Skills Reading

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Profession

A profession refers to an occupation that requires specialized education, knowledge, training and ethics. Classically, there were only three so-called “learned” professions: divinity, medicine, and law.

With the rise of technology and occupational specialization in the 19th century, other spheres began to claim professional status: pharmacy, veterinary medicine, nursing, teaching, librarianship, optometry and social work.

Just as some professions rise in status and power through various stages, so others may decline.

Although professionals make their living in what they do, this paid work is often more than just a job or occupation alone. Whether the profession is law, medicine, plumbing, writing, interior design or baseball, those who are in it are expected to meet and maintain common standards.

People within a certain profession are at a much higher degree of responsibility, than those doing the same thing as a hobby. In some professions, an amateur or hobby level isn't allowed for reasons of public safety. For example, only a professional qualified physician is permitted to treat patients as a medical doctor.

Professional development is often a key feature of professions. Those within a specific profession usually don't just complete the initial education and credentials, but typically must renew licensing or take updating courses. Professional associations to which many people in a certain profession belong, typically set standards as well as guidelines for refresher courses and other types of career updating.

Unit 2

Topic presentation

Personal Qualities and Abilities

Think and answer the questions

Do personal qualities and abilities affect the career choice?

Can one develop his personal qualities and abilities while mastering his profession?

Vocabulary

Task 1: Match the columns

A 1) patient		1) общительный
2) intelligent / smart / clever		2) старательный, прилежный
3) gifted		3) строгий
4) fair		4) справедливый
5) strict		5) терпеливый
6) sociable		6) одаренный
7) earnest		7) умный
B 1) friendly	1) вежливый
2) careful	2) наблюдательный
3) creative	3) ответственный
4) observant	4) дружелюбный
5) hard-working	5) творческий
6) polite	6) внимательный, точный, аккуратный
7) responsible	7) трудолюбивый, прилежный

Task 2: Use the words from the above tables and answer the questions. Begin your answers with the phrases I think, I suppose, As far as I know, To my mind, As for me / my friend

What personal qualities do you possess?

What kind of person is your friend?

What qualities do you appreciate best?

What qualities do you lack?

Task 3: Give the Russian for

To work as part of the team, to be tolerant of people, to accept responsibility, to show willingness to learn, to have common sense, to be trained to handle any challenges, to have good logical reasoning, to have problem-solving skills, to have an aptitude for drawing and working with figures, to be computer literate, to be critically-minded, to have inventive mind, to work shifts.