WRITING AND SPEAK. SKILLS FOR COMPUTER OPERATOR TRAINING IV

Content

Weeks	Topics
1. Weeks	Describing a process through spoken language/sign language and/or writing: “What did I do during the holiday?” Whole-class collaborative writing Text structure features: characteristics of the title, introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs Introduction to Career Planning and Job Application Processes: What are a portfolio and job application documents?
2. Weeks	Gap-filling activity based on a process description text Asking and answering oral and written questions about the text Providing information about the content of a job application portfolio Examining sample CVs: identifying the common features of CVs CVs related to Computer Operation; study of occupational terminology
3. Weeks	Text Type: Job Advertisements Examining job advertisements related to Computer Operation Study of general concepts in advertisements and occupational terminology related to Computer Operation Activities related to sections, sentences, and sentence structure in advertisements Activities related to Computer Operation and newly learned vocabulary: recognition, term matching, defining, gap-filling, true-false, and question-answer activities
4. Weeks	Review of general concepts in advertisements and occupational terminology related to Computer Operation Comparing job advertisements and CVs; identifying the main headings in CVs Examining a blank and a completed vocational education CV sample: rules to consider when completing a CV and ways of presenting information Information/terminology related to Computer Operation in the CV; expressions related to hearing impairment Examining CV design samples
5. Weeks	Students prepare, review, and finalize vocational education CV samples Adding the CV to the student portfolio Informative text describing, in sequence, an event related to the CV preparation process
6. Weeks	Students prepare, review, and finalize vocational education CV samples Adding the CV to the student portfolio Informative text describing, in sequence, an event related to the CV preparation process
7. Weeks	Examining sample job application forms: identifying the common features of forms Job application forms; study of occupational terminology Writing, as a whole class, an informative comparison text identifying the similarities and differences between CVs and job application forms; individual writing and editing Students write the text individually Individual writing correction: sentence structure and vocabulary activities
8. Weeks	Students complete, review, and finalize a sample job application form Adding the form to the student portfolio Whole-class collaborative writing, individual writing, and editing of an informative text related to the content of a job application form
9. Weeks	Biography Reading Comprehension
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13. Weeks	Publishing, Sharing his/her own text in class or on school board . Shares written-spoken discourse in different target groups (with friends, family, teachers etc.). Shares written-spoken discourse different environments (Internet)
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