SibillaOskam - Praktische taalvaardigheid voor Engels in het basisonderwijs - Spreekvaardigheid

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Deel 1 n Classroom language

Example2: hair

‘Hair’ is something that grows on topof your head. It canbeblackor blond or brownor red, curly or straight. Youhave to comb itwhen it is amess and it has tobe cutwhen it is too long. In themorning youwash your face, brush your teeth and ... comb your hair.When youhaven’t got any hair on your head, youarebald.My grandpa is bald, but hedoesn’tmind. Hereyou see thatnotonly theword ‘hair’ isexplained, but childrenmayguess the meaning ofmorewords in the context of your explanation, like ‘straight’, ‘comb’ and ‘bald’. Assignment 10* Howdoyoupronounce comb ? Assignment 11 Choose fourwords from the list below and explain thembyusing simple words and examples, as shown above.

downstairs

shell

fashion

sometimes

flea

tired

spectacles matchbox newspaper

windshield

capital (hoofdstad)

carrot comb curtain disabled boring autumn

map office

topractise prohibited

recorder (instrument)

sewingmachine

admission

to share

n Suggestion You couldperhaps play aguessinggame, describing thesenotions but not naming them, and having the children/your fellow-students guess theword that you are describing. Instead of using the target word you say ‘my coffeepot’, so instead of theword ‘hair’ you say: ‘ My coffeepot grows on topof yourhead...’