Lesson 2 period 8

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome 

From 10:00-12:00 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

- finishing your Europass cv/ working online
- Prepare your writing plan for your letter of motivation 

Learning objective: you can work on your Europas cv and letter of motivation

Week 11 8 May	Introduction to this period and writing
Week 2 15 May	Introduction to this period and writing , presentations
Week 3 22 May	Europass and letter of motivation, presentations
Week 4 29 May	Europass and letter of motivation
Week 5 5 June	Europass and letter of motivation, presentations
Week 6 12 June	Writing exam preparation, presentations
Week 7 19 June	Writing exam preparation, presentations
Week 8 26 June	Writing exam preparation, presentations
Week 9 31 June - 4 July	Writing exam A2 and reading and listening B1 (vocationally orientated)

What are we going to do this period?

Exam: writing July 2025
Exam: reading and listening (vocationally orientated) July 2025

Europass and letter of motivation for your internship

Presentations, to practice your speaking skills

Working online on Unit 13, letters and emails

Writing exam

NO i BUT I                     ALWAYS 

NO abbrevations       I'm    I am

ALL the bullet points should be included

Appropriate salutation and closure 

paragraphs

Presentations

No presentations this week

planning presentations 25

hospitality presentations assignment

Europass

-FIRST AANMELDEN/REGISTREREN
- nieuw cv aanmaken
- details bewerken CHOOSE ENGLISH HERE
- choose your own date format
- fill in your personal information
- upload a (preferably formal) picture of yourself 

Send your Europass to me if you would like to receive feedback.
Europass and English letter of motivation is required for next year's internship

europa.eu

Writing plan

Before you start writing a letter of motivation it is important that you know what you would like to write about in your letter.

That is why you are going to fill in a writing plan --> I will hand it out in a few seconds and then we will briefly discuss its contents together.

Note: you have to fill in the complete writing plan

Letter of motivation writing plan

And now?

Next week, 22 May you need to hand in your writing plan. You can send it to me in the Teams chat or you can send an e-mail.

In the testweek (July 8- July 12) you will have finished  your letter of motivation including your Europass cv. Without these documents you are not able to do an internship abroad next year.

Writing a letter

Tips & tricks

How to start

Is it formal?
Dear Sir/Madam,
Dear Mr Smith,
Dear Mrs Hopkins
Dear Miss Ward

Not sure if the lady is married or unmarried? Use Ms

How to start

Is it informal?

Dear Sam,
Hi Anna,

Always use a blank line before starting your letter

Content of your formal & informal letter

Formal

Paragraph 1: short intro; why are you writing?
(I am writing you to express my dismay...)

Paragraph 2: get to the point, why are you writing? Explain and be specific and clear
(Firstly, we did not receive the treatment we asked for...)

Paragraph 3: closure, end your letter in a professional way .
( Thank you for your consideration and I hope to hear from you soon.)

Informal

Paragraph 1: short introduction as to why you are writing.
(How are you? It's  been such a long time..)

Paragraph 2: get to the point, say what you want to.
 (I would like to invite you to our family home this summer.)

Paragraph 3: closure, end your letter appropriately.
 ( I hope to see you again soon!)

Closure, how to end your letter

Formal

When you know the name of the receiving party 

Yours sincerely,
Tim de Vries

When you do not know the name of the receiving party

Yours faithfully,
Petra de Kok

Informal

Best wishes,
Tim

Bye,
Petra

Tips & tricks

Writing dates: 18 May, 2022

Always start your sentences with capital letters, just like names, places and I

In formal letters it is not allowed to use contractions like 'isn't, hasn't' etc.
 Just write 'is not, has not' etc.

Always make use of paragraphs in your letters (at least 3; introduction, body, closure)

Exercise 1

We are now going to fill in the gaps in a formal letter. I will hand out the exercise

fill in the gaps letter of complaint

Europass

-FIRST AANMELDEN/REGISTREREN
- nieuw cv aanmaken
- details bewerken CHOOSE ENGLISH HERE
- choose your own date format
- fill in your personal information
- upload a (preferably formal) picture of yourself 

Send your Europass to me if you would like to receive feedback.
Europass and English letter of motivation is required for next year's internship

high-quality restaurant

Exercise 2

We are now going to watch the first 26 seconds of a Ted Talk.

 After these 26 seconds I will stop the video and ask you what do you think this video will be about?

What will be the goal of the speaker? What does he want to achieve by doing this Ted Talk you think?

While watching I want you to write down verbs that have to do with the restaurant industry

Exercise 1

You are going to create your own questions in groups after seeing this video. They have to be multiple choice or yes/no.

Also make an answering sheet, because another group is going to take this quiz.

Exercise 2

You are going to make a mindmap/schedule/woordweb about this video.

Take notes while watching and when the video is over you can organise your work.

Evaluation

Present your results, how did it go?
How did you co-operate?
What did you learn?
What would you do differently next time?

30 seconds

We are now going to play a game of 30-seconds.

Working online

After you have finished your writing plan you can work online

You can continue working on Unit 13.1 Personal Notes, have a look at the planning to see which exercises need to be done.