French for Specific Purposes, FSP, Adult Migrants, Scuba Diver, Hospitality Industry, Language Learning, Professional Integration, Safety Standards, Hygiene Standards
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A teaching approach for adult migrants to learn French for professional purposes, focusing on the scuba diver profession in the hospitality industry.
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[...] Statement A reflective writing of one to two pages on the approach implemented when developing teaching notes, allowing you to justify your choices: in what way is the constructed session appropriate and adapted to the target audience and its learning objectives? How were the didactic principles addressed in class (AA1 and AA2) implemented? Reflective Writing Within the framework of developing this A2 level session, my choice focused on the profession of scuba diver in the hospitality industry. This is a realistic job, very accessible to learners, such as for example with the final situational setting in a social restaurant. The goal pursued is to promote professional integration. [...]
[...] In this context, I chose to start with a discovery phase aimed at raising awareness among learners about the profession of scuba diver through activities related to the vocabulary of materials and equipment in the kitchen. This is essential to expand the linguistic repertoire and to enable them to better understand the instructions in order to communicate more easily with their colleagues in the exercise of their function. Next, in a phase of systematization, it is necessary to fix the linguistic means, notably by watching a video of a concrete situation of the profession of scuba diver (manual washing of utensils), reading a text on safety standards or from an image illustrating the kitchens of a restaurant (hygiene and safety standards, activities 3 and 4). [...]
[...] Finally, in a phase of use, in order to reuse the sociocultural aspects and the linguistic elements learned, analyzed and systematized, the learners went to a social restaurant. It is a practical application anchored in a communication situation close to the real linguistic situation, as well as the professional skills to be acquired with all the requirements that follow. The pursued objective is to show the essential character of the scuba diver function in a restaurant. It concerns a whole series of tasks while requiring a close collaboration with colleagues. [...]
