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An ex-OKAN student in my class. What now?
Every year, several thousand ex-OKAN students move on to regular education. They are going through a turbulent period and are experiencing language and often learning delays. 'They can use all the help during that catch-up race,' says follow-up …
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Read Reader Reads!: Multilingual Edition
In the fifth edition of the online magazine Lees Lezer Leest! multilingualism is central. You can read contributions from writer and illustrator Marit Törnqvist, linguist Sharon Unsworth, VoorleesExpress director Anne Heinsbroek and several …
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Blogs about distance learning at ISK (OKAN)
Education and corona. These are turbulent times. Linda Duin is a mentor and teacher of NT2 Literacy at ISK Den Helder and advisor website ANT2. Fura Grol is coordinator of the ISK Deventer. They blog on the LOWAN-vo site and share practical …
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Effective writing education: Writing is daring to look up
How do you make writing assignments a success for every student? In Marit's OKAN class, young people take their first timid steps in Dutch. And yet she dares to set the bar high. Discover how her approach will also make your next writing task more …
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Distance learning via WhatsApp: Practical example
Practical example of Linda Van Duin of ANT2 , how she approached distance learning in the Netherlands with her ISK students (the equivalent of the Flemish OKAN classes) during the first week of the suspension of the lessons. She uses WhatsApp and …
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Question phrase: The art of asking questions
The long list of teatopics : the questions on Pickwick's teabags is very useful for starting conversations, but you will also find all kinds of other questionnaires: Proust's questions , philosophical questions , etc.
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Summer School: Stimulating language acquisition in a playful way
In this article you can read how a lesson week at the summer school in Antwerp looks and comes about. Interaction and active language use are key concepts for good language education, just like creating a safe environment for the children. The text …Translated by
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ICT pond for primary school
On this site with various educational online exercises and weblogs from Brussels schools.
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Steven Delarue: Weblog
Blog by Steven Delarue, one of the driving forces behind the Fons magazine that he founded with Heleen Rijckaert. He also works at the Ghent Education Center . There he works on the themes of OKAN, multilingualism, refugees and diversity.
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Garments: Vocabulary Exercise
You practice names of garments with this vocabulary exercise.
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Inversion does not exist
Do you write telephoon with double -ph and Vlaamsch with -sch as in the year 1900? Of course not. But you do talk about inversion in class (NT2 or Dutch mother tongue). Isn't that also so 1900?
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A warm welcome for foreign-language preschoolers: Ten practical tips
In many kindergarten classes there are one or more foreign-language toddlers. As a teacher you are faced with the major challenge of developing a safe and positive classroom climate for them.
With these ten practical tips you ensure that …
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