spanish for leadership
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Spanish for Leadership & Business
Cristin Bleess, Castle View High School, CODanika Cornelius, Seacrest Day School, FLMary Risner, University of Florida
FFLA 2012St. Augustine, FL
Are We Prepared for Jobs of the Future???
http://youtu.be/IwCEkleilNQ
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
What is Business Language???
…[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
How important is knowing a second language
when conducting business or for different jobs?
Languages & Careers
Resources on NOBLE
Personal Learning Network: How to Connect…
NOBLE Facebook
Noble Ning
LinkedIn – Language Learning for Business and the Professions
@langforcareers
Spanish for Leadership(model can be used for any language)
Model 1-Public School
Preparing Global Leaders Through the Spanish Classroom
Cristin [email protected]
How to set-up a Spanish for Leadership program at your public school
Castle View High School, Castle Rock, Colorado
Suburban high school, population 1750
4x4 block schedule, Academy model
Spanish for Leadership class meets many needs…• Advanced, non-AP class Spanish class• 21st century learning opportunity• Real-world application
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
Spanish for Leadership Curriculum
• Typical day• Related vocabulary
Independent Career Studies• Preparation• Possible companies
Basic Business Skills
Cultural and Etiquette Studies
Cross-Cultural Communication
21st Century Skills Projects
Community Involvement
End-Of-Class Trip
Spanish for Leadership
Model 2-Private School(model can be used for any language)
Seacrest Country Day SchoolNaples, FL
Communication and support from Mary and CristinNOBLE resources
Survey my students
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0305/leadership.shtml
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…
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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