Students in Spanish 3 Advanced, put their knowledge of Spanish vocabulary and independent research of companies to be interviewed for their dream jobs. 

Although focusing on Spanish, teacher Ashli Taquino wanted to make this unit and its assessment connect more with the real world and the future of her students.

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“This unit was about future plans, goals and aspirations, preparing for college and career paths,” Taquino said. “That’s how the interview came into play as the assessment, as a way to practice interviewing skills and other real world skills while being future-ready.”

For sophomore Mohammad Bahkshi, this test was all about working on skills he found himself weaker in.

“This test was more based on the personal ability of talking to someone else and was a lot more natural since we talked to an actual human compared to a computer or pre-recording,” Bahkshi said. “We were also being graded on things like posture and clothing and this helped me prevent fidgeting because I’ve had trouble controlling that during activities.”

Sophomore Avi Aggarwal enjoyed that the assessment was an interview because it was more conversational but also felt more stressed preparing.

“I liked this type of test because I could practice basic interview skills and it felt more realistic when it comes to conversations in Spanish,” Aggarwal said.  “But it felt a little more stressful than a normal pen and paper test.”