Interviewing

How many interviews have you attended during your working life? Before attending an interview, it's worth... 


ATTITUDES
Prepare a talk of 3 min on one of the topics below about your working life. 
Use infinitives and gerunds to express yourself 

1. When I retire, I plan... 
2 I think I'm quite good at ... 
4. My job involves... 
5. When speaking English, I often have difficulty... 
6. At work, I feel satisfied if I manage... 
7. For my summer holiday this year I am considering... 
8. If I was offered more money, I would be willing... 
9. The most challenging thing about starting a new job is getting used to... 
10. I get annoyed with colleagues if they fail...

LANGUAGE
What questions would you ask the owner company spokesperson were you a journalist?


Look at these indirect and tag questions
Could you tell me how this happened?
This isn't the first time this particular ship has had an accident, is it?
And would you say everything possible has been done to limit the damage?
Do you think this kind of accident is acceptable?
It's a PR disaster for your company, isn't it?

I'd be interested to know...     Do you know if/who.....     (other expressions you can use?)


SPEAKING




Work with a partner. 
Each choose one of the following jobs to be interviewed for. Prepare five indirect questions each and then take it in turns to adopt the role of interviewer and interviewee. Try to put your interviewee 'on the spot. 

web designer / firefighter /restaurant manager /fundraiser for local sports club /trainee investment advisor









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Informal and Formal English

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  Do you often need to use formal English? In what situations?  The following sentences are a mix of formal and informal. What best applies, INFORMAL or  FORMAL? (a) The project will be completed next year.  (b) I showed that his arguments didn’t hold water.  (c) I wonder why he put up with those terrible conditions for so long.  (d) Five more tests will be necessary before the experiment can be concluded.  (e) It is possible to consider the results from a different viewpoint.  (f) It has been proved that the arguments so far are without foundation.  (g) He’ll have to do another five tests before he can stop the experiment.  (h) It is not clear why such terrible conditions were tolerated for so long.  (i) There are several reasons why the questionnaire should be revised.  (j) We’ll finish the job next year There are some basic differences in formal English and these include: 1. phrasal verbs vs latin verbs 2. colloquial expressions vs formal expressions 3. contractions vs full words 4
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First encounters

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How often do you meet new people - at work or ias social encounters?  What was an interesting firts encounter you had? Talk about it with a partner. How accurate were you in your first impression? Imagine you are about to create a video giving advice on how to make a good impression at work. Discuss and come up with 3 pieces of advice with a partner. Let's watch a video about 3 key points to create a positive first impression. What do you think they are? How accurate were you? Were there any similarities to your own perceptions?   Practice formal language formation here . Practice vocabulary here.
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