Job Hunting Teacher Handbook
Professional English
Cambridge English for
Job-hunting
UNIT 1
TEACHER’S NOTES
Research and preparation
l
Identifying the stages in the job application process
Researching yourself l Highlighting your skills and experience l Researching the market l Go to page 11 for essential background information on the topic and useful web links.
Don’t forget to explore the Extra activities for this unit
Refers to Student’s Book pages
Identifying the stages in the job application process Before you begin …
The following questions can be used to generate a warm-up discussion before starting Unit 1.
1 How many different stages in the job application process can you think of?
2 What stages do you think are the most important?
3 What stages are the hardest for non-native English speakers applying for a job in
English?
4 Do you have any real-life experience of job-hunting in English?
1 a
Students complete the task individually before comparing answers in pairs.
A
nswers
1 c
2 g
3 d
4 f
5 b
6 a
7 h
8 e
b Students complete the task in pairs before open-class feedback.
S
uggested answers
8 7 6 1/2 5 4 3
1
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UNIT 1 Research and preparation Teacher’s Notes
c
Students complete the task individually before comparing answers in pairs.
A
nswers
1 g (Customer service assistant, Packaging Palace)
2 c (recent psychology graduate); g (BSc (Hons) Psychology (2.1)); h (recent psychology graduate)
3 a (circa £25k pa)
4 e (a bit moody / not very well organised / make decisions without thinking); f (I didn’t use to be very well organised)
5 d (and calculated … you could justify charges of …); e (good at maths); g
(Liaised with management on pricing strategy)
6 c (as advertised in The Guardian); h
Cambridge English for
Job-hunting
UNIT 1
TEACHER’S NOTES
Research and preparation
l
Identifying the stages in the job application process
Researching yourself l Highlighting your skills and experience l Researching the market l Go to page 11 for essential background information on the topic and useful web links.
Don’t forget to explore the Extra activities for this unit
Refers to Student’s Book pages
Identifying the stages in the job application process Before you begin …
The following questions can be used to generate a warm-up discussion before starting Unit 1.
1 How many different stages in the job application process can you think of?
2 What stages do you think are the most important?
3 What stages are the hardest for non-native English speakers applying for a job in
English?
4 Do you have any real-life experience of job-hunting in English?
1 a
Students complete the task individually before comparing answers in pairs.
A
nswers
1 c
2 g
3 d
4 f
5 b
6 a
7 h
8 e
b Students complete the task in pairs before open-class feedback.
S
uggested answers
8 7 6 1/2 5 4 3
1
Cambridge English for Job-hunting Cambridge University Press 2008 www.cambridge.org/elt/englishforjobhunting Photocopiable
UNIT 1 Research and preparation Teacher’s Notes
c
Students complete the task individually before comparing answers in pairs.
A
nswers
1 g (Customer service assistant, Packaging Palace)
2 c (recent psychology graduate); g (BSc (Hons) Psychology (2.1)); h (recent psychology graduate)
3 a (circa £25k pa)
4 e (a bit moody / not very well organised / make decisions without thinking); f (I didn’t use to be very well organised)
5 d (and calculated … you could justify charges of …); e (good at maths); g
(Liaised with management on pricing strategy)
6 c (as advertised in The Guardian); h