2. Are We Prepared for Jobs of the Future???
http://youtu.be/IwCEkleilNQ
3. Session Overview
• What is “Business Language”?
• Resources/PLN
• Business Language Model 1- Private School
• Business Language Model 2- Public School
(via virtual guest)
• Q & A
5. …[language] used to conduct business in
various communicative situations and
cultural contexts.
DOYLE, M. (2012), Business Language Studies in the United States: On Nomenclature, Context, Theory, and Method. The Modern
Language Journal, 96: 105–121
6. How important is knowing a second
language
when conducting business or for different
jobs?
16. Preparing Global Leaders Through
the Spanish Classroom
CristinBleess
cristin.bleess@dcsdk12.org
How to set-up a Spanish for Leadership
program at your public school
17. Castle View High School, Castle Rock, Colorado
Suburban high school, population 1750
4x4 block schedule, Academy model
18. Spanish for Leadership class meets many needs…
• Advanced, non-AP class Spanish class
• 21st century learning opportunity
• Real-world application
19. To-do list to get the class started
• Talk with principal
• Write class proposal
• Brainstorm with other teachers
• Attend conferences
• FIU K-12 Language for Business
Conference (Jan. 19, 2013, Miami)
• CIBER Business Language
Conference (April 4-6, 2013, IU –
Bloomington)
• Create curriculum
• Generate student interest
34. Other lessons accomplished so far this school year:
-Reading news articles
-Keeping an online journal with weebly.com
-Creating resumes
-Learning basic phone skills such as greetings, making appointments,
and leaving messages
-Learning more complex numbers such as decimals and fractions
-Acquiring business etiquette knowledge through readings,
discussions, and role play activities…
35. Current plans in progress:
-Invite guest speakers to the class
-Through the efforts of Dr. Risner and NOBLE:
Set up connection with Brazilian class learning Spanish
-Establish service learning component as part of the curriculum
Locally Internationally
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