1P1L2 Listening B1 1F

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

English Listening 

Lesson 2

15 April

15 April

1912

British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank en route to New York City from Southampton, Hampshire, England,  during its maiden voyage; some 1,500 people died.

Today's lesson 

• Goals for today
• Listening
• Practise
• Homework

Lesson goals for today:

After this lesson, you will be able to follow conversations.

Listening strategies

- Globaal luisteren : de grote lijn volgen

- Intensief luisteren : de details zijn ook belangrijk

- Gericht luisteren : je wilt specifieke informatie oppikken

- Kritisch luisteren : een mening vormen over een onderwerp

Listening

- read the title

- read the question before you listen to the clip

- try to catch signal words

- try to catch the verbs

What signal words do
you know?

Signal words

• Give clues what direction the conversation or speech is going to go to.
• Show connections between ideas
• Show level of importance

Signalwords

• Okay and now are usually used to transition into a different topic or a different key point.
• Well is usually used before answering a question.
• But and so are usually followed by a key point.

Signal words

reasons (because, since)

results (as a result, so, consequently)

examples (for example, such as)

comparisons (in comparison, than)

contrast (in contrast, on the other hand, however)

another idea (also, besides)

a similar idea (similarly, likewise)

conclusion (in conclusion, in summary)

Practise

1. The class started five minutes ago.                                                             True/False

2. The teacher will hand back the tests next Thursday.                          True/False

3. The boy shares his textbook with the girl.                                               True/False

4. The teacher is going on about search engines.                                    True/False

5. The boy thought this class was about the French Revolution.      True/False

6. The boy is in the wrong class.                                                                        True/False

Arriving late to class

Before landing on the Moon, humans ...

1. tried to go to Mars.
2. saw Mars as the next destination.
3. thought going to Mars was impossible.

What is similar between the Earth and Mars?

1. Their seasons.
2. Their air.
3. Their surface.

Humans have sent more space probes to Mars than to any other planet because ...

1. we are convinced we will find life.
2. it's easier to go today.
3. the presence of life is a possibility.

Elon Musk ...

1. is working with NASA to send people to Mars.
2. will send humans to Mars within the next two decades.
3. wants to send humans to Mars in 2024.

The journey to Mars ...

1. can only be made once every nine months.
2. takes 26 months.
3. can only be made when the planets are aligned.

According to the video...

1. At present, taking humans to Mars is too expensive.
2. It's not possible to find life on Mars.
3. Some people will probably die trying to get to Mars.

Homework

Listening A2 of B1 chapter 1 and 2

See you next time!!!