MSD2V1a / 1b - Lesson 2 - 22 sept '21

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English for the military 

Siham Habbati

Today's plan. 

-  Learning objectives

- Warming-up

- Pronunciation

- Grammar - form of to be

- Do some exercisess

- Speaking 

-Check learning objectives

Learning objectives 

- After this lesson, I can pronounce the letters of the alphabet and NATO-alphabet correctly.

- After this lesson, I know the NATO-alphabet by heart.

- After this lesson, I can apply the form of to be.

Warming up!

Video: How the military taught me time management.

Pay attention! 

You will answer some questions of which the answer is told in the video. 

01:26

The military never calls you on your off days or when you've just finished work.

1. True
2. False

02:47

Why do minutes matter according to Austen?

04:14

What do you need to minimalise distractions?

06:01

Do you think you will plan your time in time blocks or do you already do this?

Pronunciation 

 Letters of the alphabet

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O 

 P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

Pronunciation 

                                                  Nato- alphabet 

A - Alpha       G - Golf      M - Mike              S - Sierra        Y - Yankee

B - Bravo       H - Hotel   N - November  T - Tango        Z - Zulu

C - Charlie     I - India     O - Oscar            U - Uniform

D - Delta        J - Juliet    P - Papa              V - Victor

E - Echo         K - Kilo       Q - Quebec       W - Whiskey

F - Foxtrot     L - Lima     R - Romeo         X - X-ray

Form of to be

Am not 


Are not 

Is not 

I am not British.

You/ we/they are not French. 

He / she / it is not Pakistanti. 

What is the short way to write:
1. I am not
2. You are not
3. It is not

More examples:

- I am not happy

- You are not in the army.

- It is not clean.

• I am happy.
• You are in the army.
• It is clean.

- I'm not happy 

- You're not in the army. 

- It isn't clean. 

• I'm happy.
• You're in the army.
• It's clean. 

Time to practice 

- Do task 4 - page 6

Finished?

- Task 1 - page 6

- Task 2 - page 6

Check your answers. 

Task 1                                                          Task 2

1 = France                                                  French

2 = Great Britain                                     British

3 = Poland                                                 Polish

4 = The United States                          American 

5 = Pakistan                                              Pakistani

 

Check your answers. 

Task 4

2. Peter is British. He is not / isn't Pakistani.

3. Hanif is not / isn't Algerian. He is Pakistani.      

4. Elaine is French. She is not / isn't Bosnian.         

5. Barbara and Max are not / aren't British. They are / They're American.                         

 

Time to get creative

 Come up with a scenario in which you have to give information that you need to convey using the NATO-Alphabet. Start with imagine.....

Check Learning objectives 

- After this lesson, I can pronounce the letters of the alphabet and NATO-alphabet correctly.

- After this lesson, I know the NATO-alphabet by heart.

- After this lesson, I can apply the form of to be.

Next lesson

Bring your:

- Books

- Laptop

Have a good day :)