Übung / Vorbereitung auf nächste Woche: Ihre praktischen Kenntnisse (Bewertungsblatt [0018]); Ihre Geschäftserfahrung(en): Wo haben Sie wann gearbeitet? studiert?

Vorstellungsgespräch, Stellenbewerbungen, erster Tag / erste Stunde an der neuen Arbeitsstelle, unsere Routine

Fourth listening assignment (first stage due Wednesday, 9 November): a commercial (Birnbacher)

Fourth writing assignment (due Monday, 7 November): Description of a small business. You'll receive an article about a small company and will write a summary about it in German. (0231, 0449, 0447, 0446, 0436 , 0396, background reading: 0301, 0284, Schornsteinfeger,

Two decisions: 1) Your skills areas - we'll be flexible: OK as individual pursuit OR as several people working on/with the same skill area. 2) SpeakEasy: We're going to produce two Christmas / holiday cards, or one of those and a Valentine

Ihre Geschäftserfahrung(en): Was haben Sie tatsächlich gelernt und was könnten Sie einer Firma usw. an Kenntnissen und Erfahrungen anbieten? Sie wählen dann aus der Liste 0018 ein Kompetenzbereich (oder wählen ein anderes), das Sie in diesem Kurs belegen wollen.

more about the "hands-on" parts of the course - portfolio and SpeakEasy;

Use the German skills list (Bewertungsblatt [0018) to choose the skill area for your written and spoken presentations that will show that you have an employable skill and can express yourself about it in German. You can propose some other skill area - discuss it with me.

Practice for next listening assignment: News and police combine to give a sketch of someone whose occupation is illegal.

• Fourth writing assignment (due Monday, 7 November, one printed page, = 250 wds.): Description of a small business. You'll receive an English-language article about a small company and will write a summary about it in German. Aim to highlight 3 special features of the company, each in a different area of the key W-question collection (Wer, Was, Wann, Wo, Wie, Warum).

(Texts: 0231, 0449, 0447, 0446, 0436 , 0396, background reading: 0301, 0284, Schornsteinfeger).

• Fourth listening assignment (due Wednesday, 9 November): a food product (Langnese 0053) and how it is advertised and sold; follow the usual procedure: transcribe as much as you can with 3-5 listenings, and turn that in within a week; you'll then receive a full transcription to translate into English and turn in within another week.

Fourth writing assignment (due Wednesday, 9 November, one printed page, = 250 wds.): Description of a small business. You'll receive an English-language article about a small company and will write a summary about it in German. Aim to highlight 3 special features of the company, each in a different area of the key W-question collection (Wer, Was, Wann, Wo, Wie, Warum).

(Texts: 0231, 0449, 0447, 0446, 0436 , 0396, background reading: 0301, 0284, Schornsteinfeger).

• Fourth writing assignment (due Wednesday, 9 November, one printed page, = 250 wds.): Description of a small business. You'll receive an English-language article about a small company and will write a summary about it in German. Aim to highlight 3 special features of the company, each in a different area of the key W-question collection (Wer, Was, Wann, Wo, Wie, Warum).

Writing: Find personal/occupational/studies Doppelg¨ånger and translate

high points of education

grades

school friends

subjects good/bad at

Fifth listening assignment (first stage due TBA): a commercial (Birnbacher)

• Translation assignment: information about a company

Unsere Alltags- u. Fachkenntnisse: woher haben wir sie, wie haben wir sie gelernt? Beispiele: Rechnen und Schreiben. Und jetzt wenden wir unsere Sprachkenntnisse an! Wir entwerfen eine Einladung auf eine Party: Ein(e) Mitarbeiter(in) wird pensioniert (Gruppenarbeit, usw., mit Kritik u. Editierung)

Practice for next listening assignment (see below): A different ad (different from 0053) for the same product (00143); and here is the transcription

Lernhilfe: Musterbriefe finden und anwenden (ändern, usw.); Beispiel: Was soll ein Liebesbrief enthalten und erreichen? Hier eine Quelle für Stellenbewerbungen usw.: Ulmato Bewerbungstipps

Fourth listening assignment (due Monday, 14 November): a food product (Langnese 0053) and how it is advertised and sold; follow the usual procedure: transcribe as much as you can with 3-5 listenings, and turn that in within a week; you'll then receive a full transcription to translate into English and turn in within another week.

Lernhilfe: Musterbriefe finden und anwenden (ändern, usw.); Beispiel: Was soll ein Liebesbrief enthalten und erreichen? Hier eine Quelle für Stellenbewerbungen usw.: Ulmato Bewerbungstipps

SmallTalk: Sozialversicherung / Pensionierung? Was für eine Rolle spielt das in unseren Zukunftsplänen, und in welcher Bedeutung? Nächste Themen: Sprachen, Glück (bei der Arbeit, im Leben),

Übung: Unser Gesundheitszustand, unsere Krankheiten u. Unfälle, mithilfe eines Fragebogens; In der nächsten Sitzung werden wir dieses Thema weiter besprechen

revisions & portfolio; assignment list; assignment texts are being moved to separate pages

This week's topic is "Firmenorganisierung, Existenzgründungen, eigenes Geschäft von Zuhause, Arbeiten von Zuhause aus, Schülerfirmen". Read around about that in Nees.