MW Speaking 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2-4

Maatwerk Speaking

(A2)

Maatwerk goals

- to improve your fluency

- to improve your confidence

- to learn and apply speaking strategies

What is your goal

What do you see? 

Where is the picture taken?

Are there people in the picture

Are they men, women, boys or girls?

What age are they?

What are they wearing?  Sport clothes, suit and tie, jackets, sunglasses, swimsuits, glasses etc.

What color hair do they have?  Brunette, blonde, curls, bald, long?

What are they doing? Are they completing an action? 

Are they inside or outside?

Are they happy, sad, excited, cross, angry, serious?

Are there other things in the picture? Animals, cars, bikes, helicopter, shop fronts etc. in the picture?

What season is it? Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring? How can you tell?

Which country is the picture taken in and how can you tell? Flag, famous building etc.

Any famous people in the picture?

speaking tips

Describe the picture

What do you see? 

Where is the picture taken?

Are there people in the picture

Are they men, women, boys or girls?

What age are they?

What are they wearing?  Sport clothes, suit and tie, jackets, sunglasses, swimsuits, glasses etc.

What color hair do they have?  Brunette, blonde, curls, bald, long?

What are they doing? Are they completing an action? 

Are they inside or outside?

Are they happy, sad, excited, cross, angry, serious?

Are there other things in the picture? Animals, cars, bikes, helicopter, shop fronts etc. in the picture?

What season is it? Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring? How can you tell?

Which country is the picture taken in and how can you tell? Flag, famous building etc.

Any famous people in the picture?

Chunks

can be used to describe weird and unusual things or everyday things that you don't know the name of

it looks like . . . 

you use it for/ to . . . 

it is a type of . . . 

you can find it in/ near . . . 

giving your opinion

I think . . . because . . . 

What is your opinion?

cigarettes should be banned from supermarkets

Why?

Why not?

What is your opinion?

students should have the possibility to change school rules.

Why

Why not?

What would you change?

Would you rather have...

No Wifi

or

No Music

talk to a partner, take turns

I would rather . . .  because . . . . 

Would you rather ...

be invisible

or

read minds

end

talk to a partner, take turns

I would rather . . .  because . . . . 

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homework

pick an English song, find the lyrics and sing along

find a short piece of text (100 to 200 words), time yourself when you read it. Practise multiple times and see yourself improve

How I feel about this lesson

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