unit 4b
1. VOCABULARY
Talk about work conditions
What job would you like to have (if you could chose it)?
If you want to find a job as a ______________, you'll need _______________.
If you want to find a job as a ______________, you'll need _______________.
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What's the difference?
Internship
An intern is someone who:
A company who hires interns:
Apprenticeship
An apprentice is someone who:
A company who hires apprentices:
An intern is someone who:
- usually wants to explore many options for their next job, or career in general
- may be unpaid
- is probably in school
A company who hires interns:
- often has special project work that is a good fit for part-time employees
- knows it’s very likely the intern will work or study elsewhere after their internship
Apprenticeship
An apprentice is someone who:
- knows what type of job they want next, or what kind of career they want
- is almost always paid
- is probably not in school
A company who hires apprentices:
- has apprentices work side-by-side with expert employees on typical project work
- usually hires them for craft work, such as software development
- expects that the apprentice will probably work for them as a full-time employee after the apprenticeship
LISTENING AND SPEAKING
- Complete the gaps with 1-5 words.
An annual report has (1) ___________________ companies in the USA to work for. It ranked the (2) ___________________ in 2014 by asking about employee satisfaction. Top of the list was Google, which is well (3) ___________________ working conditions. Google knocked Facebook off of the (4) ___________________. A Google software engineer (5) ___________________ $119,000 a year. He or she also goes to the gym for free and has a place which looks after pets when the employee goes on holiday. One ex-employee said Google staff are so happy that it is (6) ___________________ to take time off.
Another survey shows (7) ___________________. The careers website Glassdoor asked employees to rate their happiness with their company, (8) ___________________, and pay, etc. It found that the consulting firm Bain and Company was the best place to work. A Bain and Co. spokesperson said (9) ___________________ to be (10) ___________________. He said that for over 40 years, the company (11) ___________________ professional work experience. This has made the company grow. He said the main goal of the employees was (12) ___________________ around the world happy.
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
a) What springs to mind when you hear the word 'pay'?
b) What company would you really like to work for (and why)?
c) What's the best company you've ever worked for?
d) What do you think it would be like to work for Google?
e) What's the best company to work for in your country (why?)
f) What benefits do you think are important at work?
g) What kind of work environment do you like?
h) Would you prefer to work from home?
i) Would you prefer to work for Google or Starbucks?
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a) What are the things that would make you happy at work?
b) Are you a good employee? Why do you think so?
c) What score would you give the companies you worked for ?
e) What's more important, long holidays or pay?
f) What's the minimum salary you would work for?
g) What should a company do to be a professional employer?
h) Would you be a good boss (why do you think so)?
i) What is your ideal (perfect) job?
j) What questions would you like to ask Google's boss?
a) What springs to mind when you hear the word 'pay'?
b) What company would you really like to work for (and why)?
c) What's the best company you've ever worked for?
d) What do you think it would be like to work for Google?
e) What's the best company to work for in your country (why?)
f) What benefits do you think are important at work?
g) What kind of work environment do you like?
h) Would you prefer to work from home?
i) Would you prefer to work for Google or Starbucks?
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a) What are the things that would make you happy at work?
b) Are you a good employee? Why do you think so?
c) What score would you give the companies you worked for ?
e) What's more important, long holidays or pay?
f) What's the minimum salary you would work for?
g) What should a company do to be a professional employer?
h) Would you be a good boss (why do you think so)?
i) What is your ideal (perfect) job?
j) What questions would you like to ask Google's boss?
ROLE PLAY
Role A – Nice uniform You think a nice uniform is the most important thing about a job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): lots of training, friendly co-workers or lots of overtime. Role B – Lots of training You think lots of training is the most important thing about a job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): a nice uniform, friendly co-workers or lots of overtime. Role C – Friendly co-workers You think friendly co-workers is the most important thing about a job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): lots of training, a nice uniform or lots of overtime. Role D – Lots of overtime You think lots of overtime is the most important thing about a job. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that aren't so good about their things. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): lots of training, friendly co-workers or a nice uniform. |
GRAMMAR & SPEAKING
Used to and would for past habits
Remember the stative verbs in English: