Introduction UNESCO Academy 2/2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

• Hofstede's six dimensions of culture (15 min)
• Instruction about the materials (10 min)
• Doing research (10 min)

Lesson Goals

After this lesson, you...

• ... can recognise certain aspects of different cultures, that might come to play during the exchange activities;
• ... can make sense of the project materials;
• ... can use the project materials during the upcoming activities;
• ... can evaluate which types of sources are suitable for conducting research;
• ... can apply your knowledge about plagiarism to prevent it during the research activities.

Personal project journal

• Update your journal after each lesson
  
• Use this to ask questions to the teacher (@tag)
• Use this for your final essay

Supporting language materials

• Summary of grammar rules: to help during the activities
• Fill-in vocabulary list: keep a log of newly encountered vocabulary words.
• Reproduce these words during your presentation and while you write your essay, to show how your vocabulary range has grown throughout the project

The Roadmap / Het Draaiboek

• The roadmap outlines the individual activities for the project.
  
  
• Formulate an issue statement related to your UNESCO-topic
  > For example, "Human rights: The systematic oppression of the Uyghurs"
• The House Keeper: copy the format and edit it in collaboration with the members of your UNESCO-house. Share it with your House in your Google Chatroom and request a "go" with the teacher when it is finished.

Which of the following sources are trustworthy for conducting research?

1. A scientific report
2. An opinion piece in a newspaper
3. The news
4. Wikipedia

Which of these data forms is NOT good for conducting research?

1. Documentaries
2. Newspaper articles
3. Blogposts
4. The internet

What is "plagiarism" and how do you prevent this?

Answer: 

- don't copy/paste things

- put them in your own words

- provide sources with your findings!

Materials & Rules

• Bring a (fully-charged) laptop to class;
• Dictionaries, EN-NL and/or NL-EN (optional);