1st Term

BLOG ORGANIZATION

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ITRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC (I)!

Communication

In this unit we are asked to consider the importance of English in our lives and why we are learning English. The theme of the unit will also allow us to study basic telephone language and written communication such as letters, e-mails and faxes.

TEXT MESSAGE LANGUAGE!

TEXT MESSAGE: Frequent abreviations in texting messages

l8r: later

u: you

c: see

2: to

xx: kiss kiss

lol: laugh out loud

ur: your

m8: mate

b4: before

r u: are you

ASAP: as soon as posible

EXTRA VOCABULARY ON COMMUNICATION

1. Call: To telephone
2. Download: Recive information electronicaly via the Internet.
3. E-mail: A letter send electronicaly.
4. Mobile: A phone you carry with you.
5. Surf: Spend time on the internet.
6. On-line: Conected to the Internet.
7. Website: Where you cand find information about a commpany on the Internet.
8. Chat: Exchanging messages to "talk" on-line.
9. Fax: To send a copy of a document on a machine that uses the telephone line.
10. Attachment: What you can add to an E-mail.
11. Message: Something you take when the caller someone wants to speask to isn´t there.

Writing (FAX)

To:Jean-Jacques Giradoux From: Paradise Marqueting
Fax/Tel:(0033 1) 24 783242 Fax:(0044 1)232 386651
Date: 20 october
FAO:Jean-Jacques

Dear Mister Giradoux,
I have already received your fax with all your information and the aplication form. The information looked quite interesting and i am glad to tell you that you have been accepted in the Paradise Marketing. Congratulations! You will start working next monday at 8:00, please do not be late.
Your Sincerelly,

Ms Collins

MORE EXTRA VOCABULARY ON COMMUNICATION

Fluent Speaker: When a person is fluent, they can speak a language easily, well and quickly.

Native Speaker: someone who has spoken a particular language since they were a baby, rather than having learnt it as a child or adult.

Language training: Someone who works to learn a languge

Evening Course: Is a type of course at evening in order to learn.

Common language: Is when two people can speak the same languge.

Working Knowledge: To be able to express yourself clearly, but not accurately in a languge.

Official language: Your mother language.

WRITING (FAX)

To: Ms Collins

Fax: (0044 1) 232 386651

Date: 16 August

FAO: Ms M Collins, Human resources.

Re: Work placement.

from: Jean Jacques Giradoux

Fax/Tel: (0033 1) 24 783242

Num of pages: 3 including this one.

Dear Ms Collins,

Thank you for your fax. I'm pleased to accept your offer and I'm loooking foward to starting next month.

I'm witing to make you a request, I would like to ask you for help. Due to my problems for finding accomodation, I would be delighted if you could advise me about it.

Thak you for your attention. I look foward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Jean Jacques giradoux.

expresions for letters

Dear Sir/Madam:begin a letter to someone you do not know

Yours sinceresly:finish a letter to someone you know

Dear Mister/Miss...: start a letter to someone you know

Yours Faithfully:end a letter to someone you do not know

Hi:begin a letter to a friend
Hope to see you soon:finish a letter to a friend

Best regards:end a letter to someone you know

VOCABULARY

Handicap: something which holds someone back

Workforce: the people who work for a company

Britons: British people

Monolingual: only able to speak one language

League table: a list of results

Spokesman: someone who speak behalf of an organization

Linguistic: being able to learn languages

Barrier: something which gets in the way

Bounderies: the outer limits of an area

Cope: manage

Appropiate: suitable

Counter part: a person somewhere different doing the same job

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC (II)

Careers

In this unit we are supposed to learn the different uses of English in the workplace, as we will be doing throughout the course.
We are also going to learn how to write a curriculum vitae or different English vocabulary.

VOCABULARY UNIT 2

APPLICATION FORM: a printed form sent out by an organization , on which a formal request is made.

REFERENCES: a letter written by somebody who knows you, giving information about your character and abilities, to a new employer.

QUALIFICATIONS: what a person is able to do.

EPERIENCE: when you have done a thing more than once.

SKILL: capabillity

PART-TIME JOB: a job which only lasts than 20 hours a week

FULL-TIME JOB: a lob which lata between 35 and 40 hours.

OVERTIME. when you work more time than the one you are suposed

COMMUTE:when people travel from the outskirts to the city in order to work.

FREELANCE:when you sell your work to different organizations.

CURRICULUM VITAE

personal details:

Full name: Lucia García

Date of birth: 30/02/1945

Permanet adress: 12 A olive street

Dublin 6W

640722

Tel/Fax: 238742109

Mobile: 3927556293

Marrital status: married

Educational History:

- I am currently studying secondary school in San Patrick.

- 2000-2006 - primary school

- A levels in mathematics,English and Science

- First Certificate,Ket ,Pet,Movers, Flyers. Trinity grades 4, 5, 6, 7 in 2009

Skills:

Word processing .Power Point. Blogging. Bike driving licence.

Languages: English, Basque, Spanish.

Employment history:

-2009 I worked in Lourdes as a helper in the dinning room serving food to people.

-2008 taught my two sisters (7)(12) English for one month every day. They succed in their examb

-2007-2009 babysitter:looking after children when their parents are outside-

References:

Susana Aguilar: 348926520

Belen orbea: 8436248620

juan Perez: 75283629860

CURRICULUM VITAE

Madalena Artiles

Personal details

Full name: Madalena Artiles

Date of birth: 01/01/1991

Petmanent adress:

11 Oxford street

11º B

London

90111 UK

Tel./Fax: (01100) 0019019

Mobile: 0011 111909

Personal email: m.artiles@gmail.com

Marital status: single

Educational history

I have been studying all my life in Oxford school and Istill continue studying 4º of ESO.

My language certificates are KET, PET, MOVERS, FLYERS and to the trinity 11.

Skills

Excel. Power point. Word. Photoshop.

Languages: English/Spanish and working knowledge of Basque.

Employment history

Summer 2009: baby sitter: being with small children at nigths while their parents are out

Summer 2008: Teacher: I taught two small twins Maths, English and Spanish.

Hobbies and interests

Fashion, reading, going out with my friends at weekends, dancing, going to the beach.

I also like stports like sking and golf that I practice.

EXPRESIONS WE USE FOR LETTERS

Write a letter to someone
we do not know:
Begin= Dear Sir/Madam
End=Yours faithfully
Write a letter to someone
we know:
Begin=Dear Miss/Mister...
End=Yours Sincerely
Write to someone
Begin= Hi
End= Hope to see you soon,
Best regards

IMPORTANT THINGS OF A JOB

1. opportunities for promotion
2. comfortable working conditions
3. status and respect
4. interesting and satisfying work
5. fringe benefits (e.g. company car, private health insurance)
6. a good salary on holidays
7. colleagues I like
8. a fair and reasonable boss
9. training opportunities
10. job security

IMPORTANT THINGS OF A CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

A.) Personal details

B.) Education

C.) Qualifications

D.) Work experience

E.) Photographs

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC (III)

Employment

In this unit we will learn to see the sectors of work. Also, you learn to write a covering letter or more business English vocabulary.

As throughout the entire course we will improve our understanding of business English texts.

VOCABULARY

For jobs

challenging

secure

worthwhile

People

enthusiastic

confident

dynamic

patient

ambitious

reliable

trustworthy

conscientious

Both

flexible

boring

creative

stressful

for more information about these words visit www.wordreference.com

WORDS BASED AROUND EMPLOY

EMPLOYER: The person who gives employ to someone

UNEMPLOYED: The person who has no job

EMPLOYMENT: The job

EMPLOYEE: The person who has been employed

UNEMPLOYABLE: The person who has no option to be employed

UNEMPLOYMENT: The state of not having job

EMPLOYED: The state of having job

APPLICATION LETTER

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writting in response to your advertisement ia the November "Works" magazine and I would like to be considered for one of the posts mentioned.

As you will see from my enclosed curriculum vitae, I have workes in a summer camp for children. I really enjoy being with them this is the reason why I have a direct experience.

In adition, since I was five I have been in contact with book as my father is a very well-known novelist, he has always encouraged me to read.

Currently, I do a voluntary job in the school´s library helping the librarian with the registration. You can ask Mrs. Green for reference, who will be deligthed to tell you about your abilities.

As well as having these skills, I think I am the ideal person for this post as I am a very organizated person and i love children. I am currently avaiable for interviews and would welcome the opportunity to discuss the post in more detail. I look foward from hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Sergei Maddox

EXAMPLE OF LETTER OF APPLICATION

Dear Ms Summers,

I am writting in resply to your advertisement for salespeople in "Strike Out" magazine.

I am fully qualified primary school teacher with eight years´ experience. Six years ago, I gave up my teaching post to become a full-time mother and housewife. Now that my children are both in full-time education, Iam keen to return to the job market.

I am very excited by this opportunity, as it will give me the chance to work with teaching professionals once more, as well as allowing me to fit my career around the needs of my family. I have a very wide network of friends and former colleagues and am active in the community. I am confident that these would be all highly useful contacts. I have enjoyed using your materials with my children and I feel I could communicate their advantages to other parents and teachers.

I am currently avaiable for the interview and would welcome the opportunityto discuss the post in more detail. I look forward from hearing from you.

Yours sinceresly,

Jon Naunton

Formal words and informal equivalents

Commence: begin

Post: job

Vacancies: avaiable jobs

At the moment: currently

Discuss: talk about

In addition: another thing

Reply: answer

Provide you with: give you with

Aviable: free

Complete: finish

Pleased find enclosed: I have included

COVERING LETTER

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing this letter in response to your advertisement on the local newspaper to look for a person to work as your company´s staff.

I would be very interested in this post as I am very keen on sports. I am member of the American  football team of my colege and also work as a swimming pool monitor in summer. Ihave been playing American football fro six years.

I think I am the perfect person to work in your company as I have babysited my parents´ 

friends´ children for 2 years. As I mention in my enclosed CV I speak fluent English and also have spent some summers studying abroad.I am interested in the characteristics of this post and I think it would offer me a lot of experience.

As I am very responsible and sociable person and, I believe this is a perfect job to enrich my knownledge and to teach me imporant things of life Since I would like to meet new people from different cultures and countries.

I hope you consider me for this position.

Yours faithfully,

Madalena Artiles