Get that job!

1. Here's a wonderful website with exercises about job search, CVs, cover letters and interviews.

2. Listen to an interview with a recruitment expert, who talks about his experience of reading CVs and offers some good advice on writing them.

3. Click here to listen to a podcast about an odd job interview. 

4. Click here to see the most common questions in job interviews that we saw in class.

Workaholism

Click here to listen to a podcast about "Workaholism".

Working conditions

Click here to listen and read about working conditions.

WORK

Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4 (a bit more difficult)

Modal verbs

Must / Have to: Grammar and exercises. Click here to do an activity. .
Can / Could / Be able to: grammar and a quiz
Be allowed to: exercise 1, exercise 2
Have to / Ought to / Be supposed to: grammar and exercise
Be supposed to: grammar and exercises

Asking for advice (letter)

Letter writing: giving/asking for advice & letters of complaint from Nanci Pensado

Click here to see an example of a letter asking for advice from a friend. 

JOB / WORK / CAREER

 1. Click here to learn the difference between these words (watch the video and read the script). There's an exercise at the bottom of the page. 

2. More examples and another exercise.

3. Exercise

Giving advice

Click here to review some expressions to give advice.

Asking for advice phrases;

- What do you think I should do?
- What do you suggest?
- What would you do (in this situation)?
- What would you do if you were me?

Giving advice phrases:

- I think you should... / I don't think you should...
- You ought to... / You ought not to...
- Why don't you...?
- If I were you, I'd...
- Make sure that...
- You'd better...
- Whatever you do, ...

There's nothing like a good night's sleep

Click here to listen and read a podcast about sleeping. It has a lot of vocabulary and expressions about the topic.

Facts about sleep

Sleepy teenagers

Read a text and do some comprehension and vocabulary activities.  

Feeling sleepy

Listen to this podcast about sleep and learn some vocabulary about sleep. You have the script and some vocabulary notes.

Healthy eating

Listen to this conversation between a mother and a school nurse. She is asking the nurse for advice about her son. 

A restaurant review

Listen and fill in the gaps.

My Favourite Restaurant

Click here to get to the post with the video about a favourite restaurant.

Listen to Akane explaining how to cook "egg spaghetti".

Eating Habits (monologue)

You are what you eat, or so they say. So, do you make sure you eat quality food? Talk about this subject taking into account some of the following points:

·         Do you ever cook?

·         What is your favourite dish?

·         Your usual diet

·         Do you ever eat unhealthy food? How do you feel about it?

·         Do you think we eat differently now than 20 years ago? If so, explain why.

·         Most experts agree that the Mediterranean diet is particularly beneficial. What are its main characteristics?

·         Do you think vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat. Explain.

Mari's Favourite Food

Click here to listen. Do the vocabulary and comprehension quizzes.

Remember to have a look at older posts about the same topic.

Twelve Simple Tips to Improve Your Sleep

Have a look at these suggestions to improve your sleep (some vocabulary is explained and you can also watch some videos by experts).

Memory pinball and other reasons you need a nap

Click here to listen to an article about sleep (you can choose between two different speeds) and take notes. Then read the script.