reading listening techniques

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome!

Exam preparation

- Scanning

- Word association

- Adverbs of frequency

- True/false questions

- Opinions

Skimming

- pictures

- headlines

- some words from first/last line of paragraph

Scanning

- After reading the question

- Look for a particular section

- look for particular words

- word association

Scanning

Word association

"I am always on the lookout for ways to earn a little extra money and I was looking for something I could do from home"

This person wants... 

- Job with variety

- Make money quickly

- Work at her own place

Practise word association. Similar words, words that come to mind, opposites, etc.

Career

Studies

Collect money

How often...

- Some people do groceries (boodschappen) every day

- Some people every week

- Some people once a month

Let's look at words that describe (omschrijven) how often we do something. First, fill in the next slide, then look at the explanation (uitleg).

Vul in: I ..... drive to work in my car
1. altijd
2. soms
3. meestal
4. nooit

Exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

True/false

We practise techniques for answering true/false questions

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Listening

Listening tests often ask questions about the speaker's opinions. Listening for certain expressions will help you in this area.

- kahooot: warm-up

- listening exercise: opinions: idioms

- writng own questions about video/text, at least two questions about opinion/feeling

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Do you know any
expressions that
have to do with opinions?

Quizlet

click here for a list of words with conversation markers. These markers are often used to express opinions. 

- Work together duo/trios.

- Read through the words and their meaning

- for every item, make your own sentence.

- make sure everyone agrees it is correctly used

- write down your sentences in word, then copy in the next slide 

- kahooot: warm-up

- listening exercise: opinions: idioms

- writng own questions about video/text, at least two questions about opinion/feeling

- 

sentences quizlet

Exercise

People are giving opinions about schools and education. What reason do they give for each opinion? Listen and write the correct letter.

1. …….

2. …….

3. …….

4. …….

5. …….

a. All children should get a good education.

b. They teach students about the real world.

c. They should learn where their food comes from.

d. They can do other interesting things after school.

e. Some people are better at taking tests than others.

Exercise

People are giving their opinions. Do they agree with one another? Listen and check the correct answer.

1. agree/don't agree

2. agree/don't agree

3. agree/don't agree

4. agree/don't agree

5. agree/don't agree

- kahooot: warm-up

- listening exercise: opinions: idioms

- writng own questions about video/text, at least two questions about opinion/feeling

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Rounding off

1. which techniques have we discussed?

2. Do you think they will be useful for you next week?

scanning, word association, true/false, opinions