5.2 Facilitators – Activity 2

My goals and languages I need to achieve them

You will need to prepare:

• Examples of people who use different languages in their work (these can be newspaper articles or pictures of famous people, or examples of local people).
• ‘Case studies’ of language learners. We have included some examples for you, in the ‘Further resources’ section.
• Photographs from magazines or newspapers of different career people, to discuss the different languages they use.

More and more employers look for people who can use more than one language so having more than one language is an extra skill to put on a job application.

1. Discuss with learners how many people around the world use more than one language in their work.

2. Read out some examples or have learners read out the examples to the group.

3. Talk together and make a list of people who use different languages in their careers, such as:

• Tour guide
• Lawyer
• Customer service representative
• Airline flight attendant
• Customs officer
• Journalist
• Humanitarian aid worker
• Accountant
• IT and programming
• Translator
• Hotel manager
• Language teacher
• Doctor.

4. Can learners name a famous person who uses more than one language?

5. Do learners know local people who use more than one language in their work?

6. Ask learners to talk about their goals and ambitions, for study, work or travel.

7. Ask them what languages they might need to achieve their goals.