Unit 2 Project Planning a gap year
Teaching aims:
Read story about mind the gap.
Important points & difficult points:
Teach them how to write a passage using what they learnt.
Teaching Methods:
Analyze and use.
Teaching Aids:
1. The multimedia
2. The blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Show pictures to lead in.
Tom is 18. He is British.
He has chosen to take a one-year break between finishing school and starting university. He just wants to broaden his horizons by visiting Australia.
Branny has just left senior school. But she doesn’t want to enter a university. She just wants to take a year off to do charity work around the world before going to university. She is taking a gap year.
Step 2 Part A
"Gap year" is a British English term that refers to a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes time off from full-time education. This year generally taken before a student begins college or university. While the concept of taking a year off to prepare for college is a relatively new on in the US and other countries, in the UK, an estimated 50,000 young people take a gap year prior to attending university.
Questions for you:
1. If you have a chance to take a year off between leaving school and going to university, would you do it
2. Do you think this would help you get a better job once you finished your studies
Step 3 Scanning:
Para 1
1. What is the traditional course of a student leaving school
2. How long is it since thousands of young people took the gap
3. Which part of the world is not a destination of the students who take one year gap
Para 2-4.
1. Who are in favour of the gap year
2. Why do more and more employers prefer to hire graduates who have taken a gap year
Para 5
1. What was Carol’s project last year
2. What was the benefits of her gap year
Para 6.
1. What did Daniel Jones do in his gap year
2. How did he feel living among poor local people
3. How bad was the situation there
4. What is he ready to do in the future
Para 7.
1. What did Martin do in his gap year
2. What did he want to learn
3. What had he never done before
4. How did he feel like being a part of another culture
Para 8-9.
What are exactly the sort of skills employers are looking for
2. How do you understand the sentence “doing a gap year may give students an
edge in the job market”
Homework:
1. Review new words and expressions in this unit.
2. Finish the exercises in Workbook.Unit 2 Reading
Tips for job interview success
Teaching Aims:
Enhance students’ reading abilities.
Enable Ss to adopt the strategy understanding incomplete sentences used for emphasis.
Teaching important points:
Help Ss gain some knowledge about job interviews.
Help them learn some language points.
Teaching methods:
1. Improve the students’ reading comprehension.
Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt.
Discussion to make every student work in class.
Teaching aids:
the multi-media
the blackboard.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Lead- in with pictures.
Step 2 Skimming
1. What is the lecture transcript about
2. How many parts does the interview process have
3. What should you do to increase your chances of success in the interview
Step 3 Scanning
Para 1-2.
1. What is the professor going to talk about
2. What is an interview
3. What’s the purpose of the interview
4. After getting much information about the company, what should you do next
5. How do you practice your interview
6. What should you feel if you are prepared properly
Para 3-6
1. How many states does an interview process have What are they
2. How important is the first part, preparation in the interview
3. In order to get prepared, where can you get much information about the company
4. The first impression is very important, how should we prepare for the first impression
Para7-10
1. What is the best time you arrive for the interview
2. What should you do during the interview
Para 11-12
1. What should you do after the interview
2. Why do we do this
Step 4 Consolidation
Fill in the blanks according to the text.
When your application is successful you’re asked to go for an i____. The purpose of the interview is not only to find the s___ person for the position, but also provides o_____ for job candidates to find out more about the job. Interview process can s___ into three parts: first, p____, the k__ to getting the job; second, the interview itself; and finally, what you should do after the interview. Next, think about some questions you might be asked. Don’t worry about having ____ on the day of the interview. First i____ are important, so wearing s___ clothes when you’re go for an interview. When you arrive for interview, make sure you are ____. During the interview, remember to be e____. Using _____ to express yourself in perfect time. Listen closely and answer carefully. After interview you should follow up by writhing to the company to express thanks.
Step 5 Reading strategy
Understanding incomplete sentences used for emphasis.
In terms of incomplete sentences to denote emphasis, what parts of the sentence
are missing
2) Which words does this kind of sentence often begin with
Analyse the following incomplete sentences.
Or better yet, do practice interviews with a friend.
2. So now I want you to imagine that it’s the day of the interview.
Step 6 Language points:
1. … you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview.
off the top of one’s head 信口地
2. Don’t worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview.
have butterflies in one’s stomach
(做某事前)惊慌，紧张
E.g. I always have butterflies in my stomach just before I perform on stage.
3. Smile when you shake hands with the interviewer and look him or her in the eye.
look somebody in the eye
直视某人，正视某人
E.g. I asked him to look me in the eye and tell me what he had done with my bike.
4. You should follow it up by writing to …
follow up 对……采取进一步行动，加强
E.g. Lucy followed up her interview with a telephone call.
5. Nod your head when you agree with…
nod one’s head 点头
E.g. She nodded her head to show that she agreed with me.
Homework:
1. Read the passage again after class and underline the difficult and important points.
2. Write down the results of the discussion.Unit 2 Getting a job
Welcome to the unit
Teaching Aims:
1. Arrange a discussion for Ss to talk about job hunting and the qualities that are required for each part for a job.
2. Encourage Ss to express their own opinions in the discussion.
Try to develop their speaking ability
Teaching Important Point:
Develop students’ speaking ability.
Teaching Methods:
Discussion and free talk to involve each student in class activities.
Teaching Aids:
1. The multimedia
2. The blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in by picture.
What do we need to do after graduation
We need to find a job.
1. Do you have any preparation for finding a job
2. What did you do to prepare for job finding
Have you ever been to any Job Fair
Step 2 discussion
Where and how can you find a job
You can find job vacancies advertised in newspapers.
You can find information and help with job hunting in the local job centre.
You can write a good covering letter to increase your chance of getting an interview.
Doing some charity jobs in your gap year may help find a job in the future.
Discuss the following questions in groups.
1. Do you think these people are doing the right thing to prepare for getting a job
2. What are some other ways to prepare when looking for a job
3. If you could not find the job you want, what would you do
Homework:
Preview the reading part.Unit 2 Writing a covering letter
Teaching Aims:
1. Students are expected to learn how to talk about personal qualities, get advice from a careers officer and format a cover letter.
2. Enable students to understand and use.
Teaching Important and difficult Points:
Develop the students’ ability by writing an a covering letter.
Teaching Methods:
Listening, speaking reading and writing.
Teaching Procedures:
Skill building 1: Understanding a job advertisement
Read this part and answer the following questions:
1. When reading an advertisement, we should pay more attention to_____.
1) _____________________________
2) _____________________________
3) _____________________________
2. Read the advertisement and answer:
1) What position is being offered
2) The sort of person the company is looking for
3) How to apply for the job
Step 1 Listening to a job advertisement
Skill building 2
Talking about your personal qualities. I have some job-hunters here. Please find out their qualities.
John is a construction worker. He can work very well with others. He is ___
This girl likes to learn. She is always improving her knowledge and skills. She is ___
She is a successful woman. She can work on her own without being told what to do. She is ____
Bill is an astronaut. He always has strong reasons for wanting to do something. He is ____
The bees are happy to work hard. They are ____
She is a film star. She is always feeling and showing excitement and interest in what she does. She is ___
He is a famous compere. He finds it easy to talk and listen to other people.
He is ____
Step 2: getting advice from a careers officer
She is a careers officer. And you are a job hunter. You want to work in groups with other trainees to conduct research and support managers. Here are some useful words. Please role play it in pairs can work with other people, find it easy to talk with and listen to others, a team player.
You want to be a famous architect. You want to build more beautiful houses.
Role play the scene.
Want to improve knowledge and skills.
Willing to learn, full training course.
You want to run a company and be a boss yourself.
work on your own without being told what to do
have strong reasons for wanting to do your work
feeling and showing excitement and interest in work
You are a student. You want to further your degree but lack money. You want to work extra hours. For example, weekend.
Be happy to work hard.
Skills building 3 Formatting a covering letter
1.Why should we write a good covering letter
2. What should your letter be like
3. How many paragraphs does a usual covering letter have
4. What should you say in para one
5. What should you say in para two
6. What should you say in para three
7. What should you say in para four
8. What should you do after you have finished the letter
9. What had you better do when your letter is ready
10. When should you send your letter
Step 3 write a covering letter
Homework:
write a covering letter
You are a would-be graduate from Tsinghua University majoring in English. Write a letter to a company applying for a position. Your letter should include:
1.An introduction of yourself.
2.Your qualification for the position.
3.Asking for an interview.Unit 2 Word power
Teaching Objectives:
1. To enlarge students’ vocabulary。
2. To get students to learn some words and expressions related to company departments.
3. To improve students’ speaking ability.
Teaching Important and Difficult Point:
Ss are expected to familiarize themselves with the new words and expressions.
Teaching Approaches:
Task-based approaches
Form of Activities:
Individual, pair or group work.
Teaching Aids:
The multimedia and the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Lead-in with pictures.
Step 2 Part A
Jack graduated from a top university last year. In his diary he wrote about his first week in his new job. Read his diary and answer the following questions.
1. Which department did Jack have to report to on his first day at work
2. Who could they introduce me to
3. Where did my boss take me for lunch
4. Even whom did I meet
5. What was I when first came to the company
6. Where does the company’s money kept
7. Which department is responsible for making sure people know about the company’s products
8. Which department helps files in the right place
Step 3 Fill in the blanks with the name of a department according to Jack’s
The staff restaurant
Responsible for managing the whole company.
Where the company’s Products are made
Responsible for recruitment of employees, welfare, organizing training Courses.
Works to improve the company’s Products as well as developing New products.
Makes sure potential customers know about the company’s products.
Provides services such as mailing, filing and photocopying.
Visitors wait here until someone comes to get them
Homework:
1. Review new words and expressions in this part.
2. Preview grammar.Unit 1 Grammar and usage
Teaching Aims:
1. Students are expected to learn idioms in English.
2. Enable students to understand and use.
Teaching Important and difficult Points:
Develop the students’ ability of using idioms.
Teaching Methods:
Explanation and exercise
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 lead-in
I thought the exam would be a piece of cake, but it was much harder than expected. easy
Sherry really enjoyed chemistry, so writing an essay about it was a child’s play.
Anything that is easy to do.
Noun phrases
This allows you to prepare good answers and means you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview.
Answering sth quickly without having time to think about it.
This allows you to prepare good answers and means you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview.
His new business plan looked very good on paper.
Prepositional phrases
Don’t worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview.
Nervous feeling
A good interviewer is able to tell very quickly if you have done your homework
about the company.
Find out as much as possible about something.
Verb phrase
If you follow the advice I’ve given you today, landing an interview will be as easy as pie.
very easy to do
It was as plain as day that the young woman was very qualified and had prepared well for the interview.
very clear and obvious
as…as…
more idioms
A: "Was your father upset when you came home at 3 AM "
B: "He was more than upset. He blew his top!"
blow one's top
become extremely angry
"Can you help me with this problem I've been beating my brains out with it, but I just can't solve it."
beat one's brains out try very hard to understand or do something.
A: "I don't believe what Bob said. Why is he bad-mouthing me "
B: "He's probably jealous of your success."
bad-mouth say unkind, unflattering, embarrassing (and probably
untrue) things about someone.
A: "Is something wrong "
B: "Not really, but I feel kind of down in the dumps."
down in the dumps depressed; "blue."
A. Idiom contest
1. If you are cool as a cucumber, you are____.
A. panic B. calm or relaxed
2. It is raining cats and dogs, you would______.
A. call a vet B. take an umbrella
3. If it is not your cup of tea, you would_____.
A. like it B. do not like it
4.If something costs an arm and a leg, _______.
A. you have to go to hospital. B. it is too dear
5. If life is full of opportunity for you, we say the world is your________.
A. oyster B. crab
6. If someone says, “I have butterflies in my stomach”, they are________.
A. nervous B. having a good meal
7. If you say that someone is holding firm, you are saying that_______.
A. they are holding a hard object.
B. they believe in something very strongly.
Homework:
1. Collect more English idioms.
2. Preview the Task part.
