Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 13: 24 Slides

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Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 13

Are you career-ready? & Career alternatives

by Ngọc Minh Nguyễn

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Unit 4 Overview

• Talk about career readiness, career alternatives, and employability skills; talk about creative activities for adults, leisure activities for a weekend, and “do nothing” time.

• Use thinking skills: summarize, analyze and understand.

• Read about being ready for a career and about ‘kidults’.

• Use strategies to start and keep talking by giving negative answers, expressing doubt, and describing images;to repair talking by describing an activity, agreeing with a proposal, and explaining a concept.

• Use problem-solving skills to create a business plan for an entrepreneur.

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Lesson Overview

Content Objectives

Students will be able to

write about a person who has been successful with a non-traditional career path.
talk about skills, abilities, training, and qualifications

Language Objectives

Students will

learn vocabulary about career and success.
learn about present perfect with “already”, “yet” and “just”.
learn about the difference between present perfect and simple past.
practice pronouncing /j/ and /ʤ/

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Open Ended

Practice 2. IN PAIRS. THINKING SKILL – Summarize. Read the article. Together, describe in your own words the three main factors in being career-ready

Type response here

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Practice 2 - Answer key

The three factors are:

knowledge

skills

personal characteristics.

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

1. improve

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a. make something better

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b. understand

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c. know about

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

2. career-ready

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a. prepared to work

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b. ready to go to college

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c. having skills for a specific job

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

3. knowledge

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a. only academic information

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b. the opposite of opinion

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c. the facts you know about a topic

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

4. ability

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a. a fact

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b. a skill

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c. a characteristic

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

5. solve

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a. find a solution or an answer

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b. understand

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c. think about

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Multiple Choice

Practice 3. READING SKILL – Understand vocabulary in context. Choose the meaning of the words in bold from the article in Practice 2.

6. qualifications

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a. grades in school

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b. skills or experience you need for a job

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c. hobbies

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

1. Many companies have

Type answer...

programs to teach their employees new technology.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

2. The ability to work well with other people is an important

Type answer...

.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

3. For many jobs, you have to have a college

Type answer...

.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

4. Primary school teachers have to have a lot of

Type answer...

about many subjects.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

5. Good math and technical skills are

Type answer...

for engineering jobs.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 4. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

career, degree, knowledge, qualifications, skill, training

6. For a successful

Type answer...

, you need a combination of knowledge and skills.

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Complete the text with words from the box.

apply for a job, benefits, career path, get a degree, get a promotion, get a raise, hires, the corporate ladder

The key to success has traditionally been fairly similar for most people. You (1) ___ and then you (2) ___. If you are lucky, a good company (3) ___ you, and you get a good salary and (4) ___. After working for a while, you (5)___, and you usually also (6) ___ in your salary. If you are good at your job, you climb (7) ___. However, these days many people do not follow the traditional (8) ___. Many young people are choosing to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses. Most do this after college, but some don’t graduate or don’t go to college at all. There are many different ways to have a successful career.

Type answer...

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Pronunciation

career-ready /kəˈrɪər ˈred.i/

degree

knowledge /ˈnɑːlɪdʒ/

qualifications /ˌkwɒl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

skill

training

apply for a job /əˈplaɪ fər ə dʒɒb/

career path /kəˈrɪər pɑːθ/

get a promotion /ɡet ə prəˈməʊ.ʃən/

hires

benefits

get a degree /ɡet ə dɪˈɡriː/

get a raise /ɡet ə reɪz/

the corporate ladder /ðə ˈkɔː.pər.ət ˈlæd.ər/

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Open Ended

Practice 6. IN PAIRS. Number the list in order of importance to you. Then share your list. Add more things, if possible.

1. a good salary 2. the chance to learn new things

3. the chance to get frequent raises

4. good benefits like a company car, health insurance, or long vacations

5. the chance to get promotions and climb the corporate ladder

Type response here

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the conversations with already, just and yet.

1. A: Have you studied for your test ______?

B: Yes, I’ve ______ finished studying.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the conversations with already, just and yet.

2. A: I haven’t read the story for English class ______.

B: I’ve ______ read it. It was good.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the conversations with already, just and yet.

3. A: Has my package arrived ______?

B: I don’t know. Oh, here it is. It has ______ arrived.

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the conversations with already, just and yet.

4. A: It’s only six o’clock and I’ve ______ finished my homework.

B: Really? I haven’t started mine ______!

Type answer...

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