Arabic Level 4, Activity 03: โJob Interview /ู
ูุงุจูุฉ ุ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, ู ูุงุจูุฉุ ู ูุงุจูุฉ ุนู ูุ ููุฉุ ุถุนูุ ู ูุธูุ ู ุฏุฑุณุ ุชูููุ ุดููุ ู ุญุงุณุจุ ู ููุ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 oneโs skills and abilities, the importance of having and/or getting a job.
- 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 cultureโs 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
- Ask students those three questions in Arabic:
ูู ุชูุนูู ูู ููุฐุง ุงูููุตูุ
ู ุงููู ุนูู ููููุ / ู ุงุฐุง ุชูุนูู ูุ
ูู ุชูุญูุจ ุนูู ูููุ ูู ุงุฐุงุ
- Try to start answering the questions first to encourage students.
ุงุจุฏุฃ ุจุงูุงุฌุงุจุฉ ุงููุงู ุญุชู ุชุดุฌุนูู
Main Activity
- students will be working in pairs. one will be the Interviewer and the other will be the interviewee.
ุณูุนู ู ุงูุทูุงุจ ูู ุฃุฒูุงุฌ. ุณูููู ุฃุญุฏูู ุง ุงูู ุญุงูุฑ ูุงูุขุฎุฑ ุณูููู ุงูุดุฎุต ุงูุฐู ุชู ุช ู ูุงุจูุชู. - 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.ุณูููู ุงููุงุฆู ุจุฅุฌุฑุงุก ุงูู ูุงุจูุฉ ุจุทุฑุญ ุฃุณุฆูุฉ ุนูู ุงูุดุฎุต ุงูุฐู ุชุชู ู ูุงุจูุชู ูุชุฏููู ุงูู ูุงุญุธุงุช ุ ุจุญููู ููุงูุฉ ุงูุฃุณุฆูุฉ ุ ุณูุฎุชุงุฑ ุงููุงุฆู ุจุฅุฌุฑุงุก ุงูู ูุงุจูุฉ ูุธููุฉ ุจูุงุกู ุนูู ุฅุฌุงุจุชู/ ุฅุฌุงุจุชูุง.
- The interviewee will be answering questions, choosing from the multiple choices but also adding a few details about his/her answer.ุณูู ูุฌูุจ ุงูุดุฎุต ุงูุฐู ุชุชู ู ูุงุจูุชู ุนูู ุงูุฃุณุฆูุฉ ุ ููุฎุชุงุฑ ู ู ุจูู ุงูุฎูุงุฑุงุช ุงูู ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุ ูููู ุฃูุถูุง ูุถูู ุจุนุถ ุงูุชูุงุตูู ุญูู ุฅุฌุงุจุชู.
- when finishing the interview, switch roles and do it again.ุนูุฏ ุงูุงูุชูุงุก ุ ุจุฏูููุง ุงูุฃุฏูุงุฑ ูุงูุนููุง ุฐูู ู
ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู.
Wrap-Up
- ask students this question: Do you agree with the job proposed to you?
ุงุณุฃู ุงูุทูุงุจ ูุฐุง ุงูุณุคุงู: ูู ุชูููุงููู ุนููู ุงูููุธููุฉ ุงูู ูููุชูุฑูุญุฉ ููุ.
End of Activity
- ask students this question: Do you agree with the job proposed to you?
- 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.