Exam Pearson A2. Section 2: Listening & Speaking describe a picture.

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3,4

Goal of this class

Prepare for section 2 of the Pearson exam.

Speaking: describe a picture.

Listening.

Speaking: describe a picture.

Adjectives.

Speaking: spot 10 differences.

Speaking

Describe a picture.

You will see a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Speaking

Describe a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Speaking

Describing a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Listening & Speaking

Ask your neigbour: 

What is your favourite day of the week?

Why?

Tell us what your neighbour has told you.

English is the mother tongue for more than 350 Million people and has over 160 different  dialects.

The most commonly spoken dialects of English include those from places like UK, USA, Australia and India.

The Netherlands comes first when comparing the English-speaking skills of 111 non-English speaking countries.

Next to ranking among the tallest people in the world, the Dutch are also better at speaking English than any other non-native country. According to research, between 90% and 93% of Dutchies claim to be able to hold a conversation in English.

The exam has different accents of English.

https://dutchreview.com/culture/why-are-dutchies-so-good-at-speaking-english/

Contrary to other European countries like Spain, Germany, or France — in the Netherlands, you can watch everything on TV in its original language while reading the subtitles in Dutch.

Speaking

Describe a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Speaking

Describe a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Even voorkennis ophalen:

Wat weten studenten nog van adjectives?

Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden geven een eigenschap of toestand aan van een zelfstandig naamwoord.

Which words are adjectives?

 They live in a beautiful house.

Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today.

    She wore an expensive dress.

    Ben is a sweet baby.

    Linda’s hair is gorgeous.

This glass is breakable.

    I met a homeless person in NY

Kunnen de studenten de bijvoegelijke nw herkennen?

An adjective answers WHAT !

They live in a beautiful house.

Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today.

    She wore an expensive dress.

    Ben is a sweet baby.

    Linda’s hair is gorgeous.

This glass is breakable.

    I met a homeless person in NY.

Adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamw)

Adjectives make a sentence more interesting by giving detail.

Work in groups of 3-4 students.

You will get a piece of paper.

Try to add as many adjectives as possible to this sentence.

• The boy is holding a book.

Adjective game

Step 1: Work individually. Write down as many adjectives to describe the picture as you can think of. 

Step 2: Work in pairs. Compare your lists. Any word both students listed gets crossed off. 

Step 3: Each student gets one point for every remaining adjective and minus one point for every word which is not an adjective.

Speaking

Describe a picture.

You will see a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Try to use adjectives.

Speaking

Describing a picture.

You have 25 seconds to prepare.

Describe the picture in 25 seconds.

Spin the wheel:

ask students to describe the picture using the useful language from the video.

25 seconds for A2

40 seconds for B1

A witch on a broomstick.

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands).

Speak English, please.

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right.

Berg links

Stenen rechts

Wegrand links

Struiken links

Midden bezem

Groen rechtsonder

Hoed

Op elleboog

Top schoorsteen

Haar van heks

A man and a car.

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands).

Speak English, please.

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right.

Schoorsteen.

Zitting

Hek

Rechtsonder

Snor

Struik links

Rechtsboven

Hand links

Op klep boven.

Huis links

A man in a boat.

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands).

Speak English, please.

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right.

A married couple in a boat.

Spot the 10 differences (without using your hands).

Speak English, please.

Use: top left - top right - bottom left - bottom right.

Go to Teams:

Assignments (opdrachten) to find  Forms tasks.

Channel 'English exams' for more information about the exam.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) to find the Reader English basics !!!

Concentric circles!

Werkvorm:

Studenten schrijven in het midden hun beroep.

Daarna maken ze een lijst van kwaliteiten (bijvoegelijke NW) die je moet bezitten als beroepsbeoefenaar. Daarna zetten de de woorden in de circles van belangrijk naar minder belangrijk.

Daarna klassikaal nabepreken.