Activating Topic vocabulary

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 431.

Understanding the main points

Using background knowledge

Succeed at Your Job Interview

a. Which of theses do you look at when you choose a book in a bookshop?

• the cover picture
• the title
• the author's name
• information on the back of the book (book blurb)
• recommendations from famous or qualified people

b. Look quickly at the book blurb (text A). Is it from:

• a novel?
• a self-help book?
• a text book?

How do you know?

a. Read text A and answer these questions.

• According to the book blurb, why do some interviews go wrong?

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• How much experience does the writer have of working with companies and individuals?

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• What advice does the book offer about the beginning of an interview?

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• What information does the book provide on interview questions?

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• In the final paragraph, what does the book say it will help readers to do?

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b. Would you be interested in reading the book? Why? Why not?

a. Tick Ú the things which make a good impression on interviewers. Use a dictionary for new words and phrases.

_____ appropriate clothes

_____ making eye contact

_____ a firm handshake

_____ grinning all the time

____ staring at the interviewer

____ leaning forward when seated

____ crossing your legs

____ folding your arms

_____ using your hands to show how you feel

_____ fidgeting

b. Read the book extract (text B) and check your ideas

4. Responding to the text

a. Do you agree with the advice?

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b. Have your answers to exercise 2b changed after reading the extract?

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