## intensief lezen Engels

## signalwords

Signalwords |
WHAT | Below this page you will find a list of signalwords. Your teacher will give you a text. Try to find the signalwords in the text.
WHY | signalwords give information about the text that is useful for your understanding. If you know what they mean you will understand the text much better. It will be easier to find answers to questions about the text too.
HOW | Alone: Study the list of signalwords below In pairs: Check eachother's knowledge: do you know what the signalwords mean? Alone: Read the text and highlight all the signalwords, use the colours of the lists below. In groups: Share the highlighted signalwords. Did you get them all? In pairs: Cross out the signalwords you highlighted in one paragraph. Read out this part to your classmate. Can he/she still read the text and catch its full meaning? Swap roles. Alone: Write a short email to your teacher explaining what you have learned about signalwords. Try to use as many signalwords as you can, with a minimum of 4.
TIME | You have got 30 minutes for this exercise.
RESULTS | You know the value of signalwords, recognise them and you are able to use them in writing.
FINISHED | When you are finished you send the email to your teacher. Turn to your planner to see what to do next.

Signaalwoorden in het Engels: dit zijn ze niet allemaal! Er zijn er meer...

## Opsomming

Bovendien - besides

Ook - also, too, as well as

Ten derde - thirdly

Verder - furthermore

Allereerst - first of all

Ten tweede - secondly

Toevoegen - to add, adding

## Oorzaak/reden/gevolg

Doordat - due to…, because of

Zodat - so that

Daarom - because of that/this

Omdat - because

Want - because

Gevolg - consequence

Reden - reason

Oorzaak - cause, origin

## Conclusie

Dus - so, consequently

Hieruit volgt - this shows, from this you may conclude

Kun je afleiden - you can distract

Conclusie - conclusion

Hoe dan ook - However

Sowieso, maar toch - however

## Tegenstelling

Maar, echter - but

Toch - yet, still, for all that, all the same, however

Anderzijds - on the other hand

Daarentegen - on the other hand, on the contrary

In tegenstelling tot - in contrast with, unlike

## Voorbehoud

Hoewel - although

Ofschoon - (al)though

Weliswaar - it is true, indeed

Overigens - by the way, for the rest, otherwise

## Voorwaarde

Indien - if

Behalve - except

Tenzij - unless

Mits - provided (that)

## Voorbeeld

Bijvoorbeeld - for example

i.e. - e.g. (= for example)

zoals - such as

zelfs - even

## Reference Words

Reference Words |
WHAT | Look up reference words and check what they refer to. Draw a picture or cartoon about one of the references.
WHY | Reference words are the glue holding a text together. If you know them and recognise their importance you will understand a text much better and it will be easier to find answers to the questions in the text.
HOW | Alone: Study the reference words. Make sure you understand what they mean. Alone: Highlight referencewords in the text. Try to find out what they refer to. In pairs: Discuss the reference of the words. In class: Share your findings. Alone: Choose one referenceword. Draw a small cartoon, picture or graph showing the relation between the referenceword and what it is referring to.
TIME | You have 30 minutes in class to do the assignments above.
RESULTS | Hand in your cartoon, picture or graph. Your teacher will tell you wether to do this by email, ELO or hardcopy.
FINISHED | When you are finished turn to your planner to see what is next.

Verwijswoorden in het Engels:

He, him, - hij, hem

She, her, - zij, haar

It, - het

They, them - zij, hen (meervoud)

This …….(man, woman, etc) - dit, deze

That …..(man, woman etc.) - dat, die

These ……….(men, women, etc) - deze (meervoud)

Those ………..(men, women, etc) - die (meervoud)

That - dat, die

Which - die, welke

Who - (degene) die

Where - waar

There - er, daar

Any more you can think of?

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