VMBO GL/TL Fries study plan

VMBO GL/TL Fries · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Fries

Inventory the Fries exam syllabus into a checklist of text types, grammar points and vocabulary themes you must master
Read two short Fries texts (e.g. a news item and a letter) and underline every word you cannot translate without help
Build a personal vocabulary list of 60 high-frequency Fries words with Dutch translations and mark the 20 hardest
Practise reading a 200-word Fries text aloud to hear the difference between Frisian and Dutch pronunciation

A one-page syllabus checklist plus a 60-word Fries vocabulary list with translations

Week 2

Summarise five 150-250 word Fries texts in two Dutch sentences each to prove you understood the main idea
Identify the function of 30 connective words (want, omdat, dochs, mar, ek) in Fries sentences
Write 10 original Fries sentences using the present tense correctly
Answer 15 multiple-choice reading questions about short Fries texts and log every wrong answer with the reason

Five Dutch summaries of Fries texts and a log of 15 answered reading questions with error notes

Week 3

Form and use the Fries past tense for 25 common strong and weak verbs
Write a 120-word Fries account of something that happened last weekend
Apply Fries word order rules in main clauses and after inversion in 20 sentences
Read a Fries newspaper article and mark every verb form you can now recognise

A 120-word Fries narrative plus a table of 25 verbs with present and past tense forms

Week 4

Draft a formal Fries letter (complaint or application) of 100 words with correct salutation and closing
Draft a 100-word informal Fries email to a friend
Use 15 Fries linking words correctly in your own written sentences
Proofread both texts against a self-made checklist for spelling, verb position and capitalisation

Two corrected Fries writing samples (formal letter and informal email) with a proofreading checklist

Week 5

Practise 20 exam-style open questions where you must answer in full Fries sentences, not single words
Summarise a 300-word Fries text in 50 Fries words without copying sentences from the source
Give your opinion in Fries on a familiar topic in 80 words and justify it with two arguments
Time yourself writing 150 Fries words in 25 minutes to build exam speed

A timed 150-word Fries opinion piece with two supporting arguments

Week 6

Complete a full past-paper-style reading section in Fries under exam time and score it honestly
List every recurring error from your scored work and rank them by frequency
Relearn the 30 vocabulary items that caused the most mistakes and test yourself on them
Practise recognising the difference between Frisian and Dutch look-alike words in 25 pairs

A scored full reading section with a ranked error list and a retest on 30 words

Week 7

Complete a full writing section in Fries within the official time limit and self-assess against the marking criteria
Rewrite your weakest written text after feedback, correcting at least five specific errors
Recite 40 high-frequency Fries words from memory in a written self-test
Analyse three model Fries answers and note what makes them score well

A timed writing section plus a rewritten improved version with five labelled corrections

Week 8

Take one complete mock exam in Fries under strict timing and mark it with the official points scheme
Review every remaining error and reduce your personal weak-point list to no more than five items
Drill those five weak points with targeted exercises until you answer correctly twice in a row
Write a short exam-day plan covering timing, question order and how to check your work

A fully marked mock exam with a final five-item weak-point list and a one-page exam-day plan

Week 2: You can read a 200-word Fries text and summarise its main point in Dutch without a dictionary for more than half the words

Week 4: You can write a 100-word formal and informal Fries text using correct verb forms and word order in at least 80% of sentences

Week 6: Your timed reading section score is at or above the pass mark you need, with a written error list to prove it

Week 8: Your full mock exam score meets your target grade and your weak-point list is down to five items