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?

Language, Business and the “Halo Effect”

http://youtu.be/y2uQYH8tqcM

Languages & Careers

Resources on NOBLE

Personal Learning Network: How to Connect…

NOBLE Facebook

Noble Ning

LinkedIn – Language Learning for Business and the Professions

Twitter

@langforcareers

Spanish for Leadership(model can be used for any language)

Model 1-Public School

Preparing Global Leaders Through the Spanish Classroom

Cristin Bleesscristin.bleess@dcsdk12.org

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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