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The concentration span of tvmbo students is short, so structured lessons with a variety of short activities are the most effective. The activities which teachers and students believe help them to learn most effectively are hands-on and creative activities which include a lot of visuals. A continual reminder that students are learning in English is also important, to keep them aware that they are also learning a language. Linked to this conclusion is that it is important to work on speaking skills at first, to help students to feel confident in English. Teachers should also aim for using 100% English themselves and collaborate: collaboration between the subject and English teachers is important, which was also a conclusion from the literature study. But what can we recommend for tvmbo? Our main recommendations are summarized below. Recommendations for school policy • Decide on a clear vision and/or model for tvmbo at your school. • Incorporate extra English lessons at the start of the first year; and provide continual remedial English lessons throughout tvmbo. • Give teachers a lot of time to work on and improve their English and encourage teachers to use English (nearly) 100% of the time. • Create a tvmbo team with responsibilities for the development of the curriculum and an EIO programme. • Talk to students and parents during your open day about the importance of English being a world language and its relevance for their children’s future vocations. • Discuss at school what role the English department can play in tvmbo. • Use the expertise of teachers who already work in bilingual havo or vwo at your school, if possible, to work in and develop your tvmbo stream. Recommendations for European and international orientation (EIO) • Take time to organize an interesting EIO programme and relate it to lessons • Organize English language activities in the Netherlands, as well as EIO activities abroad. • Invite native speakers into the class. • Organize trips to England. • In the classroom, create objects and do projects related to EIO. • Do projects on the Internet. • Look for opportunities to join (e.g. Comenius) projects with schools around the world. • Aim to incorporate vocational EIO into the curriculum. 15
Recommendations for teachers in the classroom Structure • Create very structured lessons and formulate both subject and language learning aims for each lesson and share these with your students. Materials • Be very careful about your choice of materials, taking interest and language level into account. • Encourage the use of popular media in English inside and outside the classroom. • Link work in the classroom to your students’ real lives and contemporary events as much as possible. • At the same time, develop connections to EIO activities. Activities: variety, choice, interaction and creativity • Design lesson material which encourages learner to do, make and create. • Recycle your lesson material in different ways and collaborate with other (English and subject) teachers. • Encourage a lot of real interaction in English. • Spend more time doing things in English than talking about language (e.g. grammar or vocabulary). • Structure your lessons so you have a variety of practical activities. • Give your learners choices. • Mere exposure to texts or input is not enough: design a variety of tasks to help your students to understand input. • Keep reminding learners continually that they are working on their language. Praise, encouragement, rewards and feedback • Praise, compliment and reward students a lot for using English and for doing things well. • Encourage students to try to say what they want to say and give students thinking time. • Don’t correct all mistakes: encourage fluency and experimentation. Use of English • Use English as much as possible. • Work on your own English. • Teach study skills for Dutch and English, particularly related to reading skills. 16
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