Imparting of specialist and professional language in the occupational field of “nutrition and housekeeping”

Coverbild: BWP 6/2016
Autor/in
Ausgabe/Jahr (Jahrgang) 6/2016 (45)
Seite(n) 19-23
Sprachen
    englisch

Language competences required at work vary according to the respective tasks and activities. However, how can such competences be identified in occupationally-specific terms and be imparted and supported within the scope of training? This article takes the training occupation of housekeeper as an example in order to illustrate how the professional and (specialist) language competences stipulated in the general training plan and vocational school skeleton curriculum can serve as a basis for the school-based teaching of specialist and vocational language in an employment-oriented and differentiated manner.