Kansanvalistusseuran edustajana perustaitojen opetusmenetelmiä edistävässä Education by the Way -projektissa. Pilotointi toteutettiin Helsingin aikuislukiossa.

1. KVS:N
EDUCATION BY
THE WAY-
KOKEILU
HELSINGIN
AIKUISLUKIOSSA
Kokeilussa mukana opettajat
Rita Dahl ja Ulla K. Laitinen,
hidas A 1.3.-ryhmä ja A 2.2.-
päättövaiheen opiskelijat
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2. TARGET GROUP
• My target group was a group of Finnish language learning immigrants at Adult High-School of
Helsinki. Their language level at European language skills scale is A 1.3. and A 2.2.
• Theme or content of the education. Continuing training or one time training.
• Theme we chose for first trial was Speed learning. We adapted this rehearsal to the work
interview, where there are two roles for each pair: employer and employee. The pupils had a
chance to plan what professions they want to apply. In addition to this, I wrote few typical
questions in job interview in front of the class room, and the pupils also wrote the questions in a
piece of paper. and rehearse the interview in pairs for 45 minutes. The professions chosen were
cook, Then we joined my teacher-colleague Ulla Laitinen and her group (at level A 2.2.) and every
pair was delivered a piece of paper, which showed their role: either employer or employee. Then
we started work interview, and after each interviewed roles or pairs were changed. Every interview
lasted for 5 minutes and altogether we used 45 minutes for this speed work interview experiment.

3. GOALS, TOOL
• Goals of the education / class / training
• To learn to act and react in the roles of
employer and employee.
• Identify the needs of the target group
(from mindmap)
• Number of people in the pilot group
• In both groups there were about 30
people.
•
• Tool(s) used in the piloting session
• Speed job interview.

4. WHY THIS TOOL?
• In order to learn to act and react in real-life situation, that most of us face often in our lives: job
interview. Since the questions were thought already prior the session, the pupils had a chance to
prepare themselves for the interview in both roles. Some people took better advantage of this
possibility than the others. Few people found the whole rehearsal difficult. Couple of people did
not participate in this.
• Strengths of the tool(s)
• Useful learning of the most typical questions in real-life job interviews for mostly manual work.
Pupils learnt also to act in a role of employer, who chooses, who gets the job.
• The challenges and pitfalls of the tool(s)
• Limited understanding of participants of this rehearsal and its´function, and unwillingness to
apply for all the job positions offered. Also lack of language skills is a big hindrance, even if the
teachers can provide more vocabulary for the pupils.
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5. OBSTACLES,
STRENGHTS
• How would improve the tool to be more
beneficial for the learner?
• To apply it to real-life situations, like we
did. More important and applicable
situations could be being in the library or
shop etc.
• How would improve the instructions to be
more beneficial for the trainer?
• To make them as simple and concrete as
possible. Immigrants at the beginning of
their learning path of foreign language,
and with a poor schooling background in
their original countries, need to overcome
many obstacles in learning a new
language as complicated as Finnish.

6. TRAINEES
COMMENTS
• What did you like?
•
• “I liked the interview because we talked about the
work.”
•
• “I liked that in the exercise there were many
professions.”
•
• “Getting to learn others and talking to them.”
•
• “Truck driver´s interview.”
•
• “Barber´s interview, because I have 8 years
experience of barber´s job in Finland and I can take
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7. WHAT DID YOU
LIKE?
• “I liked happy boss.”
•
• “I liked about a happy employer
in the interview.”
•
• “I liked; I got the job!”
•
• “I like to work.”
•
• “I liked to talk with the
employer.”
•

8. WHAT DID YOU
NOT LIKE?
• “Haastattelu oli hyödyllinen, koska puhuimme ammateista ja
työpaikoista.”
•
• “I did not like to practice with an another person.”
•
• “Lot of talking.”
•
• “I did not like about the job interview.”
•
• “I did not like nurse´s profession.”
•
• “I did not like an angry boss.”
•
• “I could not explain the question and he could not answer me well.”

9. WHAT WAS
USEFUL?
• “I want the employer to see me at work!”
•
• “It was important to practice for real-life interview.”
•
• “I got the job!”
•
• “I did not like to talk.”
•
• “It was useful to talk a lot.”
•
• “Interviews about positions that interest you.”~
•
• “This was useful exercise.”
•
• “I learnt to be in job interview.”

10. WHAT WAS
DIFFICULT?
• “Difficult, when you do not talk a lot of Finnish yet.”
•
• “It lasted long.”
•
• “The employer talked a lot.”
•
• “The employer was difficult, because he asked a lot.”
•
• “Nothing difficult.”
•
• “The interview was too long.”
•
• “It was difficult to speak Finnish.”
•
• “I do not know jobs and what is required for them.”