Week 11

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English

Planning

Week 6:  Introduction to the course + Level Test Reading & Listening

Week 7: Reading, Listening, Speaking

Week 8: Spring Break

Week 9-14*: Reading, Listening, Speaking / Writing

Week 15:Mock Exam Reading & Listening

Week 16: Catch-Up Day (Mock Exam + Writing Prompts)

Mock Exam + 2 Writing Prompts

1. When did St. Patrick convert to Christianity?

1. When he travelled around Ireland building schools
2. When he sought shelter in a monastery in Britain
3. When he was bitten by a magic snake
4. During his time in captivity in Ireland

2. As a newly-anointed bishop, St. Patrick returned to Ireland to

1. convert Celtic druids ("pagans") to Christianity
2. build schools, churches and monasteries
3. pay off his own ransom to his former master
4. all of the above

3. When people say St. Patrick "drove the snakes out of Ireland" what is "snakes" most likely a metaphor for?

1. Pagans
2. Christians
3. Englishmen
4. Turtles

4. What event does March 17th mark?

1. St. Patrick's death
2. St. Patrick's canonisation
3. St. Patrick's liberation from slavery
4. St. Patrick's conversion to Christianity

Speaking: pronunciation

- a variety of English accents

Speaking: pronunciation

•  vowel sounds: long & short sounds >  meet vs. met

                                        monophthongs/ diphthongs

• consonant sounds: auslautverhärtung >  bed vs. bet

                                                 voiced / voiceless sounds

• word stress: verbs vs. nouns  > record vs. record
• intonation: emphasise the most important words

Pronunciation: Vowel Sounds

Speaking: Tongue Twisters

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Reading 

Do one reading exercise at your own level ( A2-C1).