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Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
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Jia Ling’s stunning weight loss of 50 kilograms during the shooting of her movie Yolo has become a trendy topic in Weibo. What career skills/abilities/qualities do you think she has?
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
devotion/passion
strong will power/determination
ability to learn new things
self-improvement
Listen and Explore
1. Kristy comes to Mr. McDougall, a guidance counsellor, for advice. Does he agree that a good university course can lead to a good future job? Why?
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
2. Mr. McDougall advises Kristy to develop five skills/abilities and also mentions why.
► Listen and take notes.
learn new skills
people were trained for one job and then stayed in it for their whole lives.
new IT skills
technology developments
give you the tools you need to find work in the future.
second language
work environments
help greatly in effective communication. Chinese, Spanish and Arabic are languages that are becoming more popular to learn.
Critical
consider and evaluate information
old, routine jobs
coming up with new ideas and thinking about how to improve processes and activities.
3. Retell.
Mr. McDougall advises Kristy to develop five skills/abilities. First, she should ...
Criteria
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
Aspects A B C
Structure Clear, coherent, cohesive. Sometimes not clear, or not coherent and cohesive. Choppy, illogical, hard to follow.
Content It covered all the necessary information. It cover most information. Much information is missing.
Language Almost no mistakes. A few mistakes. Many mistakes.
Manner It is done in a confident, fluent way. Sometimes it is done in a nervous way. It is done in a basically nervous way.
Think and Share
Read the transcript on page 107 and analyze the cohesive devices used in asking and answering questions.
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
Homework
Do you think it’s necessary to develop career skills from now on? Why or Why not? (Write in about 40 words.)
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
Homework
Do you think it’s necessary to develop career skills from now on? Why or Why not? (Write in about 40 words.)
necessary:
gain an advantage/get a head start/lay a basis;
adapt to the workplace easier and faster;
Given the job trends(threat of AI; not stay in one job), it can make you better prepared;
get a direction/set a goal;
transferable skills can be applied to other fields;
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
Homework
Do you think it’s necessary to develop career skills from now on? Why or Why not? (Write in about 40 words.)
unnecessary:
professional/effective/scientific training; get less time;
convincing and logical?
Lesson 2 Career Skills (I)
professional/field-specific/technical skills
transferable skills
Complete the paragraph about Mr McDougall’s suggestions. Use the words and phrases you have learnt.
Summary
Kristy comes to a guidance counsellor, Mr McDougall, for advice about future jobs. Mr McDougall says there’ll be new jobs related to 1 ___________ technology, 2 _____________ and green technology. So he advises Kristy to learn different kinds of skills. First, he
thinks 3 __________________________ is important because in the future people may have 4 ____________________________________. Second, using the Internet, learning new IT skills and keeping up with 5 _______________________ will be important because these will give people the tools they need in the future. He also mentions 6 ____________. More people may speak 7 ____________________. Lastly, he says 8 ___________________ and
9 ___________ will be crucial in the future.
information
bio-technology
the ability to learn new skills
four or five different jobs over many years
technology developments
languages
a second language
critical thinking
creativity
Lesson 2 Career Skills (Ⅱ)
Listen to the dialogue between Lu Yan and her uncle. Answer the questions.
FOCUS ON FUNCTION:
AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
Probably we will not stay in one job. Also, AI is changing the job market and will do
jobs people do now.
2. How will jobs change in the future?
3. What skills will people need to deal with the job market of the future?
Stay up to date with the latest technology.
Be flexible and be good communicators.
Continue learning all the time.
1. What does Lu Yan’s uncle think of the relationship between a university degree and a good job?
Unless you have something specific to study, there are alternatives to going to university.
Going to university doesn’t guarantee a job.
Tapescript
Tapescript
I agree. /I couldn’t agree more.
I’m with you on that.
That’s true./You are right.
That makes sense.
I see your point.
That’s a good point.
I was just going to say that.
I couldn’t have said that better.
Absolutely./Exactly./No doubt./For sure.
Straight up.
You are telling me!
You can say that again!
agree
softer way
I’m sorry but I disagree with you about that.
I see what you’re saying, but I disagree.
That’s a good point, but I disagree.
There’s truth in what you’re saying, but I disagree.
I’m not sure of I agree with that.
direct way
I can’t see eye-to-eye with you on that.
I’d say the exact opposite.
I don’t think so.
That’s not how I see it.
Not necessarily.
disagree
Thank You
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