👷♀️German Level 4, Activity 13: Berufe / Professions (Online)
Description: In this activity, students will discuss what they look for in a career and what their dream job is. They will also describe what people with different careers do at work and what kind of personalities do well in these jobs.
Products: Jobs, Dream jobs Jobs, Traumkarrieren.
Practices: Working in specific jobs. Arbeiten in bestimmten Berufen.
Perspectives: Value of work and the value working in a field that is important to the individual. Wert der Arbeit und der Wert der Arbeit in einem Bereich, der für den Einzelnen wichtig ist.
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics
Idaho State Content Standards:
- 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 describe my dream job.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Discuss the Can-Do Statements with the students
2. Discussion Questions:
- Welche Karrieren interessieren ihr euch? (What careers are you interested in?)
- Was ist euch wichtig in einem Beruf? (What do you look for in a career?)
Main Activity
1. Students will identify the following jobs that are being depicted in photos in the Google Presentation.
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- Dentist
- Zahnarzt
- Therapist
- Therapeut
- Artist
- Kunstler
- Lawyer
- Anwalt
- Dentist
2. With each photo, students will answer the following questions:
- Was macht man in diesem Beruf? (What does one do in this job?)
- Für welche Art von Person wäre dieser Beruf gut? (What kind of person would do well in this job?)
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following question(s) to finish the activity:
- Was wollt ihr machen als ihr Jung wart? (What job did you want to have when you were younger?)
- Was sind eure Traumberufe? (What is your dream job?)
- Würdet ihr lieber einen hochbezahlten Job haben, den ihr nicht sehr genießt, oder einen schlecht bezahlten Job, den ihr liebt? (Would you rather have a high paying job that you don’t enjoy very much or a lower paying job that you love?)
END OF ACTIVITY:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. (Use 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 describe my dream job.
cultural Resources
Here is an interesting Easy German Video – They hit the streets asking the taboo question, How Much Do You Earn?
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