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Work

See also:
vocabulary:
jobs
 
vocabulary:
business / economics
 
vocabulary:
office speak / office jargon
 
writing:
job application
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Work speaking topics
 
Cut up sentences. Ss take it turn to ask / speak about each
 
 
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Work - idomatic phrases matching
 
Cut up for a walkabout or do as a worksheet.
 
 
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Obligation and necessity
 
Cue sheet for Ss talking about rules and regulations in their workplace
 
 
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Decsribing jobs - guessing game
 
Four job descriptions for reading and guessing.
 
 
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Talking about your work
 
Simple worksheet for talking about jobs in English. Nine prompts for describing jobs and six questions for discussion.
 
 
 

 

Material from other sources

 
 
 
Are you going forward? Then stop now. external link icon
Amusing piece on the horros of management speak by Lucy Kellaway, management correspondent at the UK Financial Times. A good source of management buzzwords and phrases; a challenging read if unedited. c 1700 words.
 
 
Bad bosses may damage your heart external link icon
Ungraded language. c500 words
 
 

 

 
 
 
Interview: a former chef external link icon
A woman who used to be a chef talks about her experiences working in restaurants
 
 
Interview: a former baker talks external link icon
...about baking BREAD! Routine, likes and dislikes
 
 
Management external link icon
Two presenters talk about what it is to be a manager, the language of management and hear from Lucy Kellaway, a management journalist who thinks that management is a job that is 'intrinsically miserable'.
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate
Unit 10 Time  Page 89 
T.39 Three people talk about rules in their workplaces
 
 
New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate students' book book cover 
New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate students' book
Module 3 At rest, at work  Page 29 
Four people describe themselves and the jobs they would like to do
 
Module 13 Choosing the right person  Pages 114 - 115
Matching: jobs and personal qualities - adjectives and nouns - Listening: owner of employement agency
 
 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 6 Eat  Page 58   Interview with a restaurant critic
 
 
Reward Pre-Intermediate Resource Pack  book cover 
Reward Pre-Intermediate Resource Pack
11 Job priorities  Page 11 
Students talk about the jobs they would like to do
 
 
The Great Train Robbery
 
<i>Black Mirror</i>
 
Escape from the canyon