Al Puesto Ideal: An Introduction to Career Planning and Preparation
Lesson 04: What type of person is needed for X job/Career?
Submitted by Kimberly Kroll
Objectives:
Content:
Students will: -examine different jobs/careers and determine which characteristics, abilities and occupational values are needed for each.Cultural:
Language: Content Obligatory
Students will: -use the target language and job-related vocabulary from lessons 1-3 to examine and discuss different jobs/careers.Language: Content Compatible
Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will: -scan text. -describe a job based on the type of person that would best fit the job.
Time Frame:
1 50-minute class
Materials Needed:
"Putting Languages to Work in a World of opportunity" Circle Graph Careers Utilizing Foreign Languages. Planeación para las carreras del siglo XXI Soy yo Handout
Description of Assessment (Performance Project):
1. Divide students into groups of 3-4. The teacher may want to keep the same groups that were used in lesson 2. Have students divide the following group roles among themselves. Recorder: student writes group ideas and opinions. Facilitator: student keeps the group on tasks and makes sure that everyone has a chance to share his/her ideas and opinions. Timekeeper: student keeps track of time so that the group completes the task in the allotted time. Reporter: student reports group ideas and opinions to the class. Group task: Ask students to take out their copy of ìPutting Languages to Work in a World of Opportunitiesî: Careers Utilizing Foreign Languages. Ask students to scan the document quickly to remind them of the information contained in the document. Then divide the document among the groups, giving each group a section of jobs that utilize foreign languages. The teacher may want to assign the same sections assign to each group in Lesson 2. Each group is responsible for describing each job in their section based on the type of person that would best fit the job. They should use job-related language including personal characteristics, abilities and occupational values learned in Lessons 1-3. After giving the groups time to complete the task (15 minutes), ask the reporters to share their descriptions with the class. You will want to provide a visual as the reporters are speaking by showing the job pictures/drawings that coincide with the jobs listed in the document. Next, as a class, organize the jobs listed into categories based on the type of job. For example, one category might be ìtrabajos técnicosî (technical jobs). Below are some possible categories. Trabajos técnicos trabajos de oficina Trabajos manuales médico/dental Legal servicios personales Administración servicios del consumidor Análisis de datos servicios sociales Artes diversión Literatura ventas Música educación Matemáticas/ciencias Then discuss the personal characteristics, abilities and occupational values common in each category.
Assessment:
Informal assessment of student comprehension occurs throughout lesson as the teacher assesses whether or not students are able to match personal characteristics and abilities to specific jobs. Formal assessment will be completed as a written assignment in the target language. Students are asked to write about what type of job or career would best fit him/her based on the self-analysis completed and on what they have learned from the unit thus far and why. See ìSoy yoî handout.
References and Resources:
Cere, Ronald C., Ph.D. (2000). AATSP Career Education Service; 1999-2000 Career Handbook, pp.3. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Cere, Ronald C., Ph.D. (2000). AATSP Career Education Service; 1996-97 Career Handbook, pp.9-13. The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)ìPutting Languages to Work in a World of opportunityî Circle Graph Careers Utilizing Foreign Languages. Planeación para las carreras del siglo XXI Soy yo