Module 6

Job, work, career

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to

work day in your life.”

Confucius

Part 1

1. Discuss.

1. Discuss different jobs and working environments.

2. What are the pros and the cons of working in each place?

3. What would be your ideal working place?

2. Do agree or disagree with the quotes?

1.'People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.' (Ogden Nash)

2. The longer the title, the less important the job.' (George McGovern)

3. Most workplaces have too many rules. Employees aren't children, and the office isn't a junior school'. (Araba Green)

4. Most managers spend their time making it difficult for workers to work'. (Paul Shorter)

3. How many work related words can you find? There are fifteen.

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4. Match the words with the definitions.

1. A person who types letters and answers the phone. secretary

2. A person whose job is to repair machines.

3. Someone who studies science.

4. doctor who perform operations.

5.. A person who looks after people's teeth.

6. Someone whose job is to give advice on legal matters.

7. A person whose job is to collect, write or publish news.

8. A person who designs or builds roads, bridges, etc.

9. Someone who works for no pay.

10. Someone who helps students learn.

11. A person whose job is to play musical instruments.

12. Any person whose job needs advanced training.

13. Someone with senior position in company.

14. The money you earn.

15. Extra hours that you work.

5. Match the jobs with the qualities you think people need in your opinion.

Careful, creative, confident, emotional, flexible, generous, helpful, logical, motivated, organised, patient, reliable, tolerant, enthusiastic, adequate.

Talking or writing about jobs.

Word	Definition	Examples
Job	what you do regularly to earn money, especially what you do for particular company or person.	My first job was helping in a pet shop.
A full-time	job is a job that you do for at least the same number of hours a week as people usually work.	A full-time bookkeeper. He works full-time for the council.
A part-time	job is a job that you do for fewer hours a week than people usually work.	A part-time bartender. I teach part-time now.
Work	Something that you do to earn money, or the place where you go to do it.	I've got a lot of work on at the moment. Dan's at work.
Career	the jobs someone does over a period of time that involve a particular type of work.	a long career in the civil service, a medical career.
Profession	a type of job that you need a lot of education or special training to do, or all the people who do a particular job like this.	I'm a doctor by profession. the legal profession.
Occupation	(formal) your usual job	What is your current occupation and salary?
Post	a particular job within a company or organization, especially a job with some responsibility.	She applied for the post of Senior Marketing Manager at Cadburry Shweppes.
Position	a particular job: used especially in advertisements foe available jobs.	a vacancy for the position of night watchman.