Speaking - Expert Groups

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1,2

Welcome to English Class

Talking about diseases in animals and taking notes

Plan of action

• Checking in
•  Expert groups
• Get to work
• Talking about diseases

Lesson aims

Aan het einde van de les...:

- Kan ik een 2-3 minuten praatje houden over een dierenziekte (in het Engels).

- Kan ik samen met 3 andere studenten een expert worden in een dierenziekte.

- Kan ik notities/aantekeningen maken van de belangrijkste informatie tijdens de praatjes.

What are expert groups?

Speaking assignment

• 2-3 minute talk about a disease, medical condition which can be found in an animal of choice. 
• What is it? What is the cause of it? What are some symptoms? How can it be treated?
• Try to use the right medical jargon when talking about it.

Tell them about the ways you can 

Part 1 - Research

• Form a group of 4 students
• Choose an animal and a disease
• Go online or use your study books to find information
• Prepare a 2-3 talk together

Research this

What is it? What is the cause of it? What are some symptoms? How can it be treated? How deadly is it?<div>You can come up with a lot more information - think big (2-3 minutes are long)<br><div><br></div></div>

Part 2 - Sharing

• Form new groups
• Share your findings with your new group
• Each student discusses their disease in 2-3 minutes
• Listeners are going to take notes 

For the listeners!

Take notes while listening. Write down the important information: Name, cause, treatment, symptoms, etc.<div>I will ask about this.</div>

Research

Task

<ul><li>Form a group of 4 students
</li><li>Choose an animal and a disease
</li><li>Go online or use your study books to find information
</li><li>Prepare a 2-3 talk together</li></ul><div>You can use a PowerPoint, but it is not required. You can use key notes if needed.</div>

Research this

What is it? What is the cause of it? What are some symptoms? How can it be treated? How deadly is it?<div>You can come up with a lot more information - think big (2-3 minutes are long)<br><div><br></div></div>

Sharing

Form new groups and share your findings.

2-3 minutes per student

Listeners take notes

Round 1: write down your notes

For the listeners!

Take notes while listening. Write down the important information: Name, cause, treatment, symptoms, etc.

Round 2: write down your notes

For the listeners!

Take notes while listening. Write down the important information: Name, cause, treatment, symptoms, etc.

Round 3: write down your notes

For the listeners!

Take notes while listening. Write down the important information: Name, cause, treatment, symptoms, etc.

Round 4: write down your notes

For the listeners!

Take notes while listening. Write down the important information: Name, cause, treatment, symptoms, etc.

Lesson aims

Aan het einde van de les...:

- Kan ik een 2-3 minuten praatje houden over ziekte (in het Engels)

- Kan ik samen met 3 andere studenten een expert worden in een ziekte

- Kan ik notities maken van de belangrijkste informatie tijdens de praatjes