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Spelling in the spotlight: Online inspiration session
We zoom in on the remediation pillar of the integrated approach to reading problems.
The negative PIRLS results made full media coverage. The reading level of our Flemish ten-year-olds reached a dramatic low. Will you help tackle this?
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In conversation: Dice game
Dice game with twelve questions, such as:
- What do you like to do in your spare time?
- What is your favorite season?
- What music do you like to listen to?
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Conversation starters: 50 questions
Conversation cards to get the conversations going in your NT2 class.
You will find different types of questions here, such as:
- What makes you happy?
- How do you get a good balance between work and private life?
- What is the best or worst invention …
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How do I make the o.v.t.?: Explanatory video in French
Video explaining step by step how to make the ovt.
The video is narrated in French and the written explanation is in Dutch.
Both weak and strong verbs are discussed.
At the end of the video there is a short self-test.
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Visit Mechelen library: 360° tour
This 360° tour was made in Het Predikheren, the library of Mechelen. You can use this tour to prepare for your first visit to the library. This way, students already have an idea of the layout and possibilities.
A visit is often very targeted, for …
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AI: Test whether you can recognize the machine translations!
Did you know that we often encounter machine translations online and in everyday life? Thanks to artificial intelligence, these translations are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from translations made by humans. But there are still …
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How does an automatic translation system work?: Video
This short video explains how an automatic translation system works. The example used is a dating app that automatically mistranslates sentences between two people speaking a different language. This is the Dutch version.
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Sustainable?: Teaching material
Elaborated image and audio fragments related to sustainability on climate change, climate-friendly travel, compulsive travel ...
The following parts are covered:
- vocabulary,
- listening commands,
- signal words,
- dilemmas,
- speaking exercises,
- give your …
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Read (aloud): Teaching material
Various working methods to motivate students to read (aloud) and/or listen to audiobooks. It aims to increase reading pleasure. The students motivate each other, recommend books to each other and give their opinion about reading, the reading …
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Accessibility: Accessibility of apps, places, texts...
Company that helps with digital, physical and social accessibility.
On the site you will find a free tool that helps to estimate the CEFR level of texts that you want to present to the students. This way you prevent a text from being too difficult or …
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Curriculum goals per student: Overview
Overview for keeping track of the achieved learning plan goals per student.
Source: Pupil tracking system in Excel by Michaël Van den Brant
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Did humans descend from apes: Viewing task
This assignment is part of the episode Are humans descended from the apes? of the University of Flanders. Before the students see the episode, they explore some difficult words and find the five different types of great apes. The assignment is …
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