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๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผArabic Level 4, Activity 03: โ€œJob Interview /ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ุนู…ู„!โ€ (Face-to-Face/Online)

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Description:

 Students will practice asking and answering interview questions. They will also practice using vocabulary surrounding careers and the workplace and speaking about hypothetical situations.

Semantic Topics: Interview, career, future career, job, work, strength, weakness, employee, employer, ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉุŒ ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ุนู…ู„ุŒ ู‚ูˆุฉุŒ ุถุนูุŒ ู…ูˆุธูุŒ ู…ุฏุฑุณุŒ ุชู‚ู†ูŠุŒ ุดูŠูุŒ ู…ุญุงุณุจุŒ ู…ู‡ู†ุฏุณ

Grammatical Structures: future tense, Subject pronunciation, yes/no questions

Products: Job types, careers

Practices: Interview asking and answering questions, preparing for interviews.

Perspectives: The importance of being able to articulate oneโ€™s skills and abilities, the importance of having and/or getting a job.

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.1 :Students engage in conversations or correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Arabic on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the Arab world.
  • Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons between the cultures of the Arab world and their own

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
  • CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target cultureโ€™s view of the world.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.
  • I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.
  • I can talk about my strength and weakness.

Materials Needed:

Warm-Up

  1. Ask students those three questions in Arabic:
Do you work this semester?
What is your job? / What do you do?
do you like your work? Why?
ุงุณุฃู„ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ุงู„ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉ ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠุฉ:

ู‡ู„ ุชูŽุนู’ู…ูŽู„ ู‡ูŽุฐุง ุงู„ููŽุตู„ุŸ

ู…ุงู‡ููˆ ุนูŽู…ูŽู„ููƒุŸ / ู…ุงุฐุง ุชูŽุนู’ู…ู„ุŸ

ู‡ู„ ุชูุญูุจ ุนูŽู…ูŽู„ูƒุŸ ู„ู…ุงุฐุงุŸ 

  1. Try to start answering the questions first to encourage students.
    ุงุจุฏุฃ ุจุงู„ุงุฌุงุจุฉ ุงูˆู„ุงู‹ ุญุชู‰ ุชุดุฌุนู‡ู…

Main Activity

  1. students will be working in pairs. one will be the Interviewer and the other will be the interviewee.
    ุณูŠุนู…ู„ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ููŠ ุฃุฒูˆุงุฌ. ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ุฃุญุฏู‡ู…ุง ุงู„ู…ุญุงูˆุฑ ูˆุงู„ุขุฎุฑ ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุดุฎุต ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชู…ุช ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุชู‡.
  2. The interviewer will be asking questions to the interviewee and taking notes, by the end of the questions the interviewer will choose a job for the interviewee based on his/her answer.ุณูŠู‚ูˆู… ุงู„ู‚ุงุฆู… ุจุฅุฌุฑุงุก ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ุจุทุฑุญ ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชุชู… ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุชู‡ ูˆุชุฏูˆูŠู† ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุญุธุงุช ุŒ ุจุญู„ูˆู„ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉ ุŒ ุณูŠุฎุชุงุฑ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฆู… ุจุฅุฌุฑุงุก ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ูˆุธูŠูุฉ ุจู†ุงุกู‹ ุนู„ู‰ ุฅุฌุงุจุชู‡/ ุฅุฌุงุจุชู‡ุง.
  3. The interviewee will be answering questions, choosing from the multiple choices but also adding a few details about his/her answer.ุณูˆู ูŠุฌูŠุจ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชุชู… ู…ู‚ุงุจู„ุชู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉ ุŒ ูˆูŠุฎุชุงุฑ ู…ู† ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฎูŠุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ูŠุถูŠู ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุชูุงุตูŠู„ ุญูˆู„ ุฅุฌุงุจุชู‡.
  4. when finishing the interview, switch roles and do it again.ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุงู†ุชู‡ุงุก ุŒ ุจุฏู‘ู„ูˆุง ุงู„ุฃุฏูˆุงุฑ ูˆุงูุนู„ูˆุง ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰.

    Wrap-Up

    1. ask students this question: Do you agree with the job proposed to you?
      ุงุณุฃู„ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุณุคุงู„: ู‡ู„ ุชููˆูŽุงููู‚ ุนูŽู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆูŽุธูŠูุฉ ุงู„ู…ูู‚ู’ุชูŽุฑูŽุญุฉ ู„ูƒุŸ.

    End of Activity

  • Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
    their confidence.
    (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can discuss my career and discuss if I like it or not.
  • I can answer interview questions and speak about my answer.
  • I can talk about my strength and weakness.

 

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