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- •I. Read/listen to some people describing their friends. Describe yourself, your family and your friends.
- •II. The quiz: What kind of person are you?
- •III. Look at the information in the table. Use it to complete the text with the positive or negative form of to like and to go.
- •I. Speak about your hobbies, ambitions and plans for future after reading these little stories:
- •II. Read how a radio interviewer is discussing developments in on-line music with Max who works in the music industry and Sam, a student. Answer the questions below:
- •II. Danny’s day.
- •III. Read what Luke says about a typical day in his life.
- •II. Isabel’s weekend.
- •III. John’s and Lola’s weekends.
- •Complete the sentences with John or Lola:
- •IV. A Busy Saturday.
- •1. Read/listen to four people talking about where they live and answer the questions below.
- •II. Read/listen to Serena’s description of her country house:
- •IV. Student’s Accommodation
- •V. Key vocabulary to help you speak about your home:
- •The cuisine in Belarus
- •II. Read/listen the story and correct the sentences given below:
- •III. Listen to how Marisa is ordering pizza:
- •IV. Read/listen to ordering food in a fast food restaurant and answer the question below:
- •Sam: Can I pay by credit card?
- •V. Laurence writes about diet in a magazine. Read the letters and Laurence answer to one of them. Which letter does it answer? Dear Laurence,
- •I. Read/listen to the dialogue between a buyer and a shop assistant:
- •I. Read/listen to the dialogue between a travel agent and a customer:
- •II. Read the text giving the things important for air travelers:
- •IV. Steve speaks about things that may be useful for those travelling in the usa:
- •II. Read/listen to the Dialogues. Learn underlined useful phrases. You can use them to discuss what businesses can do to protect the environment:
- •I. Read/listen to the following interview about Martina’s education:
- •II. Answer these questions about learning English in your country:
- •III. Jackie Snow is talking about her Student’s life in London:
- •II. My University.
- •III. Engineering Specialties of the Belarusian-Russian University.
- •V. Read/listen to the interview and answers the questions given below:
- •IV. Read/listen to part 2 of the interview:
- •V. Read/listen to part 3 of the interview:
- •VI. A) Answer these questions about yourself with complete sentences,
- •VII. Using your answers to the previous questions complete the gaps:
- •VIII. Ask the same questions (Task yi) to your partner and discuss your University course and your future Engineering career with him.
- •1. Read/listen to Ian Bronec, a Mechanical Engineer, speaking about his job.
- •II. Listen to Leon Peters, a Construction Worker, speaking about his job, and answer the questions below:
- •III. Listen to Phillipe Rugeri, a Mechatronics Engineer, speaking about his job, and answer the questions below:
- •V Read what Diana Mayo, an it Support Technician, writes about her job. Read her story and try to retell it briefly:
- •I. Listen to an interview for the Stage Technician job.
- •II. Read the advice: how to get that job!
- •III. Sam has a job interview with a large engineering company. Give him advice using should or shouldn’t and the notes below:
- •V. Imagine that you are being interviewed. Here are the questions the interviewer may ask. Try to answer them.
- •1.Study the cv. It is based on the European cv format. Write your own cv.
- •II. Read the talk about writing cVs. Say briefly, what makes a bad cv.
- •I. Read/listen to the Dialogues. Learn underlined useful phrases. You can use them to describe any other company:
- •I. Read the numbers and quantities with the speaker:
- •II. Write down the numbers and quantities in figures:
II. Read the advice: how to get that job!
Before the interview:
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Find as much as you can about the company
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Think about questions the interviewer might ask you. Plan how to answer them.
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Dress smartly.
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Don’t be late. If you are early, have a coffee in a local café and look at your notes.
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Switch off your mobile and take two/ three slow, deep breaths before you go in.
During the interview:
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When you walk in, shake hands firmly with the interviewer, look them in the eyes, and say “Pleased to meet you”.
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Answer the questions in a firm, confident voice. Don’t speak too quietly, too quickly or be too hesitant.
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Answers should not be one word or one sentence, but also should not be too long.
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When answering questions, maintain eye contact with the interviewer. If there is more than one interviewer, give them equal attention.
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Give clear, direct answers to questions. If you don’t know something, say so.
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Don’t lie.
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At the end of the interview, you might be asked: “Are there any questions that you would like to ask us?” Make sure you have one or two good questions ready.
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Above all, be positive and show enthusiasm for the job.
After the interview:
- If you didn’t answer the question well in the interview, don’t be afraid to phone up soon afterwards and say something like: “I don’t think I explained myself very well in the interview. What I wanted to say was…“. This will show enthusiasm and it will remind then of you.
Write down answers to the following questions, beginning each sentence with I should … before/for/during/after the interview. Try to retell these answers from memory:
1. What research do you need to do before the interview? 2. What kind of clothes should you wear to the interview? 3. What should you do if you arrive too early? 4. What should you do just before you enter the interview room? 5. What should you do and say when you meet the interviewer? 6. How long should your answers to questions be? 7. How should you answer the questions? 8. Where should you look when you answer questions? 9. What should your general attitude in the interview be? 10. What should you do after the interview?
III. Sam has a job interview with a large engineering company. Give him advice using should or shouldn’t and the notes below:
1. Be late. 2. Dress promptly. 3. Practise answering questions with a friend. 4. Be honest. 4. Exaggerate your skills. 5. Prepare some questions of your own. 6. Read up as much as you can about the company. 7. Look at the floor when you speak. 8. Look at all the interviewers. 9. Lean back and look bored. 10. Sit straight and look confident.
IV. Read questions and answers (below) to these questions. These are questions the interviewer asked Ron, a Technical Installation Engineer. Match questions to these answers putting them in a logical order:
1. What’s the worst thing about the job? ____________________
2. What does your work involve? _____________________
3. How long have you worked there? __________________________
4. What advice would you give students entering your profession? ______
5. Why did you choose this job? _________________________________
6. What is the best thing about the job? _______________________
7. What is the biggest challenge of your job? _______________________
8. What is the salary like? _________________________________
Answers:
a) The pay is not bad and there are opportunities for overtime if you want.
b) Planning the job, especially in older buildings. It is important to work out the best routes for the pipes, ducts, and cables involved as this can affect the cost of work considerably.
c) I like being out, not stuck in an office, and this job involves a lot of travelling. I also like the contact with customers.
d) I work for a company which installs central heating and air-conditioning systems. We do everything: planning, installing, and testing.
e) Get the highest qualifications you can when you are at University. It is better to do it at that stage in life than try to catch up later. Keep up your professional training when you are in the job. Move to a company large enough to offer good promotion prospects.
f) When you switch on and it all works perfectly.
g) Working in confined spaces, for example under floors.
h) Five years.