Examentraining - Uitleg Centraal Examen Havo 5 (plus tips)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Central English Exam
Havo 5 

April 15/16th, 2024

Lesson 1/2

• Learning targets: At the end of the lesson, you will understand the format of the Havo 5 Central English Exam and the types of questions it contains.
• 41 questions in total (see pdf)
• Continue reading your exam bundle and submit your results/ score in MagisterLearn
• Study Examen idioom Of course booklet 6.3, Linking words p.113-121 

Final English Exam

- 21 May, 2024. It takes 150 minutes in total.
- Only reading, 10-12 texts, 41 questions
- 80% of the texts are 'scientific' articles & opinion
  pieces, others are mostly letters or part of a book

- Mostly multiple choice questions about the function
  of a paragraph or the main idea.
 

Most used sources on the 2017, 2018 & 2019 exams:

- The Economist (6 times)        
- The Guardian
- The New Yorker
- The Washington Post
- The Daily Telegraph
- Part of a book

Facts:

- Level of the texts is high, level of the questions even higher

- Native speakers / Bilingual students often still make 4 or 5 
  mistakes. You have to read reaalllllyyyy carefully!

- You will need a dictionary! Some questions are made extra 
  difficult to force you to look up words. 

Top 3 tips:

1. Read everything, but use as little of your own knowledge as
    possible (base your answer on what's in the text!)
2. Underline, Highlight,  cross out,  etc. to indicate what to 
    look for or to find specific information
3. Approach multiple choice questions as if they are open 
   questions. Come up with your own answer first and then 
   choose the one that best fits it. 

Exam Strategies:

- Leesstrategieën                    - Woordenboeken
- Meerkeuze vragen                - Tekstsoorten
- Wel/niet vragen                      - Vraag-Antwoord Structuur
- Gap-fill vragen                        - Functiewoorden
- Citeer vragen                           - Signaalwoorden
- Open vragen 

"Vorm" van de vraag:

Open questions
(citation questions)

Multiple choice questions
(gap-fill questions)

True/False questions

"Doel" van de vraag:

1. Main idea of the paragraph
2. Finding specific information
3. Function or tone of a text
    or paragraph
4. Gap-fill (bit of everything / 

   signal words / dictionary 

   questions)

1. Main idea of the paragraph:

2. Finding specific information:

3. Function or Tone:

- Function:


- Tone:

4. Gap-fill questions:

- Signal words



- Dictionary questions / 
   tone (positive/negative)