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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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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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Secondary schools with ex-OKAN students
A study by the Center for Language and Education (CTO) of the KULeuven shows that ex-class pupils end up more than other pupils in the BSO, DBSO or the BuSO. They get more C-certificates and fewer A-certificates. They often end up in the …
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Language and languages in a metropolitan context
The city is a multilingual and multicultural city. Young people often use other codes to communicate outside of school. The school is the main place where they hear Dutch. Schools in major cities often also have bigger problems with sitting …
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The reading moment: Book blog
On this website you will find useful books for weak readers (Basic Education NT1) or readers who don't know much Dutch (NT2).
At the book overview are pictures of the covers. When you click on a photo, you will be taken to the book blog - more …
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Put on your shoes lingual: Language Proficiency Education in BaO
During this two-day session on the language (September 2007) proposed two schools for inspiring examples of how one can build language skills in students. Children have had a sufficient language skills to the education offered to be: they have to …
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Language-oriented professional education: From workshop to workplace language
Wilfried Asscher Ickx Imelda Institute of Brussels said the two-day languages (2007) about the project and education workshops in schools (departments KSO-TSO and BSO).
This case study demonstrates how a school curriculum can best fit between …
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