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Working with languages LCA & LCVP Student Activity Pack
Activity 1
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
L ANGUAGE LEARNING OUTCOME
By doing these tasks, you are working towards
Senior Cycle language subject learning outcomesyou will become more aware of languages and
communication in the world of work
RESOURCES REQUIRED
Pen and folder
SKILLS LEARNING OUTCOME
You will be able to evaluate and describe your
environment by thinking independently and
being aware of your environment
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?
MY
WORKPLACE
Does your workplace
deal with foreign countries?
If so, which ones? How?
SELF ASSESSMENT: Can-Do Descriptors - tick!
I can: Give opinions and facts about a job
I can: Discuss the topic of relevant
language skills in the job
I can: Use my independent thinking
in discussing likes
I can: Find facts and voice opinions
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How would the workplace benefit
from having someone who speaks
foreign languages?
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
> Being literate - Discussing what I have
seen and what I think about it
> Being aware of my environment and myself
> Using my independent thinking
in discussing my environment
