Module 1

Working Lives & English for Work

TELEPHONE SKILLS

1. Hands On - Page 24 (AUDIO)

2. Telephone Dialogues (Listen and write)

• Dialogue 7

• Dialogue 11

• Dialogue 12

3. A job possibility (Listen and click)

JOB INTERVIEWS

4. A job interview (Listen and write)

5. Job interview simulation

Cartoons

• A job interview (A bad) Job interview (A sexist) Job Interview

Videos

• Monty Python: Silly Job Interview

Suggestion: rewrite the interview in proper English

• Interviewing: some tips

Vocabulary

• Jobs and Careers 1 (Flashcards: Study and Play)

• Jobs and Careers 2 (Flashcards: Study and Play)

• Careers and Jobs (Flashcards: Study and Play)

• Business vocabulary

• Jobs and workplaces

• Practice 1: Making an Appointment

• Practice 2: Taking a Message

• Practice 3: Ordering a Pizza

• Telephone Quiz

Listening

• I got the wrong job! (Listen and write)

• Which Pictures match the audio?

• More elephone Dialogues

Speaking

• • IELTS Language Speaking Practice (Listen and read the comments given)

Grammar

• Adjective Degrees

• Personal pronouns (Object Pronouns)

• My or Mine? Your or Yours? Her or Hers?

• A/An

• A / An or no Article? Exercise 1 / Exercise 2 / Exercise 3

• Question Words

• Present Simple 1 (learn and PRACTISE

• Present Continuous 1 (study and PRACTISE)

• Word Formation

Writing a CV

• Examples of Good and Bad CVs

• STANDARD GRADUATE CV

• ePortolios: Example 1 Example 2

Writing a Memo

Listen and complete a memo (Download Document / Download Audio)

E-mail

Marketing meeting [Too difficult? Start here]

An email reference for a prospective employee (ordering a text) [Too difficult? Start here]

An e-mail answering a job enquiry [Too difficult? Start here]