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Agenda
Unit: Careers
News
Journal Writing - Strengths and Skills
Preparing for an Interview - continued (ellii)

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Preparing for an Interview - review

Strengths

quality
trait
characteristics

by nature
born with

punctual = arrive on time  

team player
working well together with other people 

detail-oriented
Being detail-oriented means paying close attention to all of the small particulars when working on a task or project. Detail-oriented employees complete each assignment as flawlessly as possible before moving to the next task. This means the projects they submit are usually high-quality work with little to no errors.


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Quiz - review 
Strengths vs Skills

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Journal Writing

Introduction

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Writing

Write your answers to the journal questions.
5 minutes

includes zoom stop and start time

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Share our writing

Examples: 

Strength
My strength is that I am a good communicator. 
My weakness is trying to be perfect. 
My skill is working with computers. 
My skill is teaching online. 

Vian
I'm hardworking. 

Weakness?
week MTWTF
weak (not strong) 
I'm very weak at math.
I'm not good with math. 

3. A skill I have (spell it)
public knowledge. 

Valerie
1,2,3
My strength is
My strengths are that I'm punctual and hardworking.

2. I can speak too much. 

talk too much

3. A skill I have 
I am good with money.

I am good handling cash. 
I am a good cashier. 

Satyendra
1,2,3?

Larissa
1,2,3
2. I feel afraid either

What scares you a lot?

I am afraid of spiders.

Maybe the weakness needs to be a strength or a skill related to a job....

I am bad with computers 
but ......
I am taking lessons now. 


Skill
I am good with computers

I know how to program computers
I have worked a lot with computers
I know many computer systems.


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Ana
1,2,3

A skill I have is taking care of money and savings.

I have the strength to exercise every day and to work in my job. 

Eliana
I am friendly and patient too. 

I am very sensitive. 

I am good swimmer. 
I am a good swimmer. 

Does an interviewer for a job care if you can swim well? 

Is swimming well part of a job?

job related skill?

Examples:
handling cash
computer knowledge

Handling cash 

I am 'good at' something.

I am 'good at' handling cash. 

Satyendra
1,2,3
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I am hardworking and friendly. 

My skill is good communication and computer work. 

Strength
good communicator

Skill
computer work 

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Preparing for an Interview - continued
(ellii, pdf version) 

Completed: 

Interview Questions (audio review)

Strength Vs. Skill
A & B (review and practice)

Preparing for an Interview
(review words and expressions)
-Strengths
-A Weakness
-Experience
-Availability
-Skills 

Listening 
A. Listen and fill-in-the-blank
B. Comprehension questions 

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Listening
Ama
approach (go towards something) 
people can approach me easily
I am approachable. 
People come to me for help. 

approachable = friendly, open, helps people 

Ana

weak ness

weak is the opposite of strong

weakness is the opposite of a strength

week
weak 

sound alike 
homonyms 
spelled differently
different meanings
but sound the same 

Eliana

chat
talk

chatty 
talk a lot 
a lot of chat

Larissa
experience 

Vian
availability

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Satyendra

I am flexible. (adj)

I have flexibility. (noun)


Valerie

Two weeks' notice 

Dear Boss, Please consider this letter my two weeks' notice. 
Thank you, 
Your employee

notice
notification 

Give your old employer 2 weeks' notice that you are leaving the job. 

Common for the new employer to wait 2 weeks before you can start the new job. 

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Vocabulary review

approachable
weakness
chatty
experience
part-time
availability
flexible - adj
(flexibility - noun)
notice
(notification) 

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Comprehension Questions

Ama
Ana

What is one of your strengths?
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What word best describes you as a worker? 


Eliana

What is one weakness you have? 
What weakness does the applicant have? 

chatty
I am a bit chatty, but...... 


Larissa

What kind of retail experience do you have? 

Yes. She worked at the grocery store
part-time 
two years

experience
1. amount of time
2. type of work 


Satyendra

What's your availability? 

Applicant's answer:
I am pretty flexible, but I can't work on Sundays.

Valerie
When can you start? 

because she has another job She has to notify the employer

She has to give her employer two week's notice. 

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Comprehension 
of readings
of interviews
of conversations 
will take you to the next level of English. 

Some learning will be new vocabulary.

Some learning will be understanding a question - using the same or different words.

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