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Grade 11
Reading 1 · speaking hour
Class 5 · Thu 10 Sep · SP

Designing Your 2030 Roadmap

Guided reading aloud · vocational alignment and multiple intelligences in the AI era.
Before reading · 5 minutes

What do you think the text says?

Predict
Roadmap = a plan of the route. Where to, in 2030?
What does the AI era have to do with choosing a career?
Escribe: I think the text argues that…
Glossary from the syllabus
thresholddoorway, starting point
interdisciplinary synergysynergy between fields of knowledge
counselingguidance, direction
to rely onto depend on
job-seekerperson looking for a job
Reading strategy

Find the thesis

Where it usually is
At the end of the first paragraph, after however.
The author presents the problem, says however, and launches the idea.
How to recognise it
It is a claim, not a fact. It can be argued.
If someone can say «I disagree», it is a thesis.
Saber 11 asks for the main idea in almost every text. The thesis is the answer.
Reading Text 1 · paragraph 1 · the problem

As graduating secondary students stand on the threshold of higher education and professional life, traditional career counseling models are proving insufficient. Historically, students were advised to select a rigid degree title based purely on familial expectations or general academic grades.

Reading Text 1 · paragraph 1 · the thesis

However, the Fourth Industrial Revolution demands a dynamic, multidimensional self-assessment. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences provides an invaluable navigational compass for 21st-century youth.

Reading Text 1 · paragraph 2

In today's global digital economy, high-impact careers require interdisciplinary synergy. For example, a successful video game director or metaverse architect does not rely solely on visual-spatial intelligence; they must integrate logical-mathematical coding with complex interpersonal leadership and emotional empathy. When young leaders align their dominant cognitive strengths with emerging industry sectors, they transform from passive job-seekers into resilient, forward-thinking entrepreneurs.

Pronunciation · the tricky words in the text

Ten words that trip you up

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/ · voiceless th, sh in the middle.
/ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ/ · acento al inicio.
six syllables: mul-ti-di-MEN-sio-nal.
/ɪnˈvæljuəbəl/ · it means EXTREMELY valuable, not worthless!
/ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːrz/.
/rɪˈzɪliənt/.
Comprehension questions · in pairs · 6 minutes

Talk with your partner

1
Why are traditional career counseling models insufficient for 21st-century graduates?
2
How does a video game director demonstrate interdisciplinary cognitive synergy?
3
Identify the thesis statement of paragraph 1.
Hint: after However.
4
Complete: 'When students align their strengths with emerging fields, they ______ (transform) into innovators.'
5
Critical thinking: Formulate your personal career thesis statement for 2030 in one sentence.
Match

Find it in the text

The starting point of a new stage
Extremely valuable
Not enough
Able to recover from difficulty
resilient
threshold
insufficient
invaluable
Fill in the gap

Go back to the text and find the word

However
compass
align
synergy
 , the Fourth Industrial Revolution demands a multidimensional self-assessment.
High-impact careers require interdisciplinary  .
When young leaders   their strengths with emerging sectors, they transform.
Gardner's theory provides a navigational  .
Look and speak

Read the roadmap. What is the problem, and what does the author propose?

Check · 1 of 4

Which sentence is the thesis of paragraph 1?

AStudents stand on the threshold of higher education.
BStudents were advised to select a rigid degree.
CThe Fourth Industrial Revolution demands a multidimensional self-assessment.
DGardner is a Harvard psychologist.
Check · 2 of 4

Traditional counselling chose degrees based on…

Afamily expectations and grades
Bmultiple intelligences
Cemerging sectors
Dpersonal values
Check · 3 of 4

Complete: 'When students align their strengths with emerging fields, they ______ into innovators.'

Atransforms
Btransforming
Ctransformed
Dtransform
Check · 4 of 4

'Invaluable' in the text means…

Awithout value
Bextremely valuable
Ccheap
Dunnecessary
Your career thesis statement · 2 min to write, then say it

My career thesis for 2030

One single debatable sentence that links your mix of intelligences with a sector and an impact. Model:
By 2030, my logical and interpersonal intelligences will make me a systems engineer who builds technology for public hospitals in Colombia.
The formula
By 2030, my ___ and ___ intelligences
will make me a ___
who ___ for ___.
Then you say it standing up. No reading.
Level up · coach tip

Read like a detective: claim, evidence, so what?

Academic texts hide three things: the claim (thesis), the evidence (data, examples) and the so what (why it matters). Underline them in three colours. When you find the «so what», you have found the main idea.
Level up · reading · Roadmaps Are Not Contracts

Some students resist writing a 2030 roadmap because they fear it will trap them. This fear misunderstands the exercise. A roadmap is a hypothesis about the future, not a contract with it. Its value lies in the reasoning it forces: to write «by 2030 I will be designing solar grids», a student must connect a skill she has now with a sector that will exist then, and identify the steps in between. When circumstances change — and they will — the reasoning survives even if the destination moves. Research on goal-setting confirms this: people who write specific, dated goals adjust them more intelligently than those who keep vague intentions, because they have something concrete to revise. However, a roadmap written once and never revisited is as useless as none at all.

Level up · reading · 1 of 2

What is the thesis of the text?

ARoadmaps trap students
BA roadmap is valuable for the reasoning it forces, not as a fixed promise
CSolar grids are the best career
DGoals should be vague
Level up · reading · 2 of 2

What condition does the last sentence add?

ARoadmaps must be short
BRoadmaps must be revisited to be useful
CRoadmaps should never change
DOnly researchers write roadmaps
Match

Match the word with its meaning

hypothesis
lie in
circumstances
revise
vague
revisit
look at again later
the conditions of a situation
change after reviewing
not clear or specific
an idea to be tested
be found in
Fill in the gap

Complete each sentence

lies in
However
survives
specific
revise
hypothesis
A roadmap is a   about the future.
Its value   the reasoning it forces.
 , a roadmap never revisited is useless.
Write  , dated goals, not vague intentions.
People with written goals   them intelligently.
The reasoning   even if the destination changes.
After learning

What you read

An academic text with a thesis, an example and a conclusion. Read aloud and discussed in English: performance goal II.
Next class: Workshop 1.2 · a matrix of 3 university options and Speaking Lab 2 · Why This Career Fits My Mind. Bring your written thesis.
Class score
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