Unit 11: A steady job

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Unit 11: A steady job

In this unit you will practise with speaking, listening and reading about jobs, the employment industry and professional careers. Furthermore you will learn how to apply emphasis in your writing. The exam training focusses on writing a report, speaking part 3 and 4 and Reading part 8.

What jobs do you think will disappear
in the next 20 years?

What new jobs do you think will emerge
in the next 20 years?

Jobs of the future

Compare your answers to the next video.

Take notes and prepare to answer the following question:

Which future job you think is most appealing? Sustain your answer.

What is it?

When talking about jobs and working we can refer to the: 'The daily grind'

Do you know what it means?

"One's daily responsibilities; especially a job; everyday routine; monotonous; mondane"

"A daily routine of work or activity, especially as considered to be dull or tiresomely repetitious; the usual day's work or routine, regarded as unremitting and laborious."

What applies to you?

Living to work

Working to live

The most important aspect of my future job is:

Fulfilment

A big paycheck

What size of employment contract would you prefer (future job)?

Fulltime

4 days a week

3 days a week

2 days a week

1 day a week

No work at all

Emphasis

to emphasize

to highlight

to stress

Emphasis (1)

1. Cleft sentences:

It-Clefts ->

and

Wh-Clefts

• What really annoyed me about him is…
• What attracted my attention was a familiar face on the book cover.

Emphasis (1)

2. Fronting:

• That man over there with the dog, he works in the corner shop. (That man over there with the dog works in the corner shop.)
  
• That book you told me about, they've made it into a film.
• Fortunately, we made it in time.

Mind the inversion after a prepositional phrase!

Emphasis (1)

3. Auxiliary verbs:

• By using the auxiliary to do.
• By stressing the auxiliary verb when speaking:
• - But I am working hard!
• - If you do that, she will be angry.
• - But Tom is at school (he's not playing truant)!

+ Third conditional

For next class

Finish the grammar exercises of unit 11.

Do all the reading and vocabulary exercises of unit 12.

See you Thursday!