1. Tutorial on English at Work Unit 1 & Unit 2 Wang Wei, Beijing TC
Remember to submit today:
Assignment No.1 &
Progress Record Cards
with your name, class and Student ID Number on the cards.

2. Rules for the new semester
Welcome Back!
Rules for the new semester
Getting to know your classmates better.
Active participation at the tutorial.

3. More rules Come on time. Sign the attendance record.
Hand in PRCards and assignment.
Set the mobile phone or beeper to the silent mode.
Always bring your notebook and some writing paper to a tutorial.

4. Reflections on self study in the past two weeks
Have I completed the self-study tasks?
Did I have time to read both Units 1 & 2?
Did I manage to work on the exercises?
Do I have any part left undone? And why?
Did I use a good dictionary for my study?
Should I adjust my plan or my approach for self study? And how?

5. Unit 1 in Summary Task 1 Word Bingo: Vocabulary
Task 2 Dictation: Describing a job
Task 3 Monologue:
Describing the qualities required of a person doing the job
Task 4 Pairwork:
Expressing feelings about a job

6. Task One A Game of “Bingo“.

7. Bingo (1) tailor receptionist engineer pharmacist waiter entrepreneur
detective
accountant
clerk
hairdresser
dietician
headmaster
solicitor
secretary
surgeon

8. Bingo (2) active sociable reliable ambitious patient attractive
diligent
thoughtful
calm
intelligent
open-minded
creative
intrepid
independent

9. Bingo (3) salary benefits responsibilities housing holidays training
daily routines
education
medical care
working conditions
work experience
dress
pension
ambition
transportation
bonus

10. Bingo (4) retail stock obligatory paperwork pursue displays administer
crew
post
refill
diagnose
a sense of humour
deputy
shifts
medication
stabilise

11. Task Two Sentence dictation (1)
A clerk is a person who does routine work in an office. (A)
An entrepreneur is someone who sets up business in order to make a profit. (A)
A solicitor is a lawyer whose job is mainly to give legal advice to people and defenses people in court. (B)

12. Sentence dictation (2)
An accountant’s work involves inspecting and and keeping records of financial activities and transactions. (C)
A receptionist receives phonecalls and visitors to offices, hotels, and so on. (D)

13. Task Three: Monologue
Think of one or two major qualities that are required of a person doing the job of your choice, e.g. thoughtful, sociable, etc.

14. Task Four: Pairwork
Expressing feelings about the job of your choice through
e.g. “ I have to do all the household chores. I take Lucy to school before I actually start work in the mornings. …”

15. Topic for group discussion: Employment and Professionalism
Unit 1 in Action
Topic for group discussion:
Employment and Professionalism
Give a young person some advice on job or career choices on the basis of your personal experience.

16. Group Discussion: Employment & Professionalism
Step One Group work (30 minutes)
Step Two Journal writing (10 minutes)
Step Three (After the tutorial)
Share your ideas by posting them
in the course “Forum” in the ELP.

17. What is a journal? similar to the diary informal in style
personal in content
read by the writer him/herself
the writer has a lot of freedom

18. Unit 2 in summary Task 1 Mindmap: Educational systems
Task 2 Word Bingo: The infrastructure
Task 3 Paragraph Dictation (PD):
The school administration system and responsibilities
Task 4 Reading for gist: A program/course

19. Task One Concept Map Educational systems Levels of education
School subjects
University programs
Courses
Diploma/Certificates
Degrees

20. Task 2 Bingo: Vocabulary
gym
athletics tracks
laboratory block
sick bay
car park
football pitch
assembly hall
common room
sports field
tennis court
school shop
play field
bicycle shed
administrative offices
music room

21. Task Three: Dictation (PD 1)
(1) This is a fairly average school in most ways. It doesn’t specialise in anything in particular. We teach the usual range of subjects. The sports department is quite good and there are reasonable sports facilities. There is a football pitch which is used for athletics practice in the summer, tennis course which are used for netball in the winter. And there is a very good gymnasium.

22. Task Three: Dictation (PD 2)
A school is managed by a head teacher or a principal. The rest of the staff include the subject teachers, the librarian and media centre assistant, the special needs teacher, the cleaning staff, and, of course, the school secretary. The class teacher is usually assigned to certain classes to see to the daily management of a class of students in a school.

23. Task Four Reading for gist
“Language Learning Theory
“The speaking course”
“Ad 1”
The Cambridge School - “Ad 2”
The London Study Centre - “Ad 3”
Choosing books

24. Unit 2 in Action Topic for group discussion:
What is a good English program for young children / middle school students / adult learners?
Choose one group of learners. Do not try to talk about all of them.

25. A good English program
Step One: Group discussion, with role responsibilities (20 minutes)
Elect a spokesperson first.
Step Two: Presentations by spokespersons
(5 minutes *6 groups)

26. Tutorial summary Focus on vocabulary and structure Focus on functions
Focus on expressing idea coherently
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