Job application — guide for teachers

The student fills out nine fields about themselves, pastes the job advertisement, and clicks Submit. Shortly after, a fully formatted draft application appears on the screen, along with a tips section — and a button to download it as a Word document that the student can continue working on.

The tool is located under Job Application, and as a tile under Work.

How it works

The form asks, in this order:

• What job are you applying for?
• Do you have work experience from previous jobs?
• What is your education?
• What are your 3 best qualities?
• What do you like to do in your free time?
• Relevant courses or certifications (optional):
• Language skills (optional):
• Other relevant information (optional): — for example, a driver's license
• Text from the job advertisement:

Only two of them must be filled out for the button to work: the job being applied for and the advertisement text. The others improve the draft, but they won't stop anyone. Before anything is sent, a prompt appears — Are you sure? Do you want to submit this information? — with Yes and No. It is an intentional pause and a great opportunity to agree with the class on what should go into the fields.

The draft and the tips

The response arrives in two boxes. Your job application is the letter itself: 250–350 words in coherent paragraphs, without bulleted lists, written in simple yet professional language. The top of the letter — name, address, email, phone, company name, contact person — always appears as `[FILL IN: ...]`. The model is instructed never to invent such details. Inside the body text itself, there are at most two `[FILL IN]` placeholders where the student must insert a specific example only they can write.

Tips and guidance is the second box: three to four specific suggestions for improvement, a short glossary explaining the difficult words in the letter, and alternative phrasings to choose from. This part is often worth more instructional time than the letter itself.

Below are two buttons. Download the job application as a Word document provides a .docx file in Calibri 11 that can be edited further. Create a new application brings up the form again with the answers preserved — the student can paste in a new advertisement and get a new draft without having to re-enter everything from scratch.

Who it is for

This is an adult tool for workplace-oriented Norwegian: introductory programs, modular training, courses leading to internships. From level A2, it works with assistance — the questions in the form are open-ended and in Norwegian, and most learners will need support to answer them. From level B1, many can manage on their own. Below A2, you should do it together.

The draft is a starting point, not a finished application. Nothing has been fact-checked: the tool only uses what the student has written, and wherever something is missing, it displays `[FILL IN]` instead of a guessed answer. The student must read through, correct, fill in the blanks, and ideally have someone they trust look it over.

Pay particular attention to the language level. A letter in professional Norwegian from a student who speaks at an A2 level can backfire during an interview, where the employer encounters a completely different level of language than in the application. Ask students to rewrite at least one paragraph in their own words, and use the gap between the letter and their own language as a starting point for a conversation about what they can actually say about themselves.

Suggestions for working with Job Application

1. Fill out the form together the first time. Put a real advertisement on the board and go through it field by field. This helps everyone see what kind of answers lead to a usable draft — "organized, punctual, likes working with people" rather than "nice."
2. Work with the advertisement before the application. Have students read the job ad first, tap on words they don't know, and collect them in a list in Word Lists. That way, they write the application using words from the ad, which is precisely what the employer is looking for.
3. Compare two drafts. Two students run the same advertisement with their own answers. Read the two letters side by side: what is similar, and what makes the person recognizable?
4. From draft to original text. Ask students to rewrite one paragraph entirely in their own words and submit that version as an assignment in Write. That way, they get feedback on their own language, not the model's.
5. Use the tips box as a reading text. The glossary in Tips and guidance explains words they have just seen in context. Ten minutes spent there sticks better than just reading through the letter.
6. Move on to the interview. Have the student take the application into a role-play conversation in Conversation: "tell me about yourself" is easier when you have just written it down.

Good to know

• The form does not need personal data. Names, addresses, national identity numbers, and phone numbers do not belong in the fields — they will turn into `[FILL IN]` anyway, and the student can fill them in in the Word document afterward. Say this out loud before the first session, and see Should I share personal information with Språki?.
• If health is part of the story, leave it out. If there are gaps in the CV due to health reasons, state it generally in the field for other information and cover the details in the interview, not in the form.
• The draft lives on the screen. It is displayed dynamically and will not reload later, so ask students to download the Word file as soon as they have something they want to keep. Learn more about what gets stored where: Does Språki save what I write?.
• The time counts as tool time. In Progress, Job Application is categorized under Tools alongside Translator and Generate Images — it does not build a streak and does not count as learning time. If the session should count, conduct the writing work in Write.

See also

• What is Workplace Norwegian? — the work-oriented track to which the application belongs
• How do I practice writing? — where the student receives feedback on their own text
• Should I share personal information with Språki?