Les 14

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

First 30 minutes: working individually

Lesson 3 (Speaking, unit 1)

- Stacking dice (video)

- Expressions and exercises

- Fixed Expressions

Today's lesson aims

• You can recall some expressions that we talk about during this lesson
• You can describe different learning styles and can name which one suits you best

Working individually

Decide if you want to work on your presentation, or on your Personal Idiom File

Before the break

Sign up for the oral exam!

I have a list on my desk.

1 February, 2 February

Be back at 14:15

Video title: Learn to Stack Dice

Discuss with your partner:

• What are dice?
• What could the title mean?

What are dice?

Prediction:
How many days do you think it will take him to stack five dice?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

If you had the chance to learn a new skill, which one would it be? (Inspiration below)

1. Learn how to draw. 
2. Master photoshop.
3. Play an instrument (and what instrument?).
4. Learn how to cook.
5. Sewing, stitching and patching
6. Learn how to do first aid.
7. Learn how to save money.

Yesterday, we reflected on the year 2022

What are your New Year's resolutions for this year?

Do you have any goals that you would like to reach this year?

My New Year's Resolutions

1. Read at least one book a month.
2. Drink at least one cup of tea a day. 

Note down your New Year's resolutions here:

Exercise 2: Match the words with the correct definition.

A. eventually

B. experience

C. grade

D. improvement

E. subject

F. supervisor

G. to achieve

H. to attend

Match the words with the correct definition.

A. eventually

B. experience

C. grade

D. improvement

E. subject

F. supervisor

G. to achieve

H. to attend

• 4. in the end
• 5. the knowledge or skill you gained by doing something
• 1. a mark you get for the work that you have done
• 7. if something has been made better than it was before
• 3. a topic studied at school
• 2. a person who is in charge of another person
• 8. to successfully reach a desired goal
• 6. to be present

Expressions

Page 30 in your textbook.

Study expressions A and B.

We are going to listen to a recording which is titled 

'Study Group'. Before we start:

What is a study group according to you?

Reading the conversation yourself

Now, pair up and read the dialogue with your partner. 

Decide who will be Ava and who will be Greg.

Read the strategy on page 31

Make sure that you can tell the difference between 'sorry', 'excuse me' and 'pardon'.

Sorry

Excuse me

Pardon

..., I didn't mean to make you feel that way

..., could you please repeat that?

..., is it 

okay if I say something?

aandacht vragen

je hebt spijt van iets

je hebt iets niet verstaan

Fixed Expressions

Vaste combinatie van woorden.

= Iets wordt vaak op dezelfde manier gezegd.

Het was geen verrassing dat

• It was not a surprise that...
• It came as no surprise that...

Exercise 7

Read the sentences and put the correct fixed expressions in the gaps.

Video: Learning Styles

Two questions that you are going to answer while watching the video.

1. What learning styles are there?
2. For each learning style, write down two things that will help someone who has that learning style to study better. 

01:51

What learning styles
are there?

01:51

Visual: read, make charts, make graphs, make flashcards, use coloured markers.

Auditory: listen to oral instructions, read out loud, or whisper when you read, make tapes, oral repetition, create rhymes.

Kinesthetic: move, do things, walk around while you practise, make notes, make flashcards.

01:51

For each learning style, write down two things that will help someone who has that learning style to study better.

01:51

Answer:

visual, auditory, kinesthetic

Last question:

Which learning style do you prefer and why?

Good luck next week!

If you have any questions whatsoever, please send me a message!