Class: Monday, 4^th March 2013

Unit 9: Work

Can-Do Objectives: Discuss issues related to dismissal and tribunals

Pages: 68 and 69

Grammar: Reported speech

Vocabulary: crèche, perk, compassionate leave, voluntary redundancy, collective bargaining, crackdown, swingeing /’swɪn(d)ʒɪŋ/, neglected, embraced

Homework: Understand the meaning of all the question of the interview hand-out and choose 10 you will ask as the interviewer in next class’s activity.

Job Interview in English: Watch all, some, at least one of the following videos before Wednesday’s class. It will help you to prepare for the interview you will have next class.

If you search on youtube, you will find an infinite number of videos with advice on how to answer interview questions. One of the most common questions, which we discussed in class, is Tell me about yourself. The following is, in my opinion, one of the best. The language is a bit difficult but you can watch it over and over.

Dice TV: Tell me about yourself

The following is not much of a video. It is all text with background music but the advice is good. (Just like the advice I gave you in class.)

Answers to 5 toughest job interview questions

This last video, longer than the previous two, is quite good. The speaker is very clear and provides a good example of how to handle oneself in an interview. I will admit that it is ‘a bit American’ but what we are trying to learn is how to face a job interview in English.

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