- •Unit 6 Employment
- •Application Letters and Resumes
- •2. Understanding the main points
- •3. Dictionary skills: Identifying the correct meaning
- •In the article, the word handle is a verb, so only look at the dictionary extract for verbs.
- •Succeed at Your Job Interview
- •1. Using background knowledge
- •2. Understanding the main points
- •3. Activating Topic vocabulary
- •Succeed at your job interview
- •People in Different Jobs
- •Jobs in a Shrinking World
- •Women in Unusual Jobs
- •Balancing Home and Work
- •Value of housework
- •I. Answer the following questions.
- •II. Compare your answers with a partner.
- •The Changing Workplace
- •3. The sentences below could be placed at the end of one of the paragraphs in the text. Discuss with your partner where they could be placed and why.
- •1. Find words in the text that mean the same as the words below:
- •2. Compare your answers with a partner. Explain which parts of the text helped you to find the correct words.
- •Work Trends
- •1. Pre-reading task
- •2. While reading task
Succeed at Your Job Interview
1. Using background knowledge
a. Which of theses do you look at when you choose a book in a bookshop?
the cover picture
the title
the author’s name
information on the back of the book (book blurb)
recommendations from famous or qualified people
b. Look quickly at the book blurb (text A). Is it from:
a novel?
a self-help book?
a text book?
How do you know?
2. Understanding the main points
a. Read text A and answer these questions.
According to the book blurb, why do some interviews go wrong?
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How much experience does the writer have of working with companies and individuals?
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What advice does the book offer about the beginning of an interview?
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What information does the book provide on interview questions?
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In the final paragraph, what does the book say it will help readers to do?
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b. Would you be interested in reading the book? Why? Why not?
3. Activating Topic vocabulary
a. Tick the things which make a good impression on interviewers. Use a dictionary for new words and phrases.
_____ appropriate clothes
_____ making eye contact
_____ a firm handshake
_____ grinning all the time
____ staring at the interviewer
____ leaning forward when seated
____ crossing your legs
____ folding your arms
_____ using your hands to show how you feel
_____ fidgeting
b. Read the book extract (text B) and check your ideas
4. Responding to the text
a. Do you agree with the advice?
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b. Have your answers to exercise 2b changed after reading the extract?
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Text A