Week 5: Listening + reading H3 B1

Week 5

• Idiom of the week
• Listening H3 Talks and presentations - B1 Presentations
• Reading H3 Magazines and the news - B1 The news and science communication

Idiom of the week!

What do you think the idiom is about:

''Barking up the wrong tree''

Idiom of the week!

''Barking up the wrong tree''

Meaning:

To be looking for answers in the wrong place

Example:

James thought Christopher was the one who broke the vase, but he was barking up the wrong tree.

Listening H3

H3: Talks and presentations

Tips tijdens het luisteren:

• Let op de structuur of opbouw van de presentatie.                   Inleiding - kern - slot
• Probeer afleiding te voorkomen.
• Raak niet in paniek als je iets niet begrijpt. Je kan                         later de draad nog weer oppakken.

Listening H3 B1

• to sum up/summarise, what I mean is en in other words > herhalen of samenvatten.
  
• let’s move on to, this leads me to my next point en now I will  > nieuw onderdeel.
• Draad kwijt? > concentreren op wat je nog weet

Outlines presentation

Reading H3

H3: Magazines and the news

Magazine: longer articles on a range of subjects

Periodical pub. weekly or monthly. Subject for a specific audience.

News: Short articles on current news and developments

Daily or weekly pub. + important source of reliable international, national and local information.

Reading H3 B1

An article can be about any subject, a current event, someone's life, the outcome of scientific research etc.

It contains a lot of information, but not all of it is equally important. 

Article

Main issues: Directly related to the subject of the article. Main themes or arguments.

Side issues: provide additional information, such as              examples, details or exceptions.

Paragraphs devide the text into subtopics and organise.

Each paragraph has a key sentence = summary.

Main issue

• Lees kop + eerste alinea: waar gaat het volgens jou over?
  
• De eerste alinea is meestal een minisamenvatting van de rest van de tekst.
  
• Lees de rest van de tekst om te checken. 
• Is er een rode draad? Let op kernwoorden > betekenis opzoeken
• Slot: belangrijkste zaken vaak nog eens genoemd.

Arguments

Arguments are used to support a statement or opinion. E.g.:

Author's statement:

The BBC documentary ‘The Mystery of Van Gogh’s Ear’ is really sensational ...

Argument (why the documentary is 'really sensational'):

... because it finally solves the mystery of what happened              to the painter’s ear.

Aan de slag!

• Listening H3 B1 Presentation

Ex. 1,2,3,4

• Listening health: 3 A plague emergency

• Reading H3 B1 The news and science communication

Ex. 1,2,3,4

• Reading health: 3 First aid