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Novels in the classroom: Book tips per language
An overview of novels in different languages. Here you will find titles of books in the following languages:
- French,
- English,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Russian,
- Italian,
- Turkish.
The list was drawn up by the language teachers of the Department of …
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The role of Flanders in the EU presidency
Belgium will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 January to 30 June 2024. Flanders will also play an important role in this. For example, it will represent Belgium as chairman for the Industry, Youth, Culture, Media and …
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How does Flanders shape Belgian EU policy?
As a federal state of Belgium, Flanders plays an essential role in the country's EU policy. This video explains how our unique state structure makes it possible for Flanders to have so much impact on EU policy and how Flanders' powers play a role …
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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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Magical trio: Video
Video explaining how to easily create word lists in Quizlet from Google Translate and Google Spreadsheet.
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Increase reading pleasure with fighting fantasy: Case study
In this video you, as a teacher, will receive a short introduction about how you can stimulate reading skills and especially reading pleasure by using stories from the fighting fantasy genre.
What is fighting fantasy , where can you find it and how do …
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The European Framework of Reference for Languages: What is it?
Watch the animation about the CEFR to get a quick overview of the structure and content of the CEFR.
The European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) links language proficiency in a foreign language to six levels of proficiency, ranging from …
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London during the life of Thomas More
This teaching video discusses London during the lifetime of Thomas More. The topics covered are buildings, people and situations that were characteristic of Thomas More's youth (late 15th century).
This video gives a better insight into how …
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The United States: Brief History
This video introduces your students to some aspects of the United States of America:
- the origin of the US;
- an overview of the 52 states;
- Declaration of Independence;
- Independence Day;
- the melting pot.
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Past simple and continuous: Learning video
This video explains the formation and use of the past simple and the past continuous in English.
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Academic English: do's and don'ts
Most students have a good basic or even advanced knowledge of English. Yet writing in academic English is often a stumbling block for many. Academic texts are not just formal texts, they require a certain style.
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Conditionals: English if sentences (if clauses)
If I had ten million, I would ask the Queen to come for afternoon tea. If you had ten million, what would you do?
Those first two sentences are if clauses. With if sentences you indicate a condition in English; in Dutch you do that with als. Such …
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