Ae bc ppt02

Recap
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Recap
In the previous lesson you learnt to:
• Prioritise the personal goals for studying on this course
• Understand some collocations related to work, job, career and
success
• Use a mind map to record vocabulary
• Understand how critical thinking will be used in the course
• Be able to use some vocabulary related to critical thinking
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ATypical Day at Work

Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson you will be able to:
• Speak about his/her working day
• Name the key roles in a company
• Skim read to identify the main ideas of a text and identify the
style of a text
• Identify the time phrases relevant to present simple and present
continuous tenses
• Write a text about his/her working day in a conversational style

Speaking Skills
IntroducingYourself and Your Job
Spend a few minutes preparing to tell your group about your job. Include the
following points.
• Your job title
• Your main responsibilities
• The other members of your team
• What you enjoy most about your job
• Any aspects of the job you don’t enjoy

Speaking Skills
IntroducingYourself and Your Job
• Get into groups of three or four.
• Take it in turns to listen to each other and make notes.
• After everyone has spoken, take 5 minutes to write at least 2 follow-up
questions for each person, for example, Who is the most senior person in
your team? Do you have team meetings every day?
Name/position/notes Follow-up questions

Present Simple and Present Continuous
In the above activity you probably used the Present Simple to talk about what you
usually do at work, for example,
• I always start work at 8.30 AM.
• We have a team meeting twice a week.
• My boss outlines our work assignments for the week on Monday mornings.

Present Simple and Present Continuous
You might also have used the Present Continuous to talk about temporary situations
in your job, for example,
• I’m working on a special project at the moment.
• We are currently discussing changes to the organisational structure.
• We are recruiting new staff during this period.

Exercise
Look back at the example sentences in 2.1.1. What time phrases have been
used with the two tenses?
Present Simple Present Continuous

Exercise
Answers
Present Simple Present Continuous
At 8.30am
Twice a week
On Monday mornings
Every day
Regularly
Usually
At the moment
Currently
During this period
Now
These days
This month

Exercise
Tick the present continuous sentences that sound wrong.
a. I am knowing your brother.
b. Paola is running fast.
c. The children are enjoying the party.
d. I am having a headache.
e. Joan is preferring potatoes to meat.
f. My parents are wanting to go to America.
g. India are winning the match.
h. I am seeing a boat in the distance.For Aptech Centre Use Only

Exercise
Answers
a. I am knowing your brother.
b. Paola is running fast.
c. The children are enjoying the party.
d. I am having a headache.
e. Joan is preferring potatoes to meat.
f. My parents are wanting to go to America.
g. India are winning the match.
h. I am seeing a boat in the distance.For Aptech Centre Use Only

Exercise
Non-Continuous Meanings
feel = 'have an opinion' - He feels he should get a second chance.
see = 'understand' - I see what you mean.
think = 'have an opinion' - I think we should leave immediately.
appear = 'look like' - That appears to be stale.
look = 'seem' - It looks impossible!
taste = 'have a taste' - That tastes yummy!

Exercise
Continuous Meanings
feel = 'feel physically' - I'm feeling awful this afternoon.
see = 'visit' - She's seeing a doctor this morning.
think = 'use the brain' - He's thinking hard about the problem.
appear = 'be on stage / perform' - Jack Daniels is performing at the Paramount
tonight.
look = 'stare at' - I'm looking at that strange man.
taste = 'use the mouth' - The cook is tasting the sauce!

Exercise
Now decide which of these sentences are correct. Put a tick  or Cross .
1. That is tasting bitter.
2. I'm looking at your photo now.
3. I am seeing what you mean.
4. He is feeling he needs to change his class.
5. It looks easy!
6. She's seeing her parents at the weekend.

Exercise
Now decide which of these sentences are correct. Put a tick  or Cross .
7. I'm feeling better today.
8. He thinks hard about his decision.
9. The students are performing a play for Christmas.
10. The children are tasting the cakes.
11. I am thinking we should buy a new car.
12. That sentence is appearing to be wrong.

Exercise
Answers
1. That is tasting bitter. 
2. I'm looking at your photo now. 
3. I am seeing what you mean. 
4. He is feeling he needs to change his class. 
5. It looks easy! 
6. She's seeing her parents at the weekend. 

Exercise
Answers
7. I'm feeling better today. 
8. He thinks hard about his decision. 
9. The students are performing a play for Christmas. 
10. The children are tasting the cakes. 
11. I am thinking we should buy a new car. 
12. That sentence is appearing to be wrong. 

Speaking Skills
Talking About Roles Within a Company
Match the definitions to the roles in the box.
Administrative officer Production Manager Designer
Human Resource Manager Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Marketing Manager Chief Financial Officer Supervisor
IT Manager Maintenance Engineer

1. This is a creative role. The person thinks of ideas for new
products.
2. This person is responsible for the attraction, selection, training,
assessment, and rewarding of employees.
3. This person is probably a qualified accountant who has overall
responsibility for managing the company’s money.
4. He or she is in charge of market research, advertising, sales and
promotions.
5. He or she is responsible for the continuous running of equipment
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6. This person has a wide range of responsibilities which could
include finance, record keeping, managing events, managing
staff, organising systems and procedures, and so on.
7. This person monitors the work of workers such as labourers or
factory operatives.
8. He or she is the most senior person in the company and takes
overall responsibility for all aspects of the organisation’s work.
9. The person who deals with the planning, forecasting, or
marketing of a product or products at all stages of the product
lifecycle.
10. This person is in charge of the computer systems used by the
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Answers
1. This is a creative role. The person thinks of ideas for new
products.
Designer
2. This person is responsible for the attraction, selection, training,
assessment, and rewarding of employees.
Human Resource
Manager
3. This person is probably a qualified accountant who has overall
responsibility for managing the company’s money.
Chief Financial
Officer
4. He or she is in charge of market research, advertising, sales and
promotions.
Marketing
Manager
5. He or she is responsible for the continuous running of equipment
and machinery.
Maintenance
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Answers
6. This person has a wide range of responsibilities which could
include finance, record keeping, managing events, managing
staff, organising systems and procedures, and so on.
Administrative
Officer
7. This person monitors the work of workers such as labourers or
factory operatives.
Supervisor
8. He or she is the most senior person in the company and takes
overall responsibility for all aspects of the organisation’s work.
CEO/Managing
Director
9. The person who deals with the planning, forecasting, or
marketing of a product or products at all stages of the product
lifecycle.
Production
Manager
10. This person is in charge of the computer systems used by the
company.
IT Manager

Writing Skills
Exercise
Choose two more jobs in your company and describe what the job
holders do.
Job title Description of the role

Reading Skills
Skim Reading
• Read this article about one of the employees of
Middlesex University, London, Jo Wolff.
• After you’ve finished, cover the text and see if you
can answer the question that follows.

Reading Skills
Skim Reading
Question
1. Is Jo a busy person?
________________________________________
2. What evidence do you have for your answer?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________

Reading Skills
Skim Reading
Answers
1. Is Jo a busy person?
________________________________________
2. What evidence do you have for your answer?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Yes, Jo is busy
She lists lots of tasks…
There’s always something to catch up on.
Some very long days
Our busiest time from June to October
Work starts all over again

Writing Skills
Understanding Style
What is the style of this article? (Circle the correct answer)
Formal / chatty
Which of these expressions demonstrate a less formal style? (Tick 
them)
1. For my sins
2. Customer-focused application experience
3. Process all the decisions
4. Midday stroll
5. A year-round process
6. All hands on deck

Writing Skills
Understanding Style
Which of these expressions demonstrate a less formal style? (Tick 
them)
7. Secured a place
8. Interviews and follow-ups
9. Ferrying them
10. Bath and bedtime battle
11. Once they’re down
12. Trashy television

Writing Skills
Understanding Style
Answers
Formal / chatty
Answers
1. For my sins
2. Customer-focused application experience
3. Process all the decisions
4. Midday stroll
5. A year-round process
6. All hands on deck




Writing Skills
Understanding Style
Answers
7. Secured a place
8. Interviews and follow-ups
9. Ferrying them
10. Bath and bedtime battle
11. Once they’re down
12. Trashy television





Collocation
Look at the phrases in italics in the text 2.3. Find a collocation that means…
1. Select one thing instead of something else
________________________________
2. Meetings between children ___________________________
3. Something you need to find out about ___________________________
4. Decide by when some work has to be completed
___________________________
5. The things we like best at the moment ___________________________
6. Our customers do not need an appointment ___________________________

Collocation
Look at the phrases in italics in the text 2.3. Find a collocation that means…
7. To change where we sit every day ___________________________
8. We are doing it at the moment ___________________________
9. Everyone needs to help ___________________________
10. The needs of our clients come first ___________________________
11. Will be happening soon ___________________________
12. Been offered the chance to study ___________________________

Collocation
Answers
1. Select one thing instead of something else
________________________________
2. Meetings between children ___________________________
3. Something you need to find out about ___________________________
4. Decide by when some work has to be completed
___________________________
5. The things we like best at the moment ___________________________
6. Our customers do not need an appointment ___________________________
Choose Middlesex over our competitors
Play dates
Something to catch up on
Setting deadlines
Current favourites
Drop-in service

Collocation
Answers
7. To change where we sit every day ___________________________
8. We are doing it at the moment ___________________________
9. Everyone needs to help ___________________________
10. The needs of our clients come first ___________________________
11. Will be happening soon ___________________________
12. Been offered the chance to study ___________________________
Hot desk
In the process of
All hands on deck
Customer-focused
Fast approaching
Been offered the chance to study

Writing Skills
Writing
• Create a similar article to Jo’s based on a normal working day.
• Include a balance of work activities and personal aspects, such as your
journey into work, your meals and how you spend the evening.
• Use headings to divide up the ‘day’ into logical sections, such as the
journey to work, morning, lunchtime, afternoon and evening.
• Your article should be enjoyable for a colleague to read.
• Use some conversational language and humour if possible.

Class Activity
• Discuss your roles at work, using simple present and present continuous tenses.
• If you are not yet employed, discuss general activities in a workplace.
• You may include the following time phrases:
– every month
– once a week
– once a year
– always
– usually
– this month
– at the moment

Test Your Knowledge
1. Right or wrong?
I’m reading a good book at the moment.
Today I play tennis.
Once a week they are watching a movie.
Polly frequently buys new clothes.
Cyril is being silly.

Test Your Knowledge
1. Answers
I’m reading a good book at the moment. Correct
Today I play tennis. Wrong - ‘Today I’m playing’ or ‘I play every day’
Once a week they are watching a movie. Wrong - ‘They watch a
movie once a week’
Polly frequently buys new clothes. Correct
Cyril is being silly. Correct

Test Your Knowledge
2. Match the following.
To unwind An acting or music interview
A campus No appointment necessary
An audition To relax
A drop in To share working spaces
To hot desk University grounds and buildings

Test Your Knowledge
2. Answers
To unwind To relax
A campus University grounds and buildings
An audition An acting or music interview
A drop in No appointment necessary
To hot desk To share working spaces

In a Nutshell…
In this lesson you learnt to:
• Speak about his/her working day
• Name the key roles in a company
• Skim read to identify the main ideas of a text, and identify the style of a text
• Identify the time phrases relevant to present simple and present continuous
tenses
• Write a text about his/her working day in a conversational style

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