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THEME 1 SCHOOL LIFE

FUNCTIONS
F1 Exchanging personal information in both formal and informal language
10 GRADE F2 Taking part in a conversation in everyday life situations
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5 CV Inspirations

The aim of the activity is to have students exchange personal information in formal language and to
raise students’ awareness about creating a CV.

Materials and Preparation
A sample CV provided on page 19, a CV template to be filled out by students

Procedure
1 Display the sample CV provided on the interactive whiteboard. Alternatively, you can hand it out to
students. Remind students that the sections of an actual CV are not colored.
2 Give them brief information about the CV emphasizing that each color stands for a major part of
the CV: the blue part for personal details, the yellow part for educational background, the gray part
for activities for personal development (workshops, courses, etc.) and the orange part for personal
interests, hobbies and skills.
3 Tell them to study the sample CV for 3 minutes.
4 Now, tell them that they are going to create their dream CVs together.
5 Tell them to fill out the first part (personal details) as an imaginary character for use in the dream
CV.
6 Once all students are finished, divide the class into three groups as the yellows, the grays and
the oranges. Tell the yellows to write down their dream educational backgrounds, the grays to
write down their dream personal development parts and the oranges to write down their dream
personal interests, hobbies and skills. Suggested time for this task is 10 minutes.
7 Have as many students as possible from each group read their notes aloud for their friends and
also ask them to take notes about inspirational points on a piece of paper while their friends are
reading aloud. Remind that they will create imaginary/dream CVs by picking the best parts of their
notes.
8 When you are done with this part, tell students to revise their notes, pick their favorite items and
fill out the rest part of the CV template using them.
9 At the end of the lesson, students will have created their imaginary/dream CVs.

FURTHER NOTES

Sample content for the blues: I’m Sinan Ege Yüksel and I’m 25 years old. I was born on the 19
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of May in 1996 in Ankara.
Sample content for the yellows: In 2010, I finished my secondary education at Ankara Kocatepe
Secondary School and started Ankara Atatürk High School. I graduated from the science class in
2014 and joined Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering Department. I graduated in 2019.
Sample content for the grays: In 2017, I participated in Informatics and Coding Workshop. I
attended many courses to improve myself, too. To begin with, I attended drama and language
courses. I also joined an online training program about improving pronunciation in 2019.
Sample content for the oranges: I like traveling a lot and visiting historical sites. I’m fond of
going to the seaside with my friends and collecting seashells. I’m keen on swimming, fishing and
also diving. I’m interested in taking nature photos. I can use all office programs well and work
cooperatively. I can speak English at an advanced level and German at a good level. I can ride a
bike and swim well. I can also do puzzles and play basketball.

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