2.2 English language; what do you know fase 1?!

• Engels
• MBO

week 2.2

welcome in English class!

blok 2

2.1  Commonwealth 

2.2  All English

2.3  let's talk

2.4  reading/listening

2.5  0-meting

2.6  writing

2.7  Christmas quiz

FT 2

Christmas Holiday

Which countries have English as (one of) their main language(s)?

What makes English such an important language?

Now...

Let's see how much you know about the English speaking countries......

Plus, a bit of repetition of last week's content!

Let's quizzzzzzz!

What is the Capitol of Australia?

1. Sydney
2. Canberra
3. Perth
4. Melbourne

Where do the Maori people live?

1. The United States
2. Great Britain
3. New Zealand
4. Australia

What is the capital of Canada

1. Ottowa
2. Toronto
3. Vancouver
4. Winnipeg

What is a Kiwi?

1. Someone from New Zealand
2. Someone from Australia
3. Someone from South Africa
4. Someone from India

Where do the Aborigines live?

1. South Africa
2. New Zealand
3. India
4. Australia

The world's biggest coral reef, which is in Australia, is called ...

1. The Great Reef
2. The Great Barrier
3. The Great Barrier Reef
4. The Great Coral Reef

In Quebec (Canada) people speak ...

1. Spanish
2. French
3. English
4. Italian

Where were the Lord of The Rings films shot?

1. New Zealand
2. Australia
3. Brasil
4. Great Britain

What is this country called?

1. New Zealand
2. Indonesia
3. South Africa
4. Japan

New Zealand and the Haka

New Zealand (the Zealand that we, the Dutch made new), is famous for many things.

What do you already know about New Zealand?

New Zealand

The text

Read the text, and answer the questions.

The haka explained...

Listen to the video and answer the questions as they appear on the screen.

Taalblokken homework

Building Blocks

A2

Around the world

1.2 reading

deadline: week 2.3

00:56

What is the correct pronounciation of the Maori word haka

1. /huhrkuhr/
2. /hekkeh/
3. /hahkah/

01:15

What is the name of the New Zealand's national mens team?

01:19

What country does the present consider to be New Zealand's biggest competitor?

1. The Netherlands
2. Australia
3. Japan
4. England

02:00

The haka used to be a war dance. What was it used for?

1. To intimidate
2. To honour
3. To amuse
4. To impress

02:24

What does the Maori word "mana" mean?

02:44

The presenter shows an example of what happens when you disrespect the tradition of haka. What happened in the example?

02:55

When is a haka NOT performed according to the video?

1. To honour a guest
2. Maori ceremonies
3. Whenever a NZ team plays
4. During weddings

03:05

The wrong pronounciation of KA MATE sounds a lot like the Australian English pronounciation of what phrase?

1. Cheers mate
2. Okay mate
3. BBQ mate
4. Nice mate

03:47

Which country is not given as an example of having their own war dance?

1. Fiji
2. Nauru
3. Samoa
4. Tonga

04:12

The presenter is hoping for an injury on the All Blacks team. Why?