Lesson 1, period 4

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's programme

- introduction
- what are we going to do this period?
- reading and vocabulary exercise
- working online/ online test B1

Wendy Kerdijk
Wednesday (HHW) & Thursday (PUR) [e-mail] 

What do you need this period for English?

- your laptop to work online

- notebook for notes during class

- pen/pencil

- enthousiasm and perseverance

Week 1 24 May	Introduction & reading about the Netherlands
Week 2 31 May	International project with schools from Finland and Denmark & reading/vocabulary
Week 3 7 June	Adverbs and adjectives, language card exercise and working online
Week 4 14 June	Conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 5 21 June	Review writing and reading text about vegans
Week 6 28 June	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 7 5 July	Adverbs/adjectives and listening exercise about the number 1 new restaurant in the United States
Week 8 12 July	Period test adverbs/adjectives and conjunctions and language card test

Exercise

We are going to do a short warm-up exercise together. 
You need a pencil for this one

Introduction exercise HO

You will all receive a card with quesions. You will ask your neighbour to answer the quesions. Once you are done I am going to collect the cards. I will read out a few answers and you need to guess whose card it was.

Period 4

listening	Listening to fragments, watching videos
reading	Reading texts, advertisements, reviews etc.
writing	Writing letters, reviews, minutes, filling in forms etc.
speaking	Speaking exercise in pairs/groups
working online	NuEngels, activate your license in mbo webshop
period test	In July you will have your test. Your test will be about adverbs/adjectives, conjunctions and there will be a reading part.

Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4
practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in October + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in January + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in April + language card	practicing the skills: reading, listening, writing speaking working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in July + language card

Year 1

Year 1 (period 1, 2, 3 & 4)	Year 2 (period 5, 6, 7 & 8)	Year 3 (period 9 & 10)
1 study point per period	1 studypoint per period Cambridge C1 for those of you who are interested and motivated December/January reading/listening B1 June/July writing A2 (reading/listening B2)	1 studypoint per period October/November speaking B1 and presenting B1

Course overview

Discussing last period's test

year 1 test period 3 (creative assignment)
- I need to dye my hair again...
- afford & effort

The Netherlands

What do you call this country? The Netherlands, Netherlands, Holland, Dutch...? And what could be the difference?

Reading

We will now read a text about the Netherlands.

Dutch government ditches Holland (synonyms) &  Amsterdam (correct order)

Why does Els Iping find it most disgusting when tourists throw up in her plant boxes?

When does the weekend start in Amsterdam, according to Els?

1. Friday morning
2. Thursday afternoon
3. Saturday night

What is the target audience for the shop owners in Els' neighbourhood?

Name two measures Amsterdam has taken to decrease the growth of tourists in the city

Why did Amsterdam started to promote tourism in 2008?

1. Amsterdam wanted to become as big as London
2. In an effort to recover from the financial crisis
3. The population decreased and the city hoped more tourists would stay

How many residents does Amsterdam have?

According to Els and Bert, wat have been particular low points the last couple of years?

1. The beerbike and the Italian gondola
2. The beerbike and the Alpine snow mountain
3. The beerbike and vomit in plant boxes
4. The beerbike and the slow pace of people strolling through the city

Video exchange

Exercise with Danish and Finnish students

1-minute video in pairs

- who is your target audience?
- what is the goal of this video?
- what do you want to show?
- what do you want to tell to the Finnish and Danish students?

Working online

First, you are going to make a test in NuEngels to see what your level of English is right now. (code 54321)

After finishing you can work online yourselves.
You can start on Unit 13, take the 'instaptoets' to see which route you need to follow.

Good luck!

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