Lesson 1 Context guessing

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Listening and reading exam

Context guessing

Today's lesson

- Starter

  Planner

- Main course

   Unit 3 Safety

   Context guessing

- Dessert

   One-minute news

   

foodborne		hairnet
food poisoning		disposable gloves
wash		temperature
handle		sanitation
bleach		food safety
hygiene		properly
three-compartment sink		expired

Unit 2 Sanitation

accidents		fire hazard
first aid		burns
sharp		emergency exits
dull		block
cut		accident report
liquid		safety manual
create		injuries

Unit 3 Safety

accidents	ongevallen	fire hazard	brand gevaar
first aid	EHBO	burns	brandwonden
sharp	scherp	emergency exits	nooduitgangen
dull	stomp	block	blokkeren
cut	snijden	accident report	ongeval rapport
liquid	vloeistof	safety manual	veiligheids handleiding
create	veroorzaken	injuries	verwonding

Unit 3 Safety

1 What are some safety concerns in restaurant kitchens?

2 What should employees know about emergency exits?

June 24th

Context guessing

Goal of this class: students know that they can use context to understand what is being said.

 

• Why is context important?

• How about if I say: "It's okay to make mistakes". 

What is context?

Elicit: what is context?

What if I say?

"It's okay to make mistakes"

"It's okay to make mistakes"

Context guessing can help you!

Listening can be difficult!

Use your eyes!

The context of the story can help you 

to understand what is going on.

Watch this video from Romania.

Use the context (your eyes) to guess what happened.

Discuss with a partner in English

What do you think has happened?

A personal train, in which there were 30 passengers, crashed into an agricultural combine. Apparently, the vehicle is right on an unmarked railroad crossing.

Paradoxical is the fact that less than 20 meters away there is a level crossing with a signalized and equipped railway, but the only access road to the agricultural fields in the area intersects with another railway. Thus, people are forced to put their lives in danger, every day.

Context guessing can help you!

Listening can be difficult!

Focus on intonation!

The way things are said can help you 

to understand what is going on.

Listen to this audio fragment.

Focus on how things are said.

This is the audio tape from a YouTube video. 

Use the context (focus on intonation) to guess what happened.

https://youtu.be/IlaP-Kbkrps

Discuss with a partner in English

What do you think has happened?

A personal train, in which there were 30 passengers, crashed into an agricultural combine. Apparently, the vehicle is right on an unmarked railroad crossing.

Paradoxical is the fact that less than 20 meters away there is a level crossing with a signalized and equipped railway, but the only access road to the agricultural fields in the area intersects with another railway. Thus, people are forced to put their lives in danger, every day.

Now watch the video.

https://youtu.be/IlaP-Kbkrps

Did you get it right?

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You know more than you think!

Most new information is built on old information. Context can help you remember the information that is already in your head. And that will help you understand the new information.

So don't say: "ik kan geen Engels" and then shut your ears and eyes. The information you already have in your head, in your own language, helps you to understand what is said in English.

How can you practice?

• One minute world news BBC > compare news
• Watch English movies > without subtitles (first English, okay)
• Listen to Podcasts > about an unknown topic

BBC-one minute world news

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