Spanish IV 10-02

Español IV
02 de Octubre de 2008

Preparation day for tomorrow’s orals:
• I taught the 4 kinds of question strategies, and students made a chart to keep track of the number of each kind their partners posed to them during their practice orals.
• Sitting in concentric (inside/outside) circles, students used the situations written as homework to practice orals with their partners. After each round, everyone moved to his/her left, and the roles of Interviewer/Interviewee also alternated from those sitting in the inside circle, and then to those sitting in the outside circle. Before moving on to the new position students debriefed with one another, and then as a whole class we compiled specialized vocabulary they discovered they needed as the process went along.
• We reviewed the Lección Preliminar test taken earlier this week, and then the students returned their tests to me. I’m very proud of how well many did on this test.
Tarea: Prep well for your “On-demand” Oral tomorrow re: Job Interviews.
A. Be sure you really know the typical questions used in interviews.
B. Anticipate questions one would ask of a potential employer, too.
C. Review the vocabulary typical of talking about work and your experience, and be sure you can use it “in the heat of the moment”.