English at work Li shudong

Unit 1 jobs At the end of this unit, you should be able to 1. ask for the information about jobs 2.define/describe occupations 3.talk about feelings towards work 4.describe job responsibilities 5.describe personal career 6.rite a resume/curriculum viate

Warm up Work is a major part of our life,it’s great if we enjoy our work.Look at these question: What’s your profession? What wok do you do? What line of business are you in? What sorts of things do you do? What’s your job?

Activity 1 occupations Write the occupations in the appropriate box in the table. tailor receptionist engineer pharmacist dietitian clerk detective waiter headmaster secretary surgeon solicitor hairdresser accountant entrepreneur

Pair Work With a partner or in a small group, think of as many different occupations as possible and write them down on a piece of paper. Then rank in order the following occupations from the highest paid to the lowest paid; from the most prestigious to the prestigious; from the most difficult to the least difficult.

Pair work(2) Here are some occupations as your reference: Doctor Lawyer Teacher Accountant Engineer Clerk in the office Policeman Correspondent Taxi driver Shop assistant Cook Public servant

Pair work(3) Questions: If you could choose any job to do, what job would that be and why? In choosing an ideal job, what do you think is the most important thing: salary, job satisfaction, status, easy work

Group Work---Job Interview(1) Imagine that you’re the personnel manager in a large western restaurant. The manager of the dinning hall has just left and now you have to try and find a new one. The following four candidates have all been accepted for interview. With a partner, decide together which one you would choose and be prepared to give your reasons why.Imagine that you’re the personnel manager in a large western restaurant. The manager of the dinning hall has just left and now you have to try and find a new one. The following four candidates have all been accepted for interview. With a partner, decide together which one you would choose and be prepared to give your reasons why.

Group Work---Job Interview(2) –This can also be arranged as a group work. Four can pretend to be each of the candidate while four others can pretend to be employers hiring them. Each candidate can then be interviewed by each of the employers and at the end the employers can deicide which one is the most suitable for the job. Look the table.Look the table.

Group Work---Job Interview(3) Role Play With a partner, imagine you are the boss of a large western restaurant. If you were to interview candidates for a vacant position, how would you respond if the candidates ask the following questions? 1.Can you tell me about the job responsibilities of this position? 2.What opportunities for career advancement do I have?

Group Work---Job Interview(4) 3.What training facilities and courses are available for career development? 4. What’s the salary?

Unit 2 Topic: Teaching By the end of the unit, you should be able to : Name the main job titles of school staff Describe the responsibilities of school staff Introduce a course

Different components common to Chinese middle school Classroom building gymn

Describe the components of your workplace Introduce the responsibilities of school staff Make comparisons Course introduction Recommend an English textbook

Unit 3 Topic: Food By the end of this unit, you should be able to: Speaking Skills Listening Skills Reading Skills Writing Skills Vocabulary

Speaking Skills Useful Expressions to Describe Nutrients Talk about Unfamiliar Foods Describe a Taste in Food Describe Processes of making a kind of food. Questions for discussion

Listening Skills From the conversation you should identify: The food name The taste

Reading Skills The skimming The scanning Read between the lines

Writing Skills Write a description on how to prepare a Meal. My favorite food.

Speaking Skill 1. Describe criminal behaviour 2. Describe criminals(Activity1, task7)p How to express the “Not Quite Sure” 4.Pair workPair work

Listening Skills 1.Listening for the Main Idears Questions: A)What crime did Mrs. Vasey witness? B)What did she do about it? 2.Listening for the specific information A) Reported crime B) Time of the crime C) Place of the crime

Reading Skills Give an analysis of Crimestoppers p172 Text Completion p188

Vocabulary Terms on crimes (p162, p164) Terms on appearance (p174) Word-formation Terms on justice (p188) Terms on Rung (p178)

Unit5 Healthcare By the end of this unit, you should master: Describe hospital facilities Doctor terms in different fields Describe how to keep fit

Speaking Skills How to use a simple way to express some special terms How to express the logical relationship: Relating Cause and Result Could you introduce medical-care system in China The skill of debate: for or against

Listening Skills From the conversation you should identify: Main idea of the conversation What’s the matter with the speaker? How did the speaker go to the hospital? How to be treated? Listen to the numbers To guess some new terms, such radiographer, a nursing sister

Writing Skills The homework: Health and Smoking Requirements: At the beginning of your writing, provide your topic sentence Give your supports or examples Draw your conclusion in the ending. Use top-down method

Unit 6 The Business World By the end of this unit, you should master: Speaking Skills Listening Skills Reading Skills Writing Skills Vocabulary Speaking skills

Describe business activities Describe business prospects Describe key factors in the success of a business Pair work

Listening Skills Pay attention to the features of the interview How to ask the questions? How to answer the route to success

By the end of this unit, you should master: The structure of an organization The duties of the administrators The routines of a secretary Different communications used at an office

Listening Skill Work out telephone messages : 1. Record the telephone numbers, the name of the caller, the name of the company, the date, the place, etc. 2. Record the important information in the telephone call, such as WHEN, WHO, WHERE, WHAT, etc.

Speaking Skill Describe administrative work Make appointment Use the pattern: I wonder whether we could…? Could we make it…? Would…be all right? The other useful patterns used in the office.

Writing Skill To learn business writing: Fax Memo Letter Pay attention to the three “C”---clear, concise, courteous