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.

Use a cleft sentence (Cleft sentences: It-Clefts and Wh-Clefts) pertaining to how you feel about Monday mornings.

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!

Use fronting in a sentence to emphasize how you feel about school in general.

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)!

Now turn to page 220 and do ex 1 and 2.

Then, on page 147 ex 3 and 4.

Use auxiliary verbs in a sentence to emphasize how you feel about holidays






































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+ Third conditional

Change these sentences so that they use inversion. 

1. John had never been to such a fantastic restaurant.

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2. I in no way want to be associated with this project.

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3. I had scarcely finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam.

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4. I seldom leave my house so early.

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5. People rarely appreciate this musician's talent.

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Change these sentences so that they use inversion. 

1. John had never been to such a fantastic restaurant.

__Never had John been to such a fantastic restaurant_________

2. I in no way want to be associated with this project.

__In no way do I want to be associated with this project______________

3. I had scarcely finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam.

__Scarcely had I finished writing my essay when the examiner announced the end of the exam.

4. I seldom leave my house so early.

__Seldom do I leave my house so early____________

5. People rarely appreciate this musician's talent.

__Rarely do people appreciate this musician's talent____________________

Now, go to

p. 220: ex 1 + 2

p. 221: ex 1 + 2

p. 147: ex 1-5

Finished? Check whether you have done all the work of unit 10 

p. 136: ex 1-3

Push yourself: Sports idioms!

CAE Exam practice: speaking

Have a look at page 152 Speaking Part 3

This exercise is a conversation you need to carry for 

two-and-a-half mitutes.

Extra task: incorporate inversion at least two times in your conversation.

1.

Reflection

- Was there anything you were struggling with? If so, what was it?

- Were there any words you would have liked to use but weren't able to?

- Were you able to vary in both grammatical structures and vocabulary?

- Did you use inversion at least twice?

- Did you use an English expression?

Part 4

Look at Speaking Part 4.

This is a individual task: you need to carry a conversation (or actually a speech) for 1.5 minutes. You can only use two of the four prompts given. Take turns. The listening student must prepare feedback for the speaker.

2.

Feedback

- Was there a variety of grammatical structures?

- Was there a variety of advanced vocabulary?

- Was the speaker able to carry a fluent and cohesive speech of 1.5 minutes?

- Did the speaker use inversion at least twice?

- Did the speaker use an English expression?

Let's have a look at unit 12!