Week 21

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English

To Do:

• planning term 4
• check/hand-in  last week's exercises
•  reading & listening 

Planning

Week 20: reading & listening

Week 21: reading & listening

Week 22: reading & listening 

Week 23: reading & listening test

Week 24: speaking: elevator pitch + work on presentation

Week 25: speaking: pronunciation + work on presentation

Week 26: presentations

Reading

Purposes of a text:

inform, instruct, persuade, entertain

Reading strategies:

- Scanning:  specific information

- Skimming:  topic and main points

- Intensive Reading: complete understanding

Introduction

1. Why do you think people decide to make big life changes? Think about the following ideas:

-where they work/study

-where they live

-what they look like

-what they do

2. What do you think is the most important reason to change your life? Why?

Listening

Exercise 5: Listen to Phoebe talking about changes she made to her life. Are the sentences True or False?

Exercise 5/6

Listening

Exercise 6A: listen again and complete the sentences.

Exercise 6B: Match the words from 6A with words and phrases with similar meanings (1-7)

Exercise 5/6

Reading

Exercise 2: Read the article about a man who changed his job.

What job did Anthony use to do? What does he

do now? 

Exercise 3: Read the article again and answer the questions. 

Exercise 4: Match the words and phrases in bold in the text with

the words and phrases with a similar meaning 1–6.