Boletín 105 - Los ninis, la programación y los jóvenes sobrecualificados.
Boletín 105 - Los ninis, la programación y los jóvenes sobrecualificados.
What is a nini? Are young Spaniards prepared adequately for the job market? Are degrees losing value? What is el Programa Código Escuela 4.0?
I looked at the Scheme of Learning for my year 9 IT class two weeks ago and saw that the upcoming lesson was An introduction to Python. 🤯
My ineptitude with Python frustrated me. I began teaching myself the key concepts/syntax with the 100 days of code course by Replit (accessible and free) and whilst Python remains a challenge, I’m now enjoying it.
The coding lesson combined with the artificial intelligence boom got me thinking about the topic of education and employment which my year 12s are currently studying.
In edition 105 the first text is about ninis or neets as we would say in English (those not in education, employment or training). One of the causes for the increase in ninis, según el texto, is young people seeing a discrepancy in what they learn at school and what they deem necessary to succeed in the real world.
Computer skills are a sought-after skill. I remember in primary school I was told this. More and more employers seek computationally competent employees whether that be with programming or simply knowing your way around a computer. There are more and more (cada vez más) jobs springing up in the IT industry to boot.
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, last year announced a €356,000,000 euro investment in education with a big push on computational thinking and programming.
The so-called Programa Código Escuela 4.0 has the end goal of:
Conseguir que todo el alumnado de Infantil, Primaria y Educación Secundaria Obligatoria en España aprenda los conceptos básicos de la programación informática y del pensamiento computacional al finalizar la educación básica.
It looks like the initiative is going ahead which is great!
So, it seems that Spain has recognised a need and is seeking to address it, good for Spain! In the long-term (a largo plazo) this will prepare future generations for the ever-evolving workplace and teach them key skills.
I won’t comment on the other factor bought up in text one:
Los jóvenes prefieren la comodidad que brinda un hogar y paulatinamente abandonan toda actividad que consideran retadora o difícil.
WJEC Advanced information:
With the clarification on 06/02/23 from WJEC that section B/C in the unit 2 paper will contain content from the educational and employment opportunities and regional culture and heritage in Spain, Spanish-speaking countries and communities topics it’s advisable that students familiarise themselves with topical vocabulary.
Regional culture
Education and employment
Tier 2/3 vocabulary this week:
Crecer - to grow up.
Miedo - fear.
Afrontar - to face up to.
O sea - in other words/or rather.
Emanciparse - to become free/to move out.
Invertir - to invest.
Hacer realidad - to make reality/realise.
Codiciado/a - sought after
Grammar to look out for
Sobre as a prefix meaning over as in sobreprotección (overprotection) and sobrecualificado (overqualified). The prefix for under is infra.
Relative pronouns.
Preterite tense.
Present tense.
Future simple tense.
Hacer que + present subjunctive (can you explain why this is a subjunctive trigger?)
Conseguir que + subjunctive (why is this too a subjunctive trigger?)
Intensifiers/qualifiers.
The past perfect.
Thanks if you read this far!
This week is another Boletín milestone as it reaches 750,000 downloads! 🎉
Download edition 105 here.
A big thank you to everyone who bought a Boletín extra last week!
A reminder that Boletín extras are available. The most useful of which is an updated index of topics from 1-100 including an index of exam style questions for targetted interventions based on mocks.
Thanks,
Ollie.