ISB - Introduction

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• Leerjaar 1-6

Lesson plan - 31 august

1. Who am I and who are you? 

2. Why should we learn Dutch? 

3. Dutch B @ ISB

5. Task 1: writing task 'Wie ben ik?'

Mevrouw Jansen

Tell me something about yourself!

- Name

- Where do you live now and where did you live in the past? 

- Brothers and sisters at the ISB? 

- How much Dutch do you know already?

- 3 facts about yourself (hobbies, pets, things you're good at,...) BUT 1 fact is not true

--> We are going to guess which fact is not true!

 Let's get to know you!

Learn Dutch: why would you?

1. Twentythree million people speak Dutch! It's the third largest Germanic language after English and German. 

2. You never know what the future holds... 

3. Learning foreign languages is good for your brain.

4. It's not so difficult to learn Dutch when you speak English. 

5. Dutch is so much fun to speak! Dutch was once chosen as the most badass language... 

Fun facts about the Dutch language

• The Dutch language is 1500 years old.
• In the Dutch language you find a lot of consonants: angstschreeuw
• 1% of English words have their origin in Dutch. Like cookie (koekje) and Santa Claus (Sinterklaas)
• The longest Dutch word has 60 letters: Kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomitéleden
• The Dutch word 'gezellig' is untranslatable.
• The Dutch language has a lot of sayings, like "Maak dat de kat wijs"

Lesson plan - 2 september

1. Dutch B @ ISB

2. Task 1: writing task 'Wie ben ik?'

3. Snakes and ladders board game 

Next lesson: Placement test (phases) 

Dutch B @ ISB

• 4 periods in a year -> 4 units in a year 
• 3 lessons a week: Unitlesson, language skills and grammar
• Assesment is based on 4 criteria (language skills)

- Listening skill (Criterion A)

- Reading skill (Criterion B)

- Speaking skill (Criterion C)

- Writing skill (Criterion D)

• Every period 2 criteria will be tested in a summative. Before every summative you will get a formative to get an idea about your level. 

Dutch B @ ISB

• In Dutch B we work with phases 

1. Phase 1: If this is the first time you learn Dutch (or if you only have learned a little bit of Dutch in the past) you start in phase 1

2. Phase 2: You can already use Dutch in simple conversations and you understand most of the simple things I say in Dutch

3. Phase 3: You understand everything I say in Dutch and you can answer my questions in Dutch without preparation 

4. Phase 3+: You are a native Dutch speaker, but you haven't learned a lot about writing and reading in Dutch. 

5. Dutch A: Native speakers (You don't focus on the language anymore, but you learn more about Dutch literature) 

Task 1: Wie ben ik? 

1. You get a task sheet from me with questions about yourself. Fill in the task sheet. 

2. The questions are in Dutch. If you don't know what they mean, ask me! 

3. If you can, answer the questions in Dutch. If you don't know how to write it in Dutch, English is fine too! 

Board game: Snakes and ladders

1. In groups (mixed phases) you are going to play Snakes and Ladders

2. Use 1 phone as a dice roller (google: online dice) and make sure everyone has a pawn or token (use something small from your pencil case)

3.  Everyone starts at number 1. You roll the dice for the amounts of steps you can take in your turn. If your pawn lands on a ladder, you may go to the end of the ladder. If your pawn lands on the mouth of a snake, you have to go back to the tail. 

4. For every number on the board game, you have to answer a question from the list with Dutch questions. Also explain your answer. Your classmates should get to know you better

5. If you don't understand the question, ask help from a classmate or ask the teacher

6. The person who reaches number 35 first, wins! 

Lesson plan - 7 september

1. Placement test: Writing exercise 

2. Done? Vocabulary on learndutch.org 

- Go to the website learndutch.org

- Scroll down and click on '1000 most common words in Dutch'

- Click on lesson 1: introduction

- Watch the video (earplugs) and read the vocabulary list

- Scroll down and make the 3 tests (start with visual)

- Done with all 3 the tests? Go to lesson 2

- Is the lesson too easy? Go to the next lesson!