Telling+personal+information

Look at the list of different topics. Which might you be asked about? Cross or underline them.
 * 1) your family
 * 2) your political views
 * 3) your hobbies and interests
 * 4) your plans for the future ---
 * 5) your secrets
 * 6) your local area ---
 * 7) your religious beliefs
 * 8) your present or future studies --


 * For each topic you crossed, write one short question you might be asked.**
 * 1) What are your hobbies and interests?
 * 2) What are your plans for the future?
 * 3) Tell me something about your local area. Where is it ...?
 * 4) What are your present or future studies?

Write **Do** or **Don't** before each one.
 * Which of these things are good things for a candidate to say or do? Which of them are not so good?**
 * 1) -give one word answers.
 * 2) -give reasons for your opinions.
 * 3) -use contractions ('can't', 'won't', shouldn't', etc)
 * 4) say 'My family consists of four members.'
 * 5) -say 'There are four of us in my family.'
 * 6) -say 'I live here for six years.'
 * 7) -say 'I've been living here for six years.'
 * 8) -say 'I'll be a doctor.'
 * 9) -say 'I'd like to be a doctor.'
 * 10) -just say 'I don't know if you don't know what you want to do when you leave school.'
 * 11) -say ''Well, I haven't really decided yet what I want to do when I leave school.'
 * 12) -say 'What' if you didn't hear the question.
 * 13) -say 'Sorry, could you repeat the question?'

[|Quizlet- Dos and Don'ts]


 * Discuss the questions:**
 * 1) What are your plans for the future?
 * 2) Have you decided on a career yet?
 * 3) Would you like to do the same job as your parents?
 * 4) Do you have either a full time or a part time job at the moment?

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 * Read the sentences and then use the words in bold to complete the sentences below:**
 * 1) I don't get a salary each month; I get 10% **commission** on every computer I sell.
 * 2) I sent off the **application form** for that job at the bank, and I've just heard they want me to come for an interview.
 * 3) Jobs which involve physical work are often described as **manual** jobs.
 * 4) People who do manual jobs are called manual workers' or '**blue collar workers**'.
 * 5) People who work in offices are often called '**white collar workers'**.
 * 6) People who work in government departments are called **civil servants**.
 * 7) Adrian was given **the sack** when it was discovered he'd lied about his qualifications.
 * 8) Everyone in the office got a 200 $ **bonus** last Christmas. I hope we get one this year, too!
 * 9) If yo say that a certain job or a career is your **vocation**, you feel strongly that it's right job or career for you.
 * 10) When I was at university, I worked **part-time** in a news agent's.


 * 1) You'll get a -- if you carry on being so late for work every day!
 * 2) There is no ---; just send a C.V. and a covering letter to the Managing Director.
 * 3) Anne's decided to go --- now she is pregnant; she is only going to work two days a week.
 * 4) I've always felt that it was my - to be a teacher. I've never wanted to do anything else.
 * 5) The great thing about -- is that the more you sell, the more money you make.
 * 6) Is it true that Bruce Willis was a --- before he became an actor.
 * 7) Some --- manage to work their way up the career ladder and become things like ambassadors and senior diplomats.
 * 8) Many have to  make a real effort in order to stay fit; sitting at a desk all day is very unhealthy.
 * 9) The  we give you will depend on how well you've done the job.
 * 10) The closing of the factory led to 5,000 - being made redundant.

[|Quizlet][|Complete the sentences] vocabulary [|Quizlet Jobs]

1. Remember that the truth is not very important. For example if you can't remember the English word for the job you want to do, say a job that you do know in English. 2. Don't describe the photographs in detail. Think of each photo as an example of an idea. For example if one photo is a picture of a nurse, it's the job you should talk about, not the particular nurse in the picture.
 * Tips for __speaking:__**


 * We'd like to know something about you, so I'm going to ask you some questions about yourselves.**


 * 1) Where are you from?
 * 2) How do you usually spend your free time?
 * 3) Do you have either a full- time or a part- time job at the moment?
 * 4) What do your parents do?
 * 5) Have you decided on a career yet?
 * 6) What are your plans for future?
 * 7) How ambitious are you?
 * 8) Would you like to do the same job as your parents?


 * Compare and contrast these pictures, saying how you would feel if you had these jobs.**
 * Which job you would prefer?**


 * Compare and contrast these pictures, saying which place you would prefer to work in.**
 * How do you feel about these places?**