Objective Advanced unit 25

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

unit 25 

Intelligence

1. Test discussion

2. Text practice website 

3. Video: Can you measure intelligence?

https://www.examenblad.nl/examen/engels-vwo-2/2019/vwo?topparent=vg41h1h4i9qe

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watch the video

make notes.

answer the questions. use your notes

1. Why was Binet asked to design a test?
2. What was claimed about IQ by American psychologists?
3. Why could the IQ of people change between World War 1 and World War II?
4. What is really measured by an IQ test?
5. What aspect of the IQ test was exploited by politics?
6. Which 2 things can change your IQ?

answers

1. Binet was asked to design a test to decide who needed remedial help with education.

2. American psychologists claimed that IQ was innate and that different ethnic groups had different levels of IQ

3. They had got better education and nutrition and their parents were also better educated.

4. An IQ test measures abstract logic

5. Polyicians exploited the fact that it was a scientific test.

6. Environmental conditions  and education can change your IQ

speaking

• In what way are all the photos on p. 154 linked to the theme of intelligence?
• Do you think people are born intelligent, or can most of us study and become intelligent?
• Which animals do you think are the most intelligent? Why?

reading

Hans answered the questions by tapping with his forefoot or by pointing with his nose at different alternatives shown to him.

What do you think the text will be about?

Read the text and answer the question in exercise 3: How do you think Hans was able to answer the questions?

vocabulary

do exercises 1 and 2 

Use of English

Choose the right word. The words are all related with regard to meaning. Try to think of collocations you have learnt so far

complex sentences and adverbial clauses

Complex sentences have a main clause (hoofdzin) and at least one subordinate clause (bijzin). 

adverbial clauses give information about the main clause such as time, place, manner, reason, condition, concession etc.

adverbial clauses of time

• They are usually placed just behind the main clause 
• They can be placed before the main clause, followed by a comma.
• They use conjunctions such as: after,as, as soon as , before, every time, since, until , when and while
•  We used to say "bonjour monsieur" every time we saw our French teacher in school. ? Every time we saw our French teacher in school, we used to say "bonjour monsieur". 

adverbial clause of place

informs us where something  happens

You can use the office  where I usually work.

Wherever she goes, her little brother follows her like a puppy. 

adverbial clause of manner

tells us how something happens

He became famous by playing Bond's assistent.

adverbial clause of reason

• tells us why something happens
• you often use because but conjunctions as , for and since can also be used 

He was sent to prison because he had killed a politician.

As he had forgotten his glasses, he had to go home to fetch them.

adverbial clause of condition

• is used to talk about possible situations and their consequences.
• You usually use if or unless.

If you forget to enroll, you will not be allowed to sit the resit. 

You cannot enter this area unless you are a surgeon.

adverbial clause of concession

• used to talk about information that contrasts with the information in the main clause, or seems surprising in some way in relation to the main clause.
• You use : though, although or even tough

We did not take an umbrella with us even though rain was forecast.

Although John was very clever, he did not answer one question right when he took part in a television quiz.

remember

main clause adverbial clause

adverbial clause , main clause

grammar

do exercises 1-3

listening

1. What do you think emotional intelligence is?
2. How far do you think it's possible to judge someone's intelligence by giving them a standard intelligence test?
3. During this course what have you noticed about your style of learning? Do you prefer reading, listening, speaking or writing? Dou you like working alone or with other people?

listening exercises 2 , 3 and 4

Cd2 nr 20