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Foreign-speaking newcomers in the classroom: Study evening
Building bridges between OKAN education and further education.
In Flanders, the number of OKAN students (Reception Education for Foreign-Speaking Newcomers) increased from 2,000 to more than 8,000 students between 2017 and the beginning of 2023. In a …
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OKAN through children's eyes: Polaroid project
Reception classes through children's eyes
Because they want more awareness in education about who the students in the reception classes are, these students Alison, Elise, Jolien and Lieselotte from KU Leuven started a Polaroid project. The photos …Translated by
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Finding the Way: Listening Skills
Listening test with multiple choice questions on the theme of finding your way.
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Between the sheets OKAN: Teaching package OKAN
This teaching package about relationships and sexuality has been specially developed for reception classes for non-native newcomers, inspired by the method Between the Sheets.
Between the sheets OKAN contains 25 working methods, divided into five …
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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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The feast of Sinterklaas: Exercises
In this exercise you will find several exercises about the feast of Sinterklaas:
- a video about Sinterklaas,
- 2 talking plates with vocabulary about Sint and Piet,
- spinning cards to practice vocabulary,
- a series of exercises (including vocabulary, …
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Talking cases: Learning Dutch playfully
In collaboration with Erfgoedcel Waasland, among others, the heritage cell has developed chat cases that OKAN classes can use. Students learn the Dutch language in a playful way. These lendable suitcases are tailored to OKAN students and are built …
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The Life of Moses: Interactive Learning Path
In this interactive lesson you will get a lot of information about parts of the life of Moses . It is an interactive book consisting of interactive videos and exercises.
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