Syllabus taalboost x pall medistad Dutch course L1
Dear TaalBooster,
Welcome to TaalBoost x Pall Medistad Virtual Level 1 Dutch language course (CEFR A1). It is great to have you here.
The course takes place from September 2 to November 20, on Thursday or Saturday, from 10.00 to 12.30. Whether your squad (colour) has their lesson on Thursday or on Saturday, differs per week. Therefore, it is important to check carefully when you have that week’s lesson. You can find this in the email that was sent to you, or in the column ‘squads’ in the course schedule below.
For this course, you will need the book Contact! 1 tekstboek ISBN 9789460301346
Below you will find more detailed information about the course content and the homework.
| Lesson Nr | Date | Before the lesson | squads | At the lesson | After the lesson | Written assignment | Vocabulary | You will learn how to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | donderdag 2 september / zaterdag 4 september | ——— | donderdag: brown, green, orange zaterdag: grey, blue, yellow | 1A 1B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l11 | ——— | Introduce yourself (name, country of origin, languages, address, age) Form simple questions Count and spell Say hi and bye Use present tense | |
| 2 | donderdag 9 september / zaterdag 11 september | 1C1, 1C2 | donderdag: grey, orange zaterdag: brown, green, blue, yellow | 1C | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l12 | ——— | https://quizlet.com/_98hjfc?x=1jqt&i=vgq8a | |
| 3 | donderdag 16 september / zaterdag 18 september | 2A1, 2A6 2B1, 2B2 | donderdag: brown, orange, yellow, purple zaterdag: grey, green, blue | 2A 2B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l13 | ——— | Tell the time and the days of the week Schedule an appointment Order at a restaurant Use modal verbs Use negation | |
| 4 | donderdag 23 september / zaterdag 25 september | 2C1, 2C3 | donderdag: green, orange, purple zaterdag: brown, grey, blue, yellow | 2C | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l14 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh1 | https://quizlet.com/_970vuc?x=1jqt&i=vgq8a | |
| 5 | donderdag 30 september / zaterdag 2 oktober | 3A1, 3A2 3B1, 3B2 | donderdag: brown, grey, blue zaterdag: green, orange, yellow, purple | 3A 3B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l15 | ——— | Name food and packaging Go grocery shopping Ask for the price and weight Learn adjectives and how to compare Form longer sentences with conjunctions | |
| 6 | donderdag 7 oktober / zaterdag 9 oktober | 3C1, 3C4 | donderdag: brown, green, orange, purple zaterdag: grey, blue, yellow | 3C | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l16 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh2 | https://quizlet.com/_970uqt?x=1jqt&i=vgq8a | |
| 7 | donderdag 14 oktober / zaterdag 16 oktober | 4A1, 4A2 4B1, 4B8a | donderdag: grey, orange zaterdag: brown, blue, yellow | 4A 4B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l17 | ——— | Describe your day at the weekend Place events in a chronological order Talk about your eating habits Use frequency words Talk about hobbies, sports and leisure | |
| 8 | donderdag 21 oktober / zaterdag 23 oktober | 4C1, 4C2, 4C5a | donderdag: brown, blue zaterdag: grey, green, yellow, orange | 4C | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l18 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh3 | https://quizlet.com/_970uwq?x=1jqt&i=vgq8a | |
| 9 | donderdag 28 oktober / zaterdag 30 oktober | 5A1, 5A2, 5A5 5B1a, 5B5, 5B6a | donderdag: blue, orange, green zaterdag: brown, grey, yellow | 5A 5B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l19 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh4 | Ask for directions and give directions Name means of transport Plan a city break with friends Name clothes and colours Buy clothes | |
| 10 | donderdag 4 november / zaterdag 6 november | 5C1, 5C6, 5C7 | donderdag: brown, grey, blue, purple zaterdag: green, orange, yellow | 5C | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l110 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh5 | https://quizlet.com/_9711rq?x=1jqt&i=vgq8a | |
| 11 | donderdag 11 november / zaterdag 13 november | 6A1, 6A6ab 6B1, 6B2abc | donderdag: green, orange zaterdag: brown, grey, blue, yellow | 6A 6B | https://www.taalboost.nl/hho/l111 | https://www.taalboost.nl/pml1sh6 | Talk about your family Describe a person’s appearance Name emotions and character traits Congratulate Use separable words | |
| 12 | donderdag 18 november / zaterdag 20 november | 6C2a, 6C3 | donderdag: blue, orange zaterdag: brown, grey, green, yellow | 6C Eindtoets | ——— | ——— |
In order to use the time during the lesson optimally, always do the exercises in the column “Before the lesson” before each lesson. You will usually need to listen to a text or read it (or both) and to fill out a table afterwards. That way you will get used to the new words and the topic. The audio tracks can be accessed here. The transcripts of the audio files can be found in the textbook from p. 317 on. Many other useful things can also be found at the end of the book.
Find the translations to the instructions of the homework here.
The solutions of the homework exercises from the textbook can be found here.
There are chapter overviews (overzicht) at the end of each chapter (hoofdstuk). Look at those frequently. The key to the tables that you fill out as homework can be found there. Also, the grammar and the useful phrases can be found at the end of each chapter.
In orde to recap the lesson, do the assignments under After the lesson.
You will find the links to the written assignments in the course overview, under Written assignment. The assignments should be handed in in that week. Click on the link in the course overview and submit the assignment.
The test at the last lesson is a written online test. The test takes 30 minutes to complete, and involves chapters 1 to 4.