V5B 9-1-2025 90 mins Listening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! Bag at the front. You need: laptop, Monday's answers, pen on table. 

Listening

Program

1. Learning goals

2. KLT practice together (30 mins)

3. Checking answers (10 mins)

4. Short break (5 mins)

5.  Listening exercise together (15 mins)

6. Work on your own (20 mins)

7. Rounding off together

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have practised a C1 level video/audio test 

- I will have had time to do other listening exercises

KLT practice

      Short break (5 mins)!                   

3 oefenopgaven Cito

3:37 minutes

Political philosophers

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Litigious: tending or too ready to take legal action to settle disputes

Video: resolutions

Why & how can New Year's resolutions be successful?

Optional: stop at 2:30 mins and let students discuss possible answers together

At the end, compare their answers to the ones in the video

Successful New Year's resolutions, how??
Answers from the video:

Answers mentioned in the video:

- know your strengths/weaknesses, set priorities

- be optimistic AND realistic

- share  resolutions with others ( support)

- focus on small goals and small wins (instead of will power, motivation)

- start with the easy things

- minimize temptations, prepare for good behaviour

Answers mentioned in the video:

To be successful, it's important to be a reflective learner (know your strengths/weaknesses, know your priorities, balance optimism/realism), but we're often too busy.

New Year is a (culturally defined) moment of reflection in a busy world. People can share their  resolutions with others, receive & give support.

We usually think we need will power, motivation, self-control, BUT wat you really need is:

- small goals and small wins 

- to facilitate your success (e.g. minimize temptations, prepare for good behaviour)

- to start with the easy things

What was said about Janus?

Extra practice:

- https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/c1-listening

- UK/US news (like CNN10) 

- Interviews on the BBC 

- English podcasts (take notes)

- Tips: https://www.altenaengels.nl/vwo/vwo-6/listening-and-reading-a6

Good luck next week! 

Video + creative assignment

You will need the information from your speaking exercise 

Use your notes...

Requirements 

Use unlined A4 paper

Handwritten, unless you have great trouble writing (ask me first)

You can use your own forms/shapes, these are just suggestions

Be creative! You can doodle, colour, illustrate…

BUT:

Make sure 2024 is on the left and 2025 on the right 

Use a different colour for each year & include all elements

Make complete sentences & elaborate

Coming up:

Video: 3:20 minutes, 8 actors on acting

(what they think is important)

Take notes (keywords)!

After watching, answer the (MC) questions

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Keira Knightley ...

1. thinks when you act you have to go to a different world of emotions
2. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
3. always wants to play characters that are difficult to interpret.
4. has always wanted to be an actor.

Tom Hanks...

1. thinks when you act you have to go to a different world of emotions
2. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
3. has always wanted to be an actor.
4. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.

Anne Hathaway...

1. has always wanted to be an actor.
2. likes characters who are complex, like real people
3. prepares her characters very well
4. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.

Ben Stiller...

1. thinks when you act you have to go to a different world of emotions.
2. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
3. you have to understand the background of the characters
4. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.

Judi Dench...

1. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
2. has always wanted to be an actor.
3. always wants to play characters that are difficult to interpret.
4. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.

Michael Fassbender...

1. always wants to play characters that are difficult to interpret.
2. has always wanted to be an actor.
3. prepares his characters very well
4. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.

Natalie Portman...

1. thinks when you act you have to go to a different world of emotions.
2. using the experience in your real life is useful
3. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
4. has always wanted to be an actor.

Leonardo DiCaprio...

1. likes characters who are complex, like real people.
2. says the job of an actor is to be convincing.
3. always wants to play characters that are difficult to interpret.
4. has always wanted to be an actor

listening exercises

Use your device and earphones to listen. 

Some exercises allow you to see a transcript. If you make many mistakes it is advisable to read the transcript while listening again. This helps you to understand which words you failed to hear the first time. 

listening exercises C1

If you want to challenge yourself with a slightly more difficult listening test, try this short one ( at the bottom of the page you find a national listening exam.

or

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/advanced-c1-listening/help-others-help-yourself

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/advanced-c1-listening/how-false-information-spreads

or

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/advanced-c1-listening/living-online