Language biography

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Today

• Relative pronouns
• A language biography  

Saying of the day 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Note: beholder (noun) = person who beholds | behold (verb) = look at; observe

Different people see beauty in different ways. What one person finds beautiful may not appeal to another person.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" usually means that

1. people who behold tend to be more beautiful
2. what one person thinks is beautiful, another may think is ugly
3. the eye is beautiful

Assignment 

Read the article on the next slide (use the link) and answer the questions .

theconversation.com

Relative clauses

Defining relative clauses 

Defining relative clauses geven altijd informatie die essentieel is voor de zin. 

The laptop which I bought last week has started making strange noises! 

Non-defining relative clauses 

We gebruiken non-defining relative clauses wanneer we extra informatie willen geven. 

John's mother, who lives in Scotland, has six grandchildren. 

Now 

Do ex 1,2,3,5 p. 39

Done?

Do exam success ex 7 p.39- on your own !!!

Do you know?

• The number of languages in the world?  
• The language with the most native speakers? 
• The language with the most non-native speakers? 
• The oldest written language that still exists?
• The country with the most languages spoken by native inhabitants? 

7000

Mandarin

English

Chinese and Greek

Papua New Guines (over 800 living languages)

papua new gini

When and how did you first start learning English?

• I started learning English when I was at a primary school.
• I like speaking and reading English but I'm not so good at writing.

Gateway

p.40-41

Now

Look at the pictures and tell me how each one can help to learn English

Ex 3

The language biography complies an overview of a student's most important language-learning experiencies.

Read the text in ex 3 and mark the paragraphs.

The answers 

1. My name is... I can speak English
2. I started learning...we practised speaking
3. At the moment...on the computer
4. Outside school... to London for example.
5. I like learning English.... revise them from time to time. 

Use the Writing bank tips and write your language-biography.

Hand it in via Teams 

On Friday 

• Grammar revision ex1,2 p.43
•  Vocab revision ex 1,2,3 p.43
• Language biography (Teams)