Tools for a better quality of worklife
Our students have different backgrounds with their education and work and speak many different languages. How can we turn this diversity into a diverse and innovative workforce? To get all students engaged in learning, peer learning is one of many ways our students can learn with and from eachother to gain new knowledge and skills, and actively engage in public life.
To open up the conversation, we created soft skills learning material to encourage students to map and recognize their competences and skills. We organized a cooking competition in the school kitchen where students could learn about themselves and explore career options. We focused on how teachers could share inclusive learning methods with each other, to enhance student learning and create supportive learning environments. In Oslo, civil society and influential voices with immigrant background were also invited into conversations and concretization of lesson plans.
Cooking Competition
Soft Skills and Qualities when looking for a job
By arranging a cooking competition, we can focus on soft skills needed in working life. This is a team- based learning exercise. Students can in this way learn about themselves, their opportunities and explore career options.
As a school we can involve students in work-oriented activities at different learning arenas within the school which can lead to relevant work practice.
LEVEL: all levels
LANGUAGE USE: speaking, listening, reading, writing
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Working and communicating in teams which may have different language levels.
Lesson Plan 1 (Norwegian, English) Lesson Plan 2 (Swedish, English)
LEVEL: A2 -
LANGUAGE USE: speaking, listeing, reading, writing
LANGUAGE SKILL: Vocabulary for work related situations, adjectives and Verbs
Mapping informal learning for future work
My Strengths
Discover your informal competences; everything you learn outside the classroom. It can help you embrace your uniqueness, learn from your successes and failures, and enable you to share your strongest skills and competences to future employers.
LEVEL: A2 -
LANGUAGE USE: speaking, listening, reading, writing
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Basic vocabulary, presentation skills
An exercise to help build up the student's own qualities and reflect on their own strengths. Then practice the skills needed for a job interview and how to make a video application.
Lesson plan Finnish videos (Finnish)
LEVEL: A2.1 -
LANGUAGE USE: speaking, listening, writing
LANGUAGE SKILLS: basic vocabulary, adjectives, own strengths
Job possibilities: Mapping work experience and career plans
Creating Mind Maps to seek awareness of job possibilities from students' own work experience and their ideas for career possibilities.
A growing awareness of personal qualities are good to have for different jobs, professions and motivation for applying.
Lesson plan Student maps (Danish)
LEVEL: All levels
LANGUAGE USE: speaking, listening, writing
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Vocabulary for work-related situations
