V4B 23-6-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need: notebook, pen

Program

1. Learning goals

2. Speaking exercise (10 mins)

3. Practise listening test (20-25 mins)

4. Round off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have practised my listening skills

How to practise listening?

- Watch / listen to English programmes; not too easy!

- Best options: BBC (Newsround), CNN(10), documentaries, 

   interviews, TED talks, podcasts

- Formal language, accents   

Take notes! Be an active listener

Practise listening individually

during the lesson

- CNN10

- BBC Newsweek                              Take notes!

- TED talk                                              Be an active listener

(Not Cito)

No earphones? Read the news (CNN or BBC), or Wasp (ask me)

What will you do to practise
listening for the test?

How to practise: Cito

- Go to woots.nl

- Login: "entree"

- Choose 2015-2016 (the one we did in class) to review

- Choose 2016-2017 (new test)

- Answers will be visible Tuesday 25 March

- When you start a test, you can't stop and go back another day

What else can you do to prepare?

- Watch / listen to English programmes; not too easy!

- Best options: BBC news, CNN(10), documentaries, interviews

- Formal language, accents

How was your week?

Speaking (groups of 3)

Where did you go and how did you like it?

What was the best thing you did/ experienced?

What made you laugh?

What was annoying?

Best & worst meal / food

Advice: what to avoid - what not to miss

Well done! You...

- have practised your listening skills

On Friday: only 1 lesson

Bring your earphones   

edition.cnn.com

Dictionary practice (5 words)

Deploy

Welwillend

Deploy

(uitwerpen) / inzetten

New technologies should be deployed in order to 

fight climate change

Welwillend

Stipend

Kwaadaardig (bijv. tumor)

Stipend

Financiële toelage

Students will be paid a monthly stipend of £ 200.

Kwaadaardig (bijv. tumor)

Churn out

Foutief

Churn out

'uitspuwen' (iets in grote hoeveelheden produceren)

He has been churning out great ideas for years.

Foutief

Revenue

Inbreuk maken op

Revenue

Opbrengst

The company saw its revenue increase slightly over the year.

Inbreuk maken op

Entrenched

Tegen zich in het harnas jagen

Entrenched

Star, onbeweeglijk (ingegraven)

Managing a staff with entrenched work practices is not easy.

Tegen zich in het harnas jagen

www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

Comingup:

3x "Would you rather" questions

- Discuss with your neighbour, in English

- Name at least 2 arguments

- Answer the question

1/2 minute

Would you rather...
......own a flying car or a personal robot?

1. Flying car
2. Personal robot

Would you rather...
................have socks that are always slightly wet or an itch on your back that you can never quite reach?

1. Slightly wet socks
2. An itch you can't reach

Would you rather...
......have to listen to only Taylor Swift or
only Ariana Grande for the rest of your life?

1. Taylor Swift
2. Ariana Grande

Coming up:

3x "Would you rather" questions

- Discuss with your neighbour, in English

- Name at least 2 arguments

- Answer the question

1/2 minute

Would you rather...
...go to school in onesie pajamas or a superhero costume?

1. Onesie
2. Superhero costume

Would you rather...
...eat a donut filled with mustard or
a cupcake filled with ketchup?

1. Donut / mustard
2. Cupcake / ketchup

Would you rather... have a tiny marching band following you everywhere, playing background music for your life, or a personal narrator who announces everything you do?

1. Marching band following you everywhere
2. Personal narrator announcing everything you do