Jobline PowerPoint Presentation
You can view a quick PowerPoint presentation of the Jobline LMU programme at
http://www.jobline.lmu.de/jobline_lmu.ppt.
Just click the link to open the presentation in your browser window if you have PowerPoint installed. Alternately, copy the link
into your browser window. A box will then open and offer you the choice of either opening the presentation in your browser or
downloading it to your computer. The file is large (about 3 MB) so you may only want to try and open or download it if you have
a fast connection.
The aim of Jobline LMU courses
Jobline LMU compact courses aim to help students from all faculties apply for jobs (holiday
jobs, internships, gap years, graduate jobs etc.) in English-speaking countries. The courses
guide students through the complete job application process and beyond, starting with first
thoughts about where they would like to work, the kind of job they would like to do and the
opportunities open to them, through to intercultural awareness training for the first steps on
the job. Students who participate in Jobline LMU courses are equipped with the language
skills and background knowledge needed to
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search for a job
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write a written application comprising of a CV and cover letter
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conduct telephone calls that typically take place in the job application process
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take part in either a face-to-face or a telephone interview.
The Jobline LMU learning environment
Jobline LMU courses combine a balance of traditional classroom and (multimedia) language
lab teaching in workshops, together with one-on-one online tutoring with English nativespeaker online tutors and also self-study using the Jobline LMU website. This combination
creates a varied and interesting learning environment for students.
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The workshop activities build upon the information and interactive exercises in the website
self-study units. In particular, the workshops provide students with the opportunity to actively
practise oral language skills, for example through interview role play and group discussions.
They also provide a forum for important peer and tutor feedback following the online phase
and for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Timeframe
"Job applications in English" consists of two workshops of four and eight teaching hours
respectively and fourteen hours minimum of online study before and between the workshops
(including written assignments) within a timeframe of four weeks. "Telephoning for job
hunters" consists of one workshop of six teaching hours with two hours minimum online
preparation. The courses can be taught individually, but for optimal results are best taught as
a package. Please see the course descriptions for more information about the individual
courses and their timeframes. If taught for UNIcert®, the two courses must be taught as a
single course with 2 SWS. The section on UNIcert® in this document gives you an overview
of the course framework if Jobline LMU is to be taught for UNIcert®.
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Minimum language requirements
Students must have at least English at Abitur or equivalent in order to take part in Jobline
courses. Partner universities may find it helpful to carry out a placement test.
Number of participants
A maximum of 20 participants is recommended per course. Courses with more than 20
participants are difficult to manage in the online phase (due to the intensive nature of etutoring) and in the interview role play in Workshop 2.
Registration
Jobline LMU has a centrally administered course registration for students from all universities
and Fachhochschulen. Teachers have website access to the registration lists during the
registration period and to the final list of course participants after registration is completed
(usually one week before the course starts). Registration should ideally start several weeks
before the course begins, so course dates must be fixed and sent to the LMU team well in
advance
The four skills
Jobline LMU courses train all four language skills:
Reading:
Students have to work through all of the website self-study units at different
points during the courses. Comprehension of the information content in each
unit is checked by interactive online exercises. Further to this, the core course
assignment in "Job applications in English" - to find a job and apply for it involves searching the Internet or print media for suitable jobs, reading
company websites, interpreting job advertisements and, above all, critically
analysing the information found.
Writing:
The core course assignment is for students to find a job that they can imagine
applying for and to compose a written application with the step-by-step
guidance of the CV and cover letter units on the Jobline LMU website. Written
assignment work is supervised by an e-tutor (a native speaker of English),
who encourages students to improve their own work in a two-tiered feedback
and correction process. Communication between student and online tutor
takes place by e-mail in English.
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Listening:
Listening comprehension is trained on the website in the form of audio and
audio-visual exercises in the units "Working abroad", "Application skills >
Interviews" and "Application skills > Telephoning". Listening is also practised
intensively in the "Telephoning for job hunters" workshop.
Speaking:
This skill is trained intensively in the classroom sessions through role play, for
example for interviews and telephoning, as well as in the group discussions.
Web-based preparation for interviews and telephoning takes place in the selfstudy phases.
Intercultural skills
Successful intercultural communication for students who intend to work in an Englishspeaking country starts with the job application. Intercultural pitfalls in the written application,
in interviews and when making phone calls are dealt with both on the website and in the
workshops. The first unit of the website, "Working abroad", sensitises students to intercultural
differences which may be experienced when living and working in an English-speaking
country and encourages students to develop strategies for good intercultural communication.
This aspect of the job application process is reinforced by audio-visual interviews and reports
from students who have already lived and worked abroad.
Vocabulary training
Vocabulary specific to the job application process is trained in the website units through
interactive exercises and is used actively in the workshops and written work. Further to this,
the website also has an online Word-a-Week feature, whereby registered users are sent a
word or expression on a weekly basis with definitions, examples, related terminology and
links. To date Word-a-Week has over 350 registered users.
Measurement of success
Students who attend all workshops and complete the online assignments to the satisfaction
of their e-tutor are considered to have successfully completed the courses. If taught for
UNIcert®, students have to take a final written test of 90 minutes duration at the end of the
course in order to get a Schein. Naturally, the ultimate measurement of success is when
Jobline LMU "graduates" successfully apply for a job in an English-speaking country.
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Jobline LMU course descriptions
Job applications in English
Guidelines for teachers
The following information is intended as a guideline for teaching "Job applications in English".
Please also read the workshop lesson plans and other workshop materials, which can be
downloaded from the "Teacher area":
Teacher login
The Teacher pages can be found at www.jobline.lmu.de?/AT/teacher/login.php or over the
navigation Courses > Teacher login.
The default user login is:
user name: teacher
password: &jobline
Later you may also have to enter the e-mail address info@jobline.lmu.de to log in.
The workshop lesson plans take you through the workshops step-by-step.
Important information for "Job applications in English" at a glance
Course format
Altogether the course runs over four weeks, including one week of
preparation before the first workshop.
Two workshops:
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Workshop 1 = 4 teaching hours
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Workshop 2 = 8 teaching hours
Self-study online preparation:
Two hours minimum before each workshop
Two written assignments (CV and cover letter) with online
preparation:
Five hours minimum per assignment. This is a two-tiered process
in which the e-tutor gives feedback for student self-correction of
the first draft of their written work, and makes final suggestions
and corrections for the second draft. This process takes place in
the three weeks between the two workshops.
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Minimum language
At least English at Abitur or equivalent
requirements
Registration
Registration is via the website and is administered by the Jobline
LMU team. Registration should ideally start several weeks before
the course begins, so course dates must be fixed and sent to the
LMU team well in advance. Registration is usually completed one
week before the course begins. Teachers have access to their
course participant lists on the website under Courses > Teacher
login.
Number of participants
20 maximum
Recommended teaching
Language lab with access to the Internet both for the teacher and
environment for the workshops
for students; “beamer”. The workshops can be adapted for
standard classroom teaching.
Workshop materials
Workshop lesson plans and other workshop materials for "Job
applications in English" can be downloaded from the "Teacher
area". The lesson plans tell you at which point to use the materials
during the workshop.
Instructors
"Job applications in English" can be taught by one teacher, but
works equally well when one teacher takes the workshops and
another does the e-tutoring/correction.
Aims
"Job applications in English" is a blended-learning compact course that provides students
with the background knowledge and skills needed to apply for a job in an English-speaking
country. Through online information and interactive exercises and in workshop activities,
students find out about the different kinds of jobs available to them, where to search for jobs
and how to interpret job descriptions. They learn how to write effective CVs and cover letters
with the supervision of an e-tutor and are trained in interview skills both online and through
role play in the second workshop.
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info@jobline.lmu.de
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Learner path for Jobline LMU "Job applications in English"
Workshop 1 - Job search and preparation for the online phase
(four teaching hours)
One week before Workshop 1, teachers send course participants a pre-workshop e-mail
(you'll find a sample e-mail as a download in the "Teacher area") which instructs them to do
the pre-workshop 1 activities. These familiarise students with the website and take them
through the website units "Working abroad" and "Job search" (see main navigation) in
preparation for the workshop. Besides kicking off the course, this e-mail serves as a useful
reminder to students since courses are often held several weeks after registration.
In the workshop, students and instructors get to know each other and do groupwork activities
to exchange and develop ideas about different ways of searching for a job in the international
job market. Most of the workshop activities do not require multimedia facilities, but it is useful
at times to be able to view the website either using a projector or on student computers.
Written assignments - the written application (online phase)
Altogether students send their instructors (e-tutors) two versions of both their CVs and cover
letters - a first attempt and a corrected and improved version - after first working through the
CV and cover letter units on the website (Application skills > CVs; Application skills > Cover
letter). Students send the first version of their CVs for correction one week after Workshop 1.
For an overview of this procedure, please see the learner path for "Job applications in
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English" (Courses > Learner paths). Assignments are sent and received either via the
website (in the "Files" section of the Teacher and Student areas) or by e-mail.
Workshop 2 - feedback from the online phase and
interviews (eight teaching hours)
One week before Workshop 2, students have to do the pre-workshop 2 activities which round
off the written assignments and familiarise them with interview skills and language. Teachers
send course participants an e-mail to remind them to do these activities. A sample e-mail can
be downloaded from the "Teacher area".
The first part of Workshop 2 provides instructors and students with the opportunity to
comment on the assignments and discuss common problems and mistakes. The rest of the
workshop concentrates on job interview role plays. Interview language, question psychology
and appropriate answers as well as body language are prepared for in detail in group
discussions and pair work. Students are encouraged to conduct interviews as authentically
as possible, and "interview candidates" receive extensive instructor and peer feedback on
their interview performance.
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Telephoning for job hunters
Guidelines for teachers
The following information is intended as a guideline for teaching "Telephoning for job
hunters". Please also read the workshop lesson plan and other workshop materials, which
can be downloaded from the "Teacher area". (See the box at the beginning of the course
descriptions in this document for how to log in to the Teacher area.) The lesson plan takes
you through the workshop activities step-by-step.
Important information for "Telephoning for job hunters" at a glance
Course format
Self-study online preparation (2 hours minimum) to be done in the
week before the workshop (6 teaching hours).
Minimum language
At least English at Abitur or equivalent
requirements
Number of participants
20 maximum
Registration
Registration is via the website and is administered by the Jobline
LMU team. Registration should ideally start several weeks before
the course begins, so course dates must be fixed and sent to the
LMU team well in advance. Registration is usually completed one
week before the course begins. Teachers have access to their
course participant lists on the website under Courses > Teacher
login.
Recommended teaching
Language lab, optimally with telephoning, pair, group work and
environment for the workshop
recording functions; computer with access to the Internet;
“beamer”. The course can be adapted for standard classroom
teaching using a tape recorder.
Materials
You can download the workshop lesson plan and other workshop
materials for "Telephoning for job hunters" from the "Teacher
area". The lesson plan tells you at which point to use the
downloaded files during the workshop.
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Aims
Good telephoning skills are a must in the modern job application process. At every point
during the job application procedure there are situations where a quick call to the recruiter
may be necessary or desirable and – if successfully carried out – may tip the balance in
favour of the candidate. However, students who are otherwise very competent in
communicating in English are sometimes nervous in telephoning situations. They feel
insecure, make mistakes and forget what they want to say without the visual aids that help
them assimilate information in a face-to-face exchange.
This blended-learning compact course helps students sharpen their existing English
telephoning skills and develop good communication strategies for the telephone. It reinforces
their knowledge of telephoning etiquette and gives them plenty of hands-on telephoning
practice to train pronunciation and fluency and to build up confidence.
Learner path for Jobline LMU "Telephoning for job hunters"
Online preparation
The self-study online phase of "Telephoning for job hunters"
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familiarises students with basic formal telephoning skills
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trains students in specific key language skills in preparation for the workshop
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
provides examples of typical telephoning vocabulary and expressions with audio
to help students with pronunciation
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sensitises students to the intercultural aspects of making telephone calls in
English.
One week before the workshop, the teacher sends course participants a pre-workshop e-mail
(a sample e-mail can be downloaded from the "Teacher area") which instructs them to do the
pre-workshop activities. These take the students through the telephoning unit (Application
skills > Telephoning) of the website and the telephoning resources in the Resource area
(Resource area > Telephoning).
The telephoning workshop (six teaching hours)
At the end of the online preparation week, the course participants and teacher meet for the
workshop. With the help of the web-based preparation, students should be familiar with the
subject and the language of telephoning by the time they come to the workshop, so the
workshop can be used for intensive practice. The first parts of the workshop concentrate on
controlled practice of basic telephoning skills and dealing with telephoning problem areas.
The final part of the workshop allows for freer practice and should be allocated plenty of time.
Students need access to the Jobline LMU telephoning resources (Resource area >
Telephoning) during the workshop. If you do not have student computers with Internet, the
telephoning expressions and model dialogues can be downloaded from the "Teacher area"
and copied for students.
Using multimedia for training telephoning skills in the classroom
The telephoning workshop has been developed for teaching in the multimedia language lab
of Munich University, which has a Tandberg ICM system. With a suitable group size this
multimedia environment enables teachers to maximise telephoning authenticity. The
telephoning function can be used to simulate making telephone calls, and the pair function
can be used to conduct and record telephone exchanges for teacher and peer feedback.
However, all exercises can be adapted for other language lab systems or even for standard
classroom teaching using a tape recorder.
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UNIcert®
Jobline LMU has applied for UNIcert® accreditation.
If taught for UNIcert®, "Job applications in English" and "Telephoning for job hunters" are
taught together as a single course with a total of three workshops and with a written test at
the end of 90 minutes duration. Jobline can be taught as one of four components of UNIcert®
III. The course framework is then as follows:
Pre-workshop 1: online preparation for "Job
2 hours minimum
applications in English" with the Jobline LMU
website units "Working abroad" and "Job search"
Workshop 1: "Job applications in English" contact
4 hours
teaching
Online assignment 1 with e-tutoring: finding a job,
5 hours minimum
doing the online "CVs" unit + writing a CV
Online assignment 2 with e-tutoring: doing the
5 hours minimum
online "Cover letters" unit + writing a cover letter
Pre-workshop 2: online preparation with the
2 hours minimum
Jobline LMU website unit "Interviews"
Workshop 2: "Job applications in English" contact
8 hours
teaching
Pre-workshop 3: online preparation for
2 hours minimum
"Telephoning for job hunters" with the Jobline
LMU website unit "Telephoning"
Workshop 3: "Telephoning for job hunters" contact 6 hours
teaching
Written test
2 hours
Total hours
36 teaching hours
within a framework of 6 weeks
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Terms of cooperation between Jobline LMU and partner universities
and Fachhochschulen in 2004
The Jobline LMU Implementation Project follows on from the Jobline LMU Development
Project (2001-2003). The aim of Jobline LMU in 2004 is to implement Jobline LMU at further
universities and Fachhochschulen.
Jobline LMU is financed by the Europäischen Sozialfond, by the Bavarian State Ministry for
Education, Research and the Arts, and by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.
Jobline LMU
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provides course materials for teachers to photocopy and use
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provides some marketing materials (e.g. flyers)
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pays teachers (Lehrbeauftragte) for teaching the workshops and for online
tutoring (supervision and correction of CVs and cover letters)
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provides centralised online registration via the Jobline LMU website
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organises teacher training sessions for Jobline LMU teachers
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offers general support and information
Partner universities and Fachhochschulen need to
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find Lehrbeauftragte
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do the local administration (organise rooms - preferably multimedia language lab,
photocopying of course materials etc.)
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market the website and courses, including contacting Auslandsbeauftragte and
other relevant offices at the university
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send teachers to Jobline LMU teacher training sessions
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issue student certificates (Scheine).
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