Journal entry 2

The second Dutch lesson was structured differently to our first, which was bound to be slightly different as we are now coming into class having had some exposure to it.

The lesson started with a recap of what we had covered in the first lesson. We were asked to individually write down the Dutch for 5 phrases. All the class were involved in giving the answers and as a combined effort I think we were able to come up with all the answers! I felt this was a good exercise to do as it refreshed what was previously covered, which disappointingly does not happen often with the languages I study. It was also beneficial to hear the pronunciation again.

We then asked and answered questions in a way that was new to me. Instead of us working in pairs or the teacher going round asking people individually, we went round the class each answering a question that was asked by another student and then asking the person next to us the same question. We did this with a few different questions and in different orders.

                The present tense was also covered which was explained by our teacher, but we did have a practice at conjugating.

I thought the teacher and student talk times were perfectly balanced for this lesson. The student talk time was varied too, from all offering suggestions for the initial exercise, then a round robin question and answer session and then working in groups of 4. I found it thoroughly enjoyable, all activities varied and I got a lot out of this lesson.