W2L1 English Listening for information

Good morning V5! 
English class
Mevrouw Plazier/Ms. Plazier 

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Good morning V5! 
English class
Mevrouw Plazier/Ms. Plazier 

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Linguistic diversity - what do you think is meant by this?

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While reading: tips

-Make sure to look up the words you do not understand. 
-Ask yourself: what the main point is of this text?

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Slide 4 - Link

Let's discuss
Question 1: What does the author explain in the paragraph about monolingualism as an ideology?
Question 2: Like joie de vivre, is there any word from your mother tongue that cannot be translated into another language?

Question 3: "it’s generally accepted that a translation seldom reproduces the exact sense of the original text; nuances don’t travel well." - Do you agree? Why/why not?

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lesson goals
  • I can filter out important info from an informative talk about linguistic diversity.   

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What do I expect of you?
  • Try to speak as much English as possible. 
  • Be mindful, respectful & communicate!
  • Be on time: more than 5 minutes = too late. 
  • Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me or a student. 
  • Bags are on the ground, phones in your bags. 
  • No eating in the classroom (gum included), drinking water is allowed. 

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How did de nulmeting go?
😒🙁😐🙂😃

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Imagine you lost track of what they are saying in the listening exercise. What do you do?

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Let's take a look at the nulmeting

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Three aspects listening/watching
  • ‘gist’ (de essentie van het fragment) 
  • specific information 
  • important details 

  • Try to discover which one applies to the questions when you are making a listening/watching test. What do they want from me?

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question 12: important details

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"a city was annihilated by the atomic bomb" What is a synonym for annihilate?

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question 26: understand the gist
Listen for synonyms!!

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Kijk/luisteren VWO Engels
  • globaal luisteren of kijken: hier mag je de vragen nog niet lezen. Je kijk/luistert naar het fragment, maakt aantekeningen en dan beantwoord je de vragen. 
  • voorspellend luisteren: hier moet je het juiste woord invullen op de plaats van de pieptoon. 
  • selectief luisteren : hier mag je de vragen al wel lezen, dan luister je naar het fragment en vervolgens beantwoord je de vragen 

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listening/watching tips
  • underline the important words in the answers that indicate what the answer is really about. 
  • If you doubt between two answers: ask yourself which answer was mostly present in the fragment? What is it really about and which aspects were less relevant. 
  • look for synonyms. Sometimes a synonym of a word in the answers is used in the fragment  

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How to practice? 
  • Practice listening at B2/C1 level in Holmwoods
  • Practice listening/watching in Woots. You can also practice at skilllevel 1-3. 
  • Watch a lot of Netflix series like: The Crown (without subtitles or with English subtitles), Planet Earth. Practice with English accents that you find difficult. 

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How to practice? 
  • Watch BBC News, Al Jazeera, CNN 
  • Listen to BBC radio/ a podcast on Spotify ( The Daily - The New York Times) / audiobooks (Audible, Storytel, Nextory) -> Sherlock Holmes series, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts series, Jane Austen books  or anything else you find interesting

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How language shapes the way we think

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Make a Dutch sentence to explain what is happening in each picture.

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Make an English sentence to explain what is happening in each picture.

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De fles staat op tafel.


De fles ligt op tafel.

The bottle is on the table.


The bottle is on the table.

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HERE WE GO ! 
Listen to the TedTalk and write down the key aspects.

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Compare your notes to those of your neighbour, what are the differences?

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From the final part, do you see parallels with languages you speak?

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Can you think of any examples of this from languages you speak?

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homework/ task
Find something that we can watch/ listen to/ read in class in the first 10 minutes.

It needs to be originally in English
It needs to be accessible to everyone ( np paywall/subscription)
link to the article/song/fragment/....: TEAMS (PZR Plazier)

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