PILOT TY Wed ActivityPack for Flip Book (2) - Flipbook - Page 21
Activity 4
LANGUAGES ALL AROUND YOU - LOOK CLOSELY!
DESCRIPTION
Think about your workplace and look around.
Find out the answers to some of the following
questions and record them in your workplace
reflections/folder
RESOURCES REQUIRED
Pen and folder
What languages can you find in your
place of work? (employer, employees,
customers, products, ingredients list,
mail, signs, objects like sides of boxes,
instructions, menu etc). How many
languages can you find?
Is it possible to get language
lessons in your work experience?
Which languages?
L ANGUAGE LEARNING OUTCOME
By doing these tasks you will become more aware
of languages and communication in the world of
work
SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOME
You will be learning about working with others in a
variety of contexts with different goals and
purposes. You will be hypothesising and making
predictions, examining evidence and giving
conclusions
How would the workplace benefit
from having someone who speaks
foreign languages?
MY
WORKPLACE
Does your workplace
deal with foreign countries?
If so, which ones? How?
SELF ASSESSMENT: Can-Do Descriptors - tick!
What difficulties could the
employee have because they don’t
speak a foreign language?
Do you think your foreign co-workers could
communicate in their native language in your
work experience? Why / why not?
KEY SKILLS
I can: Give opinions and facts about a job
> Being literate - Discussing what I have
seen and what I think about it
I can: Discuss the topic of relevant
language skills in the job
> Being aware of my environment and myself
I can: Use my independent thinking
in discussing likes
I can: Find facts and voice opinions
> Being personally effective
> Processing information
> Thinking critically and creatively
> Working with others
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