- •Jobs active vocabulary nouns
- •Vocabulary
- •Job requirements
- •VI. Listening: Choosing the right job.
- •Vocabulary
- •VII. Video-listening: Applying for a job.
- •Vocabulary
- •Staff disputes
- •Vocabulary
- •Office problems
- •Vocabulary
- •Stress at work
- •Vocabulary
- •IX. Speaking.
- •A job interview
- •Staff disputes
- •Talking about office problems
- •Vocabulary
- •Useful language
- •1. Look at the chart below and try to continue the list of «Unusual jobs».
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •X. Writing. How to write a resume.
- •Curriculum Vitae vs. Resume
- •How to write a resume
- •Review Quiz
- •I . Circle the correct answer.
- •II. Complete the sentences with a single word.
- •III. Complete the crossword. The letters in grey squares spell out another word. What is it?
- •IV. Write the words in the correct order, and add the final word.
- •V. Complete the text with the words below.
Useful language
Giving opinions:
A ctually
To tell the truth
If you ask me I (think, believe, feel) she didn’t do it.
I’m pretty sure
In my opinion
You know, I’m not really sure.
I’d rather not say.
I don’t have anything to say about that.
Giving basic information:
Where does he work?
He works in an office/ a factory / a hospital.
Who does she work for?
She works for a car company / an airline.
What hours does he work?
He’s got a full-time job (40 hours a week) / a part-time job (15 hours a week) / long hours (12 hours a day) / from 9 to 5.
How much does she earn?
She earns a lot. Her salary is $ 88000 a year. / he doesn’t earn very much. He gets low wages.
1. Look at the chart below and try to continue the list of «Unusual jobs».
№
|
Jobs |
Primarily done by men |
Primarily done by women |
Done by both men and women |
Requiring a graduate degree |
1 |
trapeze artist |
|
|
+ |
|
2 |
combat soldier |
+ |
|
|
|
3 |
web designer |
|
|
+ |
+ |
4 |
race car driver |
+ |
|
|
|
5 |
cosmonaut |
+ |
|
|
+ |
6 |
bullfighter |
+ |
|
|
|
7 |
bodyguard |
+ |
|
|
|
8 |
lifeguard |
+ |
|
|
|
What are traditional jobs in Belarus and Great Britain?
2. Answer the following questions:
►Where can people look for a job?
►What kind of job can people have?
►Jobs can be attractive and not attractive. What qualities make them such?
►Different jobs require different things. What does a job of a doctor (a teacher, a model, a computer operator) require?
►What are the most popular and important jobs?
►What professions do you think are needed: in your town / in your country?
►Have you made your choice of a job?
►Are you aware of advantages and disadvantages of the chosen job?
►What would you do in a dispute between members of your own staff? Would you …
a) intervene at once to resolve the problem?
b) see if the staff can sort it out themselves?
c) wait to see if the problem sorts itself out?
d) bury your head in the sand, as if you are saying, “What problem?”
►I can’t stand it when colleagues…
●create a paper jam in the photocopier;
●are always absent when the work piles up and things are really hectic;
●neglect their own work, but poke their noses into other people’s business;
●fail to provide handover instructions when they go away on holiday;
●constantly giggle right next to me!