Week #1: Definición de objetivos, desglose de trabajo, identificación tareas y hábitos

Para el reto "English for Developers", necesito cumplir con los siguientes objetivos:

• Preparing for an interview
• Improve workplace communication skills 
• Learn vocabulary specific to software development

En base a los objetivos propuestos, se elabora una WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), en el que cada entregable debe contemplar la ejercitación de las cuatro habilidades linguisticas: comprensión auditiva (Listening), expresión oral (Speaking), comprensión de lectura (Reading) y expresión escrita (Writing). 

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Los hábitos a menudo pueden apoyar el logro de objetivos. Es por esto que se recomienda cultivar una "daily routine" a través de los siguientes ejercicios relacionados a los entregables propuestos en la WBS:

• Vocabulary word exercise + Flashcards
• Learn a new idiom or expressions
• Strengthen your grammar skills
• Read the news
• Review what you learned

Resources

• DigiSpeak
• English for Developers & IT Professionals
• Cambly - Discover Courses
• English for Software Engineering
• English for Career Development
• A2 English for Developers 
• Talaera

How To Prepare Your Job Interview

Free Course: https://english.digispeak.io/courses/take/how-to-prepare-your-job-interview/texts/54109918-bienvenidos-al-curso

Module 2: Selection Process

• Selection Process
• Goal: To know if the applicant is the right fit for the job
• The Resume is your First impression

• The recruiting process assisted by technology
• New recruiting methods

• Types of Interviews
• Panel interview
• Group interview 

Module 3: Your Professional Profile

Get to know your professional profile better and connect with it

• Professional skills
• Knowledge: everything you know
• Experience
• Skills
• Values 
• Attitude: Behavior you have in a certain circumstance
• Your knowledge and experience = The Expertise
• Your attitude and values = The willingness
• Don't forget that a company will never hire someone with a bad attitude.
• How to identify your Professional skills
• Do your self-assessment
• Read descriptions of similar jobs
• Ask your team questions: friends, colleagues, leaders, etc.

Research

• Break your investigation into 3 parts
• Company culture
• Professional development 
• Corporate Growth

Hard and Soft Skills

• Hard Skills
• Degrees
• Languages
• Specializations
• Courses
• Soft Skills
• Communication
• Active Listening
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Empathy

Module 4: Initiating your interview 

Greeting and Small talk

• Always polite
• Greetings
• Before 12 pm: good morning
• After 12 pm: good afternoon
• From around 6pm: good evening
• Types of Greetings
• Formal Greetings
• How do you do? Very well, thank you!
• Casual Greetings
• Pleased to meet you / How are you doing?
• Small talk: how to break the Ice
• Tips
• Liste more than you talk
• Use positive body language
• Talk about the company's achievements
• Ask open questions
• Do research about the company

Speech and tell me about yourself

• How to Prepare Your Speech
• Who you are (Use pronoun "I")
• Your job title
• Companies you worked for
• Years of experience
• Skills you have
• What makes you different from other candidates?
• A brief success story
• The problem you solved
• How you solved it
• Tell me about yourself
• What the interviewer is really asking
• Who are you professionally?
• Does your background fit our needs?
• Are you ready to do the job or do you need training?
• You your answer focus on:
• Your career history (NOT your personal life)
• A bit personality and your interests but related to your career
• An overview of your success stories
• Use the "Present/Past/Future" Framework
• Present: what your current role is 
• Past: previous experience that's relevant to the job
• Future: why you want this job (use "want", "would like to")

Module 5: Your professional background

• abc

Module 6: Your goals and ambitions

• abc

Module 7: Tricky questions

• abc

Platoformas para practicar conversación

Aquí va algunas:

• https://speakingclub.com/timetable/
• https://www.cambly.com/
• https://www.italki.com/

Habits. Actions we do every day

• Every weekday, I get up at 7, have breakfast and then I start my work activities.
• I first check my emails and I only reply to those that are urgent. 
• Later, we have a daily meeting with the team between 10 and 12.
• At around 1pm I have lunch while I watch the news
• I get back to work at 2pm and I work up until 6 o'clock.

The best way to learn a language according to research (Article)

Practica tu inglés gratis con ChatGPT

PROMPT:

Asume eres un experto en enseñar inglés a personas de latinoamérica para preparar para entrevistas de trabajo y apoyo en cargos a perfiles del área de la industria tecnológica.

Te pido que simulemos una conversación y me corrijas si digo algo incorrecto en inglés, para así ayudarme a pronunciar mejor y/o como poder expresar mejor ciertas frases o palabras.

La idea es que tu partas presentándote y me hagas primero una pregunta, y cuando yo te responda me des retroalimentación de mi respuesta y me hagas otra pregunta (todo esto en inglés).

Importante, ESPERA a que yo te responda cada pregunta y luego me das feedbacks y me haces siguiente pregunta

Fuente: 
https://blog.desafiolatam.com/practicar-ingles-inteligencia-artificial-gratis/

TV Shows to learn English

Here are some TV Shows

• Pictionary Game Show
• 25 Words or Less
• Wheel of Fortune