Getting Started | Tiếng Anh 12 | Unit 5: The world of work - Lớp 12 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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This unit includes:

LANGUAGE
Pronunciation
Stressing auxiliary and modal verbs
Vocabulary
Words related to work
Grammar
Simple, compound, and complex sentences (review and extension)

SKILLS
Reading: Reading for main ideas, specific information and inference in job advertisements
Speaking: Giving opinions about different jobs
Listening: Listening for main ideas and specific information in a phone conversation about a job vacancy
Writing: Writing a job application letter
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE / CLIL
Everyday English
Expressing anxiety and responding to it
Culture
Unusual jobs around the world

PROJECT
Doing research on suitable part-time Jobs for students

I. GETTING STARTED

   Our parents' jobs

1. Listen and read. 🎧

   Lan: Come in, Mark. Did you find my place easily?
   Mark: Yes, I actually met your dad in the street and he showed me the way. He said he was on his way to work.
   Lan: That's right. My dad is a factory worker, so he works in shifts. Today he's on the night shift.
   Mark: Working night shifts must be really nard. When does he sleep?
   Lan: He goes to bed right after he comes home in the morning when there's no one at home. My mum's usually at work then. She teaches at a primary school.
   Mark: Working with kids must be fun.
   Lan: Yes, she loves her job though teaching can be tiring. Getting up in front of the class and putting up a performance every day seem so stressful.
   Mark: I agree. My mum used to be a teacher, but she gave up her job to look after me and my brother.
   Lan: How about your dad?
   Mark: He has a nine-to-five job. He's an accountant at a bank.
   Lan: Working with numbers must be difficult.

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   Mark: Yes, but it's not just numbers. You need to learn so many regulations and build good working relationships with clients.
   Lan: I guess he often goes on business trips.
   Mark: Not really, but he works overtime. He sometimes comes back home when I'm already in bed.
   Lan: You're good at maths, so you should follow in his footsteps.
   Mark: Definitely not. Neither I nor my brother wants to become an accountant. I'm interested in computer programming because it opens up so many job opportunities. What about you, Lan?
   Lan: Well, I love working with children, so I want to become a primary school teacher like my mum.
   Mark: Didn't you say last year you wanted to become a scientist?
   Lan: (laughing) Yeah...

2. Read the conversation again and put a tick (✔) in the appropriate column.

3. Match the words/phrases to make phrases mentioned in 1.

4. Complete the sentences with phrases or clauses in the box based on the conversation in 1.

   1. In Lan's opinion, being an accountant is _____.
   2. Mark wants to study computer programming _____.
   3. Lan likes to work with children, _____.
   4. Lan's mum loves her job _____.