Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio CLB Level(s): 1-2 CLB Skill(s): Speakig, Listeig, Writig Essetial Skill(s): Documet Use, Oral Commuicatio Objective(s) To be able to uderstad ad complete a variety of basic persoal iformatio forms To be able to respod to questios i order to provide basic persoal iformatio (icludig spellig) To be able to ask questios i order to obtai basic persoal iformatio from others Grammar/Laguage Focus Questio formatio Vocabulary Names of letters of the alphabet Numbers Audiece Learers who are ot familiar with the covetios of persoal iformatio forms Learers who are ot yet comfortable sharig persoal iformatio clearly ad accurately Time Required 2 hours Materials Trasparecy of Appedix 1.1 Overhead projector Audio Dialogue 2.1.1_Eg.mp3 (Activity 1) Copies of Appedices 1.2, 2.1, 3.1 for each learer Workplace Culture I the Caadia workplace: completig or providig iformatio for forms are typical activities o the first day of work providig persoal iformatio ad emergecy cotacts to employer is ormal practice Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 1 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
Learig Activities Activity 1: First Day at Work 1. Ask learers to tell you about some of the thigs that might happe o the first day at work i their home coutry. Idetify the thigs that happe i Caada as well. Commo first day activities iclude: Meet your co-workers Get a tour of the workplace Review the compay mauals Fill i forms so that the compay ca i. pay you ii. hold back the correct amout of tax iii. kow who to cotact i case of emergecy 2. Project Appedix 1.1. Ask learers to guess what might be happeig i the pictures. 3. Tell learers that they will be listeig to a dialogue that takes place i the workplace. Have learers liste to the dialogue to idetify which of the people i the four pictures is likely askig the questios. (Image 2) Text for Dialogue 1 (2.1.1_Eg.mp3) HR Perso (male): Good morig. Welcome to Surrey Ltd. New Worker (female): Good morig. HR Perso (male): I will be eterig your persoal iformatio ito our computer database. What is your first ame? New Worker (female): My ame is Rhoa. HR Perso (male): Ca you spell that for me? New Worker (female): Sure. R-H-O-N-A. HR Perso (male): What is your last ame? New Worker (female): Sigh. S-I-N-G-H. HR Perso (male): What is your address? New Worker (female): I live at 22 Sheppard Rd. S-H-E-P-P-A-R-D. I Wiipeg. My postal code is Rhoa-4-Cat-2-Peter-6 HR Perso (male): What is your telephoe umber? New Worker (female): My telephoe umber is 204-985-1526 HR Perso (male): Who should we call i case of emergecy? New Worker (female): My husbad. His ame is Mike Sigh. HR Perso (male): What is his work telephoe umber? New Worker (female): His work telephoe umber is 204-923-8559, extesio 284. HR Perso (male): Thak you Rhoa. It was ice to meet you. Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 2 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
Learig Activities 4. Distribute Appedix 1.2. 5. Have learers liste to the recordig i order to circle the aswers provided by the iterviewee. Play the Dialogue as required. Debrief as a whole group. 6. Draw learers attetio to the spellig of ames i the iterview. Lead a discussio about why this is importat. 7. Provide istructio ad cotrolled practice spellig ames out loud. 8. Ask learers to remember how the worker provided their postal code. Explai why the worker provides her postal code with a combiatio of words ad letters ad braistorm as a group words they ca use to tell others their ow postal codes. Activity 2: Complete a Persoal Iformatio Form 1. Explai that i the dialogue they just heard the HR represetative etered the iformatio ito a computer. Ofte, this iformatio is etered ito forms. 2. Distribute Appedix 2.1. Ask learers ot to write aythig util they are istructed to do so. Poit out that these are two examples of forms that require similar iformatio as the database etry form used by the HR perso. 3. Have learers work i pairs to compare the forms to idetify similarities ad differeces. 4. Debrief as a group. Poit out that although forms may look very differet from each other, the strategies used to complete the forms are the same. Describe the steps learers ca take to become familiar with a ew form: Sca the form for headigs. Skim the form to idetify areas that should be completed. Review the headigs to idetify what is required. Decide if the field requires etries i specific formats, i.e. block letters. 5. Esure learers uderstad the first form ad the covetios required before givig them time to complete it idepedetly. Ecourage them to copy this iformatio from idetificatio cards if eeded. Activity 3: Askig Questios to Complete a Form 1. Draw learers attetio to the istructio at the top of the Marste Isurace form o Appedix 2.1. 2. Teach or review how to formulate questios if ecessary. Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 3 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
Learig Activities 3. Braistorm as a group the questios the supervisor could ask to collect the iformatio to fill i the form, as well as the questios or requests the supervisor ca pose to address commuicatio problems. Ecourage learers to draw o Appedix 1.2. For example: What is your? Who should we call i case of emergecy? Ca you spell that for me? I did t uderstad. Ca you repeat that please? Please speak more slowly. 4. Collect Appedix 2.1 Activity 4: Iterview to Complete a Form 1. Distribute Appedix 4.1. 2. Have learers work i pairs. Oe learer should take o the role of supervisor, askig questios to complete the form while the other learer provides the aswers. Learers should switch roles. 3. Whe both learers have had a chace to play both roles, learers should exchage Appedix 4.1. 4. Have them check their parter s work. *Note: Istructors should esure that learers keep the form their parter completed i order to keep their persoal iformatio cofidetial. Additioal ad/or Exteded Learig Activities Provide persoal iformatio i text format, such as a ote from a co-worker or a e-mail from a cliet. Have learers copy the persoal iformatio ito a persoal iformatio form. Collect samples of forms from the commuity or Iteret that require persoal iformatio. Cross out sectios of the form that request iformatio other tha persoal iformatio. Have learers work i groups of 3-4. Provide differet forms to differet groups. Have learers iterpret the forms to determie what they are for ad what iformatio eeds to be etered. Have a voluteer from each group share fidigs with the class. Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 4 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
Learig Activities Reflective Evaluatio Review form at the top of Appedix 2.1 to determie if learers: are able to complete the persoal iformatio form Circulate ad moitor productio durig Activity 4 to determie if learers: are able to respod to questios i order to provide basic persoal iformatio (icludig spellig) are able to formulate questios i order to obtai basic persoal iformatio from others Debriefig/Wrap-up Review the similarities ad differeces betwee the forms learers have see. Ask learers if there is other iformatio they thik they might eed to eter ito a form o the first day at work. Aswers may iclude: Bakig iformatio for direct deposit Tax withdrawal iformatio for Caada Reveue Agecy Explai that persoal iformatio like this is etered ito may forms at work. Provide examples such as: applicatio forms accidet or Ijury reportig forms vacatio request forms Braistorm as a group other settigs where learers have ecoutered or may ecouter forms where persoal iformatio should be etered. Aswers may iclude: Medical forms o the first visit to a ew doctor Immigratio forms Loa applicatio forms School erollmet forms for childre Aswer questios learers have about forms they have ecoutered outside the classroom. Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 5 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
Skill Descriptors Caadia Laguage Bechmarks Skill(s) Speakig What the perso ca do (Social Iteractio) Idicate commuicatio problems i a umber of ways (CLB 2) (Iformatio) Provide basic persoal iformatio related to the cotext (CLB 1) Provide expaded basic persoal iformatio appropriate to the cotext (CLB 2) Essetial Skill(s) Documet use Complexity of the Documet Documet is simple. Brief text combied with ucomplicated structure. (ES 1) Oe documet or multiple documets of the same type. (ES 2) Iformatio available may be rearraged for etry ito the documet. (ES 2) Performace Idicators (Iformatio) Respods to questios regardig basic persoal data with required iformatio; uses cardial ad ordial basic umbers. (CLB 1) Spells words related to persoal idetificatio ad iformatio. (CLB 2) Listeig What the perso ca do (Iformatio) Idetify specific literal details: umbers, letters, a few key words ad short expressios (CLB 1) Idetify specific literal details: umbers, letters, time referece, places, key words ad short expressios i a dialogue (CLB 2). Performace Idicators (Istructios) Compreheds requests for persoal details. (CLB 1) Writig Oral commuicatio Fuctios Obtais specific iformatio. (ES 1) Iformatio Narrow rage of subject matter, familiar topics, oe mai issue. (ES 1) Laguage is factual, literal, cocrete; arrow rage of cotet ad cotext specific or techical vocabulary. (ES 1) Iformatio cotet is simple; limited umber of details. (ES 1) What the perso ca do (Busiess/Service Messages) Fill out simple forms (CLB 1 ad 2) The copyright holder gives permissio for users of the documet to make copies of selected pages for ot-for-sale educatioal purposes withi their orgaizatios. Copyig for other purposes without permissio is prohibited. Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks 803 200 Elgi Street Ottawa, ON K2P 1L5 Ph. (613) 230-7729 Fax: (613) 230-9305 ifo@laguage.ca Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks, 2009 6 Lesso Pla 2 Sharig Persoal Iformatio
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Activity 1: First Day at Work Appedix 1.2 Circle the aswer provided by the ew worker: 1. What is your first ame? a. Rhoa b. Ria 2. What is your last ame? a. Zheg b. Sigh 3. What is your address? a. 22 Sheppard Rd. Wiipeg, MB R4C 2P6 b. 22 Sheppard Rd. Wiipeg, MB R8C 2P4 4. What is your telephoe umber? a. 204-915-2684 b. 204-985-1526 5. Who should we call i case of emergecy? a. husbad b. brother 6. What is his work telephoe umber? a. 204-923-8559, extesio 284 b. 204-923-8559, extesio 280 Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks 2009 Sharig Persoal Iformatio #2 Page 2 of 4
Activity 2: Complete a Persoal Iformatio Form Appedix 2.1 Eter your persoal iformatio ito the form below. Use block letters. Date Name Address day moth year first ame last ame umber street apartmet city/tow provice postal code Telephoe umber - - E-mail Marste Isurace Form to be completed by supervisor ad siged by both supervisor ad employee. Employee Name (last, first): Address: Telephoe umber (home): Telephoe umber (cell): Emergecy cotact ame: Relatioship: Telephoe umber (work): Telephoe umber (cell): Supervisor s ame: Sigature: Date: Employee Sigature: Date: Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks 2009 Sharig Persoal Iformatio #2 Page 3 of 4
Activity 4: Iterview to Complete a Form Appedix 4.1 New Employee Iformatio Form Supervisors should complete this form ad submit to Huma Resources. Both the supervisor ad employee must sig. Employee (last, first ame): Address: Telephoe umber (home): ( ) Telephoe umber (cell): ( ) Emergecy cotact (last, first ame): Relatioship: Telephoe umber (work): ( ) Telephoe umber (cell): ( ) Supervisor s ame: Sigature: Date: day / moth / year Employee Sigature: Date: day / moth / year kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf * kf kerfloe Systems Cetre for Caadia Laguage Bechmarks 2009 Sharig Persoal Iformatio #2 Page 4 of 4