Exercise 1: Vocabulary
Exercise 2: Choose the correct word!
Exercise 3: Choose the correct word again!
Exercise 4: Job application - Find the order of sentences!
Exercise 5: Job interview questions
Exercise 6: Job interview quiz
Exercise 7: Choose the suitable candidate for the position!
Exercise 8: The origin of job interviews - Watch the video and discuss its message for the 21st century!
Exercise 9: The Interviewer
Exercise 10: The future of work
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Exercise 11: Questions
- Do you work or study?
- What did you want to be when you were a child? Why did this job attract you?
- How have your career goals changed over the years?
- How easy or difficult is/ was to achieve your goal?
- Have you ever done a summer job?
- If yes, how did you benefit from it?
- If no, what kind of summer job would you be willing to do? Why?
- Do you plan to work abroad? Why? Why not?
- Can you imagine being a full-time housewife/ househusband? Why? Explain why.
Exercise 12: Photo
Exercise 13: Situation
A new job in a new town (giving news, inviting someone)
Candidate's copy
You have moved to a new town because you have been offered a job there. Share the news with your foreign friend (the examiner) and invite him/ her to visit you.
Tell your friend
- why you decided to change jobs
- how your life has changed (e.g. daily routine, colleagues, flat)
- what you like or dislike about the new town.
Invite your friend to visit you.
You start the conversation.
Examiner's copy
Your Hungarian friend calls to share some news with you.
The candidate starts the conversation.
- Was it an easy or difficult decision for C to make?
- What are C's first impressions about the job?
- Has C made any friends?
- How does C's new flat/ house compate to the old one?
- How long should I visit? / Give two options of when you could come.
Finish the conversation.
Exercise 14: Writing a letter
You would like to work as a camp counsellor in the USA this summer.
Write a 170-200 word e-mail to your best friend, who participated in the program last year.
In your e-mail, write about
- your motivation
- your past experience with children;
Ask about
- his/ her experience from last year
- the salary and free time opportunities.