Spanish IV 10-01

Español IV
Primero de octubre de 2008

¡Práctica de orales hoy! We spent a lot of time practicing asking and answering typical questions one would encounter in a job interview. Students will be performing an on-demand oral re: Job Interviews on Friday.

• We used the rotating partners format where the odd numbered seats moved up to the next position each time I played a snippet of music (a la musical chairs).
• At the new partner position, the partners stood, greeted one another in a manner appropriate to a job interview, the interviewer invited the job seeker to sit, and the interview would begin.
• I put up signs for “Interviewer” and “Interviewee” to indicate which partner had which role. Even and Odd partners switched off roles each rotation.
• Partners tallied the number of questions posed by their partner in each round.

We began with the 7 questions featured in the article we read yesterday. The students prepared answers as their homework last night, and to follow the article’s guidelines in how to handle such questions in an interview.
• It was their interview partner’s job was to pose a variety of new questions to draw out more information on the topic.

I then distributed a list of “The 20 Most Commonly Asked Questions in Job Interviews”. The students and I discussed these, and then they continued in the previous format.

I introduced the homework:
A. Create a Job Interview Situation – In English, establish what the context is:
• Who is the employer,
• What the job is,
• Who the interviewee is
• The most important information for each party to find out from the other.
B. Write a list of 20 Specialized Vocabulary Words tailored for your situation.
C. Write a list of 10 Questions in Spanish you would expect to come up in this job interview.