Week 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas. In class you can drink water. Students themselves take responsibility for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Taking pictures or filming is only accepted with permission of the person(s) involved.

Today's programme

- looking back at last week's lesson
- video mobile phones
- working online
- speaking exercise

Learning objective: You can understand  a video on B1 level
You can have a conversation/pitch on A2/B1 level
You can answer questions about a video on B1 level
You know the difference between listening globally and selective

Week 1 12 September	Introduction, exams, food game and working online.
Week 2 19 September	Listening, working online and speaking
Week 3 26 September	Speaking, listening and working online
Week 4 3 October	Writing and working online
Week 5 10 October	Speaking, reading and working online
Week 6 17 October	Reading and working online
Week 7 31 October	Speaking and working online
Week 8 4-8 november	Speaking and presenting exams B1

Period 9	Period 10
practicing the skills: main focus on speaking but also reading and listening working online NuEngels Test for 1 studypoint in November Exam : speaking and presenting B1 in November	remedial lessons for those who have failed their exams last period. Resit of the exam in January

Year 3

Mobile Phones

Video exercise 

While watching try to write down 3 things that phones will be able to do in the year 2030 according to this video.

global
listening

selective listening

Video exercise

In a couple of minutes we are going to watch another video about mobile phones. While watching try to write down the differences between this video and the previous one.

Are you going to watch globally or selective?

How do you feel after watching this short film? Write down in one short sentence.

Exercise

We are going to read a text about mobile phones.

When we are done you are going to match the words to the correct meaning

Reading B1 mobile phones

1. According to the text, do mobile phones lead to brain tumours?

1. Yes, definitely
2. No, definitely not
3. Too early to say

2. The text mentions the 1990s because this was when mobile phones

1. were invented
2. caused cancer
3. became popular

3. Why does the article mention microwave ovens?

1. They also use EMR
2. They cause tumors
3. They can be wireless

4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article?

1. video game consoles
2. digital televisions
3. laptop computers

5. If mobile phones are shown to be hazardous, the mobile phone industry's profits will

1. increase
2. decrease
3. stay the same

6. Which are NOT a form of electromagnetic radiation?

1. sound waves
2. microwaves
3. radio waves

7. Many experts say electronic devices should be at least six feet from our heads when we're

1. keeping them
2. using them
3. sleeping

8. Many health professionals say we should be careful until _______ studies on safety are done.

1. definitive
2. logical
3. scientific

9. How is mobile phone use compared to tobacco use in this article?

1. both cause brain tumors
2. both need long-term studies
3. they are equally hazardous

10. Which is recommended when using a mobile phone?

1. holding it to your ear
2. doing a handstand
3. using a headset

Exercise

Option 1
Create  a pitch a about mobile phones

Option 2
Speaking exercise in Chat GPT

Exercise option 1

You are going to write and present a short pitch about mobile phones.
Decide if you want to focus on the pros or cons of mobile phones.

First, write down your text in Dutch, then translate it into English. When you are done you are going to show your text to the teacher, when she approves you can find a place somewhere in or around school where you are going to record your pitches in pairs. When you are done you come back into the class.

Exercise option 1

Make sure: 

You prepare your work by writing it out first

You record the video in a fitting surrounding

Your video is creative

Your video is around one minute

Your video is convincing

You use correct language

Your body language matches your speaking

Exercise option 2

<chat.openai.com>

Enter your mailadress and confirm that you are not a robot
Fill in a strong password
Confirm your registration in your email.
Enter your phonenumber and verify

Exercise option 2

1: we meet each other in the school canteen and we start a random conversation about our favorite hobbies. You ask me questions ans I will answer the questions in a casual way. Please start and ask me a question (A2)

2: Imaging we have a conversation about the most important issue facing the world today. You ask me questions and I will start answering them. Can you start and ask me a question? (B2)

3:Let's have a conversation about wether social media is educational or not. You ask me questions and I will start answering them. You may start with the conversation. (A2)



Finally: can you suggest some vocabulary/grammatical improvements based on our conversation?

Working Online

You can work online on 11.1 and 11.2

Review

Learning objective: You can understand a video on B1 level

 

You can have a conversation/pitch on A2/B1 level

You can answer questions about a video on B1 level

You know the difference between listening globally and selective

Speaking exercise

Speaking IMH