Job offers and Job interview
SUMMARY
In this lesson the students will develop skills for implementing the Agile methodology in their own learning process, Reading and writing job offers in English language, asking and answering questions at a job interview in English language and speaking and writing in the Present time about themselves and others
The Learning objectives are:
Examine and manipulate examples of Present Tense sentences.
State the rules for forming a Present Simple tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative
Produce meaningful and accurate sentences in the Present Tense
Examine, manipulate and use strategies belonging to the Agile framework.
Examine, manipulate and produce examples of job offers and job interviews
Identify and use vocabulary related to the Agile methodology, IT, job offers and job interviews.
The Methodological aspects are that The students will use a Moodle platform with all the resources (forum, messages, online submission of tasks…) Moodle, as the Agile tools, is based on Constructivist/Contructionism principles and is a requirement from the regional education authority in Andalusia, so in this case we are integrating Agile into our day to day real practice. The students will also make use of a Miro board for specific activities, LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, etc.. The lesson will be implemented in Agile methodology within a formal blended learning education program. Taking into account that this will be the first contact with Agile, the first sessions will be used to “train” the students in this methodology..
The contents are:
The basics of the Agile methodology which will be used during the teaching/learning process.
What´s Agile? How and why do we use it?
Talking about the Present:
Present Simple Tense.
The adverbs of frequency.
The 6 Why
The job offer (description, elements, structure, vocabulary)
The job interview (description, parts, structure, vocabulary, greetings, polite expressions…)
Examine and manipulate examples of Present Tense sentences. State the rules for forming a Present Simple tense in affirmative, negative and interrogative Produce meaningful and accurate sentences in the Present Tense Examine, manipulate and use strategies belonging to the Agile framework. Examine, manipulate and produce examples of job offers and job interviews Identify and use vocabulary related to the Agile methodology, IT, job offers and job interviews.
OPEN DIGITAL BADGE
Badge 2 Agile Teamplayer – shows enthusiasm in challenging situations, supports and encourages peers, shares thoughts and ideas in a non-violent way. Badge 3 The Interviewed – is able to respond fluently to a job interview in English. Badge 4 The MVP Creator – designs and creates the minimal viable product in order to receive client feedback and validate a product idea early in the product development cycle Badge 5 The Presenter – demonstrates effective speaking skills, audience awareness, and technical mastery of the topic presented. The Jobfinder – has sucessfully filled in the small task of the lesson Agile Teamplayer – has actively participiated in teamwork and used agile methods for encouraging, growing empathy and sharing thoughts and ideas in a non-violent way The Interviewed – has successfully used different sentences in English in the video and live dramatization of a job interview of the final delivery The MVP Creator – has successfully launched a minimal viable product based on a list of answers in English to create a job interview The Presenter – has successfully presented the MVP to the client (teacher)
Summary of the transformation (changes that were made in teaching)
The Job interview in English, was restructured and divided into 5 sprints, where each sprint had its purpose and inner logic. In the warm-up activities Lego (exercise: Job interview scenario) and non-violent communication (exercise: hear, seen, respected) were used for better engagement. Liberating structures was used in the 2nd Sprint, in the Small task 1 and 2, when the students look the chart and discussed and established the rules for building the present tense (exercise: 1-2-4 all). We practice teamwork in all the sprints, so it was transformed into agile teamwork. There the following agile concepts were implemented: first the team discussed their values, then assigned the roles based on their strengths. They created the definition of done, working agreement and product backlog in the first sprint, in the first planning meeting . In between the deep work sessions there is a scrum meeting implemented for personal and team reflection. The Job interview in English ends with the presentation to the product owner (teacher) and also the team retrospective, using a video dramatization. All the referred exercises and methods are described in the Moodle website https://agile.ieslapuebla.com
