W2L1 English Listening for information

Good morning V5! 

English class

Mevrouw Plazier/Ms. Plazier 

Linguistic diversity - what do you think is meant by this?

While reading: tips

-Make sure to look up the words you do not understand. 

-Ask yourself: what the main point is of this text?

theconversation.com

Let's discuss

Question 1: What does the author explain in the paragraph about monolingualism as an ideology?

Question 2: Like joie de vivre, is there any word from your mother tongue that cannot be translated into another language?

Question 3: "it’s generally accepted that a translation seldom reproduces the exact sense of the original text; nuances don’t travel well." - Do you agree? Why/why not?

lesson goals

• I can filter out important info from an informative talk about linguistic diversity.   

What do I expect of you?

• Try to speak as much English as possible. 
• Be mindful, respectful & communicate!
• Be on time: more than 5 minutes = too late. 
• Raise your hand if you have a question and be silent during explanations of me or a student. 
• Bags are on the ground, phones in your bags. 
• No eating in the classroom (gum included), drinking water is allowed. 

How did de nulmeting go?

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Imagine you lost track of what they are saying in the listening exercise. What do you do?

Let's take a look at the nulmeting

Three aspects listening/watching

• ‘gist’ (de essentie van het fragment) 
• specific information 
• important details 

• Try to discover which one applies to the questions when you are making a listening/watching test. What do they want from me?

question 12: important details

"a city was annihilated by the atomic bomb" What is a synonym for annihilate?

question 26: understand the gist

Listen for synonyms!!

Kijk/luisteren VWO Engels

• globaal luisteren of kijken: hier mag je de vragen nog niet lezen. Je kijk/luistert naar het fragment, maakt aantekeningen en dan beantwoord je de vragen. 
• voorspellend luisteren: hier moet je het juiste woord invullen op de plaats van de pieptoon. 
• selectief luisteren : hier mag je de vragen al wel lezen, dan luister je naar het fragment en vervolgens beantwoord je de vragen 

listening/watching tips

• underline the important words in the answers that indicate what the answer is really about. 
• If you doubt between two answers: ask yourself which answer was mostly present in the fragment? What is it really about and which aspects were less relevant. 
• look for synonyms. Sometimes a synonym of a word in the answers is used in the fragment  

How to practice? 

• Practice listening at B2/C1 level in Holmwoods
• Practice listening/watching in Woots. You can also practice at skilllevel 1-3. 
• Watch a lot of Netflix series like: The Crown (without subtitles or with English subtitles), Planet Earth. Practice with English accents that you find difficult. 

How to practice? 

• Watch BBC News, Al Jazeera, CNN 
• Listen to BBC radio/ a podcast on Spotify ( The Daily - The New York Times) / audiobooks (Audible, Storytel, Nextory) -> Sherlock Holmes series, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts series, Jane Austen books  or anything else you find interesting

How language shapes the way we think

Make a Dutch sentence to explain what is happening in each picture.

Make an English sentence to explain what is happening in each picture.

De fles staat op tafel.

De fles ligt op tafel.

The bottle is on the table.

The bottle is on the table.

              

HERE WE GO ! 

Listen to the TedTalk and write down the key aspects.

Compare your notes to those of your neighbour, what are the differences?

From the final part, do you see parallels with languages you speak?

Can you think of any examples of this from languages you speak?

homework/ task

Find something that we can watch/ listen to/ read in class in the first 10 minutes.

It needs to be originally in English

It needs to be accessible to everyone ( np paywall/subscription)

link to the article/song/fragment/....: TEAMS (PZR Plazier)