Magazines and the news NU Engels unit 4
What kind of texts do you expect to find in this unit?
What kind of texts do you expect to find in this unit? Short articles The news Famous people Incidents and accidents Science and innovations
How to read efficiently? Title, headlines, photos Paragraphs (alinea’s) Topic sentence (Kernzin) Key words (Kernwoorden) Collocations (uitdrukkingen) Open questions / arguments
Sample questions What is the text about? What is the first paragraph about? Which sentence contains the main idea of the text? What happened in 2013, according to paragraph 5?
Understanding texts Exam exercise p. 121 Look at the title of the article and at the photo. What do you think the text is about?
Understanding texts Exam exercise p. 121 Look at the title of the article and at the photo. What do you think the text is about? Brainstorm: What kind of information do you expect to find in the text?
Understanding texts Exam exercise p. 121 Look at the title of the article and at the photo. What do you think the text is about? Brainstorm: What kind of information do you expect to find in the text? Read the questions below the text. Do they give you any more ideas?
Understanding texts Exam exercise p. 121 Look at the title of the article and at the photo. What do you think the text is about? Brainstorm: What kind of information do you expect to find in the text? Read the questions below the text. Do they give you any more ideas? Vocabulary: What are the keys words?
Understanding texts Exam exercise p. 139
Vocabulary boost: synonyms Choose 5 words and write their synonyms. a remedy an ache severe to damage to give up to appreciate to cycle unemployed dehydrated to disagree an injury to investigate
Grammar: Prepositions (Voorzetsels) Place Time
Grammar: Questions (Vragen) Inversion Auxiliary verbs: do, does, did