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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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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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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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What is the difference between you and you or you and you?
The reason why you use you and you or you and your mistake sometimes is that you don't really hear the difference between the two words. But when you write them, there is a very important distinction. What exactly is that distinction and how …
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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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Presentation on non-native newcomers
How can teachers be strengthened in working with foreign-speaking newcomers and refugees, so that they are given every opportunity? To find an answer to this, both the City of Ghent and the City of Leuven are setting up experiments with schools …
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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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Further training of foreign languages: Offer of Flemish government
The Flemish Government provides cross-border education for foreign languages for teachers from all levels of education.
Info and Registration Modalities.
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Tips for teachers with an ex-OKAN in the classroom
In this document you will find information and tips that you as a teacher can take into account when teaching foreign language students.
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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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School (language), parents and others
From an early age children speak different (types of) languages: with friends while exercising at home with the family at the table with the teacher in the classroom .... At school to follow, a good command of Dutch is important. That language is …
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