Reading mavo tekst 6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Reading Mavo tekst 6

After today you will be:

• to better able to understand the main ideas of a text
• to better answer questions about a text
  

Spy chiefs try to recruit Jane Bonds

First go to ItsLearning and open "Mavo Tekst 6"

• Read the title
• Read the first paragraph
  
• Read the last paragraph
  

Explain briefly what the text is about. So, what is the global main idea?

Answer in Dutch.

Spy chiefs try to recruit Jane Bonds

Now read the entire text carefully while:

• thinking about the local main idea for each paragraph
• writing down important words you don't know
  

Questions

Finally, answer a few questions about the text.

• Answer open questions in Dutch.

What becomes clear from paragraph 1?

1. National security organisations are trying to get more female employees.
2. The actress for a leading role in the next Bond movie was found on a website for mothers.
3. The British producers of spy movies have launched a website to attract women.
4. Until recently women were forbidden to perform dangerous tasks for the government.

Which of the following is mentioned as part of ‘plans to rebalance the intelligence workforce’ in paragraph 2?

1. hiring better educated people
2. making it easier to combine work and parental responsibilities
3. offering job opportunities to the relatives of present employees
4. rewarding practical experience

‘an untapped recruitment pool’ (paragraph 3)
What becomes clear about the people in this ‘recruitment pool’ in paragraph 3?

1. They are considered to be less stress-resistant than male applicants.
2. They are thought to lack the ambition for a career at high level.
3. They have been employed for the wrong reasons until recently.
4. They have been overlooked by those responsible for hiring employees.

Welk sterk punt hebben oudere vrouwen en moeders te bieden, volgens alinea 3?
Geef antwoord in het Nederlands.

Juist

Onjuist

Het is gemakkelijker om goed personeel te vinden als je het haalt uit verschillende groepen.

In alle lagen van een organisatie moeten vrouwen werken.

Een organisatie kan alleen veranderen als de leidinggevenden bereid zijn daarvoor te zorgen.

How does the writer conclude the article in paragraph 5?

1. by anticipating on unacceptable social changes in the near future
2. by emphasising her personal opinion on the matter discussed
3. by linking a lighthearted news item to the topic of the text
4. by making fun of people who publicly support feminist ideals

Difficult words

On the next slide write down all the the words from the text you didn't know.

Also include the Dutch meaning that first the context of the text.

Words you didn't know