- •Introduction
- •1. How do you choose a career?
- •1.1. “Working” vocabulary
- •1.2. Choosing a career
- •Choosing a career
- •1.3. Career and personality
- •What is Your Career Personality?
- •Does My Personality Match this Career?
- •1.4. The 10 top steps for choosing a career
- •The 10 top steps for choosing a career
- •1. Begin with your values.
- •2. Identify your skills and talents.
- •3. Identify your preferences.
- •4. Experiment.
- •5. Become broadly literate.
- •6. In your first job, opt for experience first, money second.
- •7. Aim for a job in which you can become 110% committed.
- •8. Build your lifestyle around your income, not your expectations.
- •9. Invest five percent of your time, energy, and money into furthering your career.
- •10. Be willing to change and adapt.
- •1.5. Revision
- •2. Looking for a job
- •2.1. Work
- •2.3. Job search methods
- •Job search methods
- •2.4. Experience first, money second
- •My life as an intern
- •2.5. Revision
- •3. Applying for a job
- •3.1. Looking for and applying for a job
- •3.2. Want ads
- •3.3. How does a selection process go?
- •The Selection Process
- •Interview...
- •3.4. Getting ready for a job interview
- •Curriculum vitae
- •Interests
- •Personal statement
- •Covering letter
- •Mega Video Store requires trainee manager
- •16, London road,
- •23, High Road,
- •Planning
- •Writing
- •Checking
- •3.5. A job interview
- •3.6. Getting and keeping a job
- •3.7. Revision
- •4. At work
- •4.1. Career and promotion
- •One man's career
- •Being busy
- •Other idioms connected with work
- •During your working life
- •4.2. Colleagues and routines
- •Colleagues
- •Daily work routines
- •During the day (different work-patterns)
- •Types of work
- •4.3. Revision
- •5. The everchanging workplace
- •5.1. Revolution in the workplace
- •Recent changes in the world of work
- •Help wanted
- •5.2. The changing workplace
- •What makes a good workplace?
- •The Changing Workplace
- •5.3. Revision
- •6. Gender issues in the workplace
- •6.1. Men vs women
- •6.2. Gender stereotypes at work
- •6.3. Inequality at work
- •Inequality at work
- •6 .4. Gender discrimination in the workplace and at home
- •6.5. Balancing home and work
- •Balancing home and work
- •Value of housework
- •A Cinderella story
- •6.6. Revision
- •7. Check yourself
- •2. Write some collocations or brainstorm some related topics 1. Write a definition
- •Vocabulary Word
- •3. Use the word in a sentence or question 4. Recall a sentence with the word from the text.
- •Useful phrases
- •Writing a Summary Conflicting interests
- •Understanding the task
- •Deciding what is important
- •Answering questions to write a summary
- •Summarising a paragraph
- •Cutting out unnecessary information
- •6. Understanding the task
- •7. Planning
- •8. Writing
- •9. Checking
- •Presentation Signpost Expressions
- •Introducing the topic
- •Presentations. Structure and Useful Phrases
- •Introduction
- •Interpreting information
- •Discourse markers in speech and in writing
Useful phrases
the author starts out / off with
puts forward the thesis that
points out
presents, delineates, outlines
deals with
supports, stresses, emphasizes, underlines
dwells upon, concentrates on
proceeds to, continues with
bases his argument(s) on the assumption that
weighs the pros and cons/the advantages and disadvantages
assesses, analyses, evaluates, discusses
illustrates, exemplifies
appeals to, tries to persuade/convince the reader
concludes by saying that...
gives an optimistic/pessimistic outlook for the future
draws the conclusion
Appendix 4.
Writing a Summary Conflicting interests
What do you think it would be like to be the manager of a teenage superstar?
What problems/ satisfactions might the job bring?
How much money do you think you would earn?
Studying the sample
Understanding the task
A summary is a brief statement of the main points of a piece of writing. Read this introduction to a newspaper article and underline the most important pieces of information.
Just imagine: thanks to your extremely dynamic manager, you're a teenage superstar, selling millions of records and earning tremendous amounts. Suddenly it happens: your parents fire your manager and pocket his 20% commission. Where do your sympathies lie? This is exactly the kind of situation teenage stars can find themselves in if their former manager decides to take the family to court to seek compensation for a dramatic drop in income.
Compare your answers with a partner.
Which of these sentence best summarises the content of the paragraph in A? Why?
1 Famous teenage stars can find themselves in a very difficult situation if their former manager, who has made them into a superstar, takes their parents to court after being fired.
2 Teenage stars can face a dilemma if the manager with whom they rocketed to fame sues their parents for loss of earnings after his dismissal.
3 Teenage stars are often surprised when their highly successful manager decides to get his own back on their parents, who have sacked him.
Deciding what is important
Read another part of the article. With a partner, discuss what you consider to be the most important information in each paragraph.
1. But the fact of the matter is, however much we might identify with the teenage star's problems, it could be the manager who deserves our sympathy. It is perhaps the manager who should be applauded for having the stamina and resolve to stand up not just for his own rights but for the rights of all managers and agents operating in the entertainment industry.
2. A music industry lawyer says that he advises his manager clients to take it for granted that no matter what their contracts say, and no matter what how well they perform, they will be fired one day and the likelihood of that is all the greater the more successful the artist becomes.
3. Artists have no problem with paying managers commission when they themselves aren't earning much money, but as soon, as they are, some of them become resentful, choosing to ignore the blood, sweat and tears managers have put in over the formative years.