German Level 3, Activity #06: Berufe / Professions (Face to Face)
Semantic Topics: Interviews, Vorstellungsgespräche, Interview, Professions, Beruf, , Traumjob, Future Tense, Futur.
Products: Profession Cards, Berufskarten.
Practices: Socially appropriate conduce in job interviews. Sozial angemessenes Verhalten bei Vorstellungsgesprächen.
Perspectives: The value of employment and the value of a second language in the workforce. Der Wert der Beschäftigung und der Wert einer zweiten Sprache in der Belegschaft.
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- Objective: COMM 1.1 Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- Objective: COMM 2.1 Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can identify various professions.
- I can give my opinion about interview behavior.
- I can describe my dream job.
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Warm-Up
- Pass out the profession cards. Each student should let the others look at their card without looking at it themselves. One student will be chosen to guess the correct occupation.
- Verteilen Sie die Berufskarten. Jeder Schüler sollte die anderen auf seine Karte schauen lassen, ohne sie selbst anzusehen. Ein Schüler wird ausgewählt, um den richtigen Beruf zu erraten.
- The other students give hints about what the job could be by describing it without explicitly saying what it is.
- Die anderen Studenten werden Hinweise geben, um was der Beruf sein konnte. Ohne zu sagen, was es wirklich ist.
- Once the student has guessed the word, the next student will get to guess the job and so on.
- Wenn der Student ratet die richtige Antwort, geht das nächsten Student dran.
Main Activity
Discussion questions
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- Ask the students what they should do to prepare for an interview? (use imperative form or indefinite ‘you’ form)
- Fragen Sie die Schüler, was sie tun sollten, um sich auf ein Vorstellungsgespräch vorzubereiten. (Verwenden Sie die Imperativform oder die unbestimmte „Sie“-Form)
- Ask the students what they should do in an interview to stand out? (use imperative form or indefinite ‘you’ form)
- Fragen Sie die Schüler, was sie in einem Vorstellungsgespräch tun sollten, um aufzufallen. (Verwenden Sie die Imperativform oder die unbestimmte „Sie“-Form)
- Ask the students how can the interviewerer make someone more comfortable?
- Fragen Sie die Schüler, wie der Gesprächspartner es jemandem angenehmer machen kann.
- Ask each student, what’s the hardest question they have been asked in a job interview?
- Fragen Sie jeden Studenten, was die schwierigste Frage ist, die ihm in einem Vorstellungsgespräch gestellt wurde?
- Ask the students what are their dream jobs/where would they like to work?
- Fragen Sie die Schüler, was ihre Traumberufe sind/wo sie gerne arbeiten würden?
- Ask the students, is a high salary or an enjoyable job more important?
- Fragen sie die Schüler, was ist wichtiger, ein größeres gehalt oder das Beruf?
- Ask the students, what’s the worst job you’ve had?
- Fragen sie die Schüler, as war den schlimmsten Job, den du je hattest? warum?
- Ask the students, what jobs are available with your major?
- Ask the students what they should do to prepare for an interview? (use imperative form or indefinite ‘you’ form)
Wrap Up
Ask the students, what jobs can you do with your major?
- Fragen sie die Schüler, welche Berufe kann man mit deinem Hauptfach machen?
End of Activity
Can-Do statement check-in… “Where are we?”
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- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence using thumbs up/thumbs down.
- 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 identify various professions.
- I can give my opinion about interview behavior.
- I can describe my dream job.
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