- •1. Read the text. Does your perfect working week comply with the predictions given in the text? Summarize the main ideas of this article; the subheadings may help you. Futurist predicts
- •3. Find the sentences with the following words and try to guess the meaning:
- •4. Match the terms for employment in a with their definitions in b.
- •5. Use the following expressions to discuss pros and cons of the different types of employment (see ex. 4).
- •6. Word formation: complete the table
- •Verb noun adjective adverb
- •7. Choose the correct item.
- •1. Find examples of will, and be going to in the text for Reading (1).
- •2. Choose the correct verb in the sentences.
- •4. Complete the conversation with will or be going to. Act it out with your partner.
- •5. Complete the conversation with will or be going to and the verbs from the box. Act it out with your partner.
- •1. Find examples of Future Continuous in the text for Reading (2).
- •2. Complete the sentences with the Future Continuous form of the verb in brackets.
- •3. Say what you will be doing at the following times?
- •4. Use Future Perfect to answer these questions.
- •5. Complete the sentences with the Future Perfect form of the verbs below.
- •6. Use the Future Perfect to answer these questions.
- •7. Complete the sentences using the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect form of the verb in brackets.
- •1. Short-term goals
- •2. Imagine your future life in 15 years and think of your long-term goals.
- •1. Before you listen
- •2. Listening
- •3. After-listening
- •4. Vocabulary development
- •1. Before you read let’s think about the future. What fields of employment will be the most popular when you graduate from university?
- •2. Read the text below to check your guesses. The Most in-demand Jobs of 2020
- •3. Here are some of the in-demand jobs of the next decade. Read eight texts and guess the jobs. Can you explain what these people do?
- •1. Have you guessed all the jobs? If not, find the right answers at the end of this module.
- •1. How to write a Resume
- •2. Design your own resume
- •1. Before you listen complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1. Short-term goals
Write down all of your classes for this semester and the grades you are going to receive. This is a list of short-term academic goals for the semester. Discuss them with your partner. Are your short-term plans realistic?
2. Imagine your future life in 15 years and think of your long-term goals.
Discuss these questions with your partner:
1. Where will you live? What city or town? What state or country?
2. Will you live in a house or an apartment?
3. What will you do for leisure/fun/vacations?
4. Will you have a family? Children?
5. What educational degrees will you attain, and what will be your career/job?
6. How successful or satisfied will you be with that career or job?
Listening (3)
1. Before you listen
a. What do you think is meant by the saying “There’s no better time to look for a new job when you’re quite happy with your old one”?
b. On today’s job market many applicants may compete for few openings, so several people can be right for one job. Interviews are usually the deciding factor in the application process. What do you know about job interviews? Have you ever had one?
2. Listening
You will hear a radio interview with a woman advising people on how to get a job. Read the following sentences then listen to the recording and fill in the missing parts.
The two problems for those seeking work are getting… and performing well at it.
It’s important that your CV is …
Once you’ve got a CV you should send it to possible…
To find a job you first look in … regularly.
The night before the interview you should get enough …
For a job interview you should wear the …
Make sure you arrive for the interview …early.
You should also be … to the receptionist.
Don’t …before the interviewer asks you to do so.
During the interview, you should not … or chew gum.
3. After-listening
What else can you advise for those who are going to look for a job?
4. Vocabulary development
In addition to the technical interview specific to each field, a candidate should be prepared to answer some other questions, for example ”What’s your greatest strength?” Look at the following examples of personality traits, fill in the corresponding nouns and find the ones that apply to you.
adjectives nouns
(I’m very accurate.) (Accuracy is one of my strong points)
accurate ...
adaptable ...
cooperative ...
creative ...
dependable ...
flexible ...
mature ...
organized ...
persuasive ...
punctual ...
responsible ...
tactful ...
helpful ...
conscientious ...
diligent ...
earnest ...
Reading (3)
1. Before you read let’s think about the future. What fields of employment will be the most popular when you graduate from university?
2. Read the text below to check your guesses. The Most in-demand Jobs of 2020
This is what we know: By 2020 an additional 21 million jobs will be needed for the U.S. to return to full employment — and we know these jobs will be radically different from those of years past. Health care, business services, leisure and hospitality, construction, manufacturing and retail account for 66% of today’s employment. By the end of the decade, those industries will account for 85%, according to a June 2011 report from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). Those fields may sound familiar, but the nature of work is changing. According to Susan Lund, director of research at MGI, jobs are becoming much more specialized, more task oriented, more virtual and more part-time. But what will those jobs actually look like? To get a better idea, TIME Moneyland spoke with Lund and conducted some of our own research to get specific examples of the jobs that will be in-demand in the next decade.