Reading strategies

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's planning

• Reading strategies
• reading 

Do you use reading strategies?

Yes

No

What are those again?

Do you remember the reading strategies? Write down what you think they are.

Predict what this
text is about?

Read the text and answer the questions

Click Here for the text

Today's planning

• Writing Strategies
• Writing 

Writing tips

1. Lees de opdracht goed door

2. Gebruik de informatie die je krijgt

3. Volg de opdracht en maak de opdracht volledig

4. Check of je alles hebt gedaan

Veelgemaakte fouten

I (ik) is altijd met een hoofdletter!

Its zonder ' betekent niet hetzelfde als it's (ook don't & that's)

Gebruik nooit Nederlandse woorden

Dunglish - je kunt niet alles letterlijk vertalen

Let op 'wanna, gonna, kinda' -> schrijf voluit

Interpunctie: punten en komma's 

Tell me something about your study. Write at least 3 sentences.

What are your plans next year?

Today's planning

• Speaking Strategies
• Giving Directions
• Spoken Interaction

How to give directions to somebody else

Go straight on till you see the hospital then turn left.

Walk under the bridge and go straight ahead. 

Turn left when you see a roundabout.

Turn right at the end of the road and my house is number 67.

Cross the junction and keep going for about 1 mile.

Take the third road on the right and 

Giving Directions

Go past = continue past something so that is is now behind you

Go across = cross something, like a road or crossroads 

Go along = continue down a road 

Go straight on = don’t turn left or right 

Go up = walk / drive up a hill 

Go down = walk or drive down a hill or a road 

Go through = pass through something, such as a tunnel or a town 

Go out of = exit (i.e. a railway station) 

It’s in front of you = you can see it facing you 

It’s opposite the bank = it faces the bank

Task

Maak twee routebeschrijvingingen in het Engels.

a) Startpunt: jouw huis - Eindpunt: (zelfgekozen plek)

b) Startpunt: Sport College - Eindpunt: Sport Park Zielhort

Practice with a partner

Give your directions to a partner and tell them how to get from point A to point B

Done? Huiswerk: Chapter 02: Spoken Interaction

Today's planning

• Speaking Strategies
• Spoken Production

What is spoken production?

What is the difference between spoken interaction en production?

Taalblokken 

Chapter 02: Spoken Production 

Today's planning

• Listening Strategies
• Listening 

Have you ever done a listening test? What is your experience with Listening tests?

Which listening strategies do you use or have you used before?

Listening 

Listening strategies:

Listening for gist

Listening for specific information
Listening for detailed understanding

Purposes of spoken texts:

inform, instruct, persuade or entertain.

Listening strategies

If listening is a difficult skill for you, you might like to know how to go at a test like this. On this slide (and the next) you will find some tips that can help you get through a listening test successfully. 

Explain what listening strategies are and which you think are most important.

Which English Accents do you know of? Write them down.

Taalblokken

Chapter 2 - Listening: Les 1

Today's planning

• Self-Reflection Opdracht