypes are there about Dutch people?
Go online to find out (5 min).

Write down some Dutch habits that are discussed in the video.

For the Spanish students. What do you think is a typical Dutch snack?
Dutch students explain what it is.

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Dutch students: explain to the Spanish students what these things are:

"For example: A bitterbal is a crunchy fried ball with beef ragout in it." 

If you cannot translate the word, use the Dutch word and explain it. 

If you cannot translate the word, use the Dutch word and explain it. 

Discuss and answer:
What do you think are the two weirdest Dutch habits? Explain why.

Assignment for all students.

See next slide.

Culture assignment

• You have 2 hours to prepare a PTT/ Canva presentation about your culture in teams of 4 students. 
• Team up with your classmates.
• Team themes will be shared online. 
• Each teams will present online (share your screen to all students).
• We will round up with a group reflection.

¡Adiós!/ Tot ziens!