Wednesday, November 25th Group 1

27.11.2009 …

By English Prof

First we did a recap of the lesson we did on Wednesday, October 21st:

What was the video about ? A job interview

The question was “Why don’t you tell me about yourself ?”

The dos

The don’ts

A job applicant must show she/he has read the job description.

A job applicant must speak about herself/himself in a professional context.

A job applicant mustn’t speak about his/her personal life.

Then we listened to another job interview. The question was: What are your strengths ?

We did an oral comprehension exercice. We had to find the missing words in the script of the interview.

A Job Interview #2:

Going For An Interview:
Job Interviews: What Are Your Strengths?

STRENGTH ≠ WEAKNESS ← Nouns

STRONG ≠ WEAK ← Adjectives

Vocabulaire

To handle : traiter

The kind of : le type de

To climb : escalader

Assets : atouts

Lazy : paresseux

Software : logiciel

Actually (faux ami) : en fait

Currently : actuellement

Here is the script of the interview (click on the pictogram):

Thank you Fatou for your notes, nicely and accurately written.

Homework for Wednesday, December 9^th: Learn and file the vocabulary. List the dos and don’ts in job interview #2

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Floriane, Bts 1 P

12/12/2009 16:51

For Katrine Her problems combining are : • Her work with her motherhood ; • Her feelings about her life-work balance: guilt because she doesn’t manage to combine her demanding work schedule with her motherhood. Her life-work balance is difficult because she is a young mother and she takes care of her baby Jack at the same time as the work. Her solutions are: • She wants to spend more time with her baby Jack and look after him ; • She wants to change of schedule in her work ; • She schedules her weekly shopping ; • She keeps up running twice a work ; • She wants to take Friday for to stay with her baby Jack, as she paid four days of nursery. For Richard His problems combining are : • He is offered a new job in the same company but the work-life balance will be different ; • His commuting time will be doubled ; • He will be expected to work long hours and will only be free on weekends but he cans take to prevent losing too much of the balance. His work-life balance is perfect because his office is half in hour’s drive from his home near Winchester. But he finishs at 4 P.M. After the work, he is sitting at home with a cup of tea with his wife. He cans take advantage of his time free and of his family. The solutions’ Richard are: • To start to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours; • To want to go in to work early in the morning so he cans leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic.

English Prof

12/13/2009 15:33

Good morning Floriane, Here is your correction Her problems combining her job and her private life are: Her work as a mother = son travail en tant que mère Vous devez dire: she feels guilty because... = elle se sent coupable parce que ... Her work life balance is difficult because, on the one hand (=d'une part) as a young mother she takes care of her baby and on the other hand (=d'autre part) as a working woman, she has to spend time at work(=en tant que travailleuse, elle doit passer du temps au travail) She wants to change her schedule ... twice a week ...to take Fridays off ( prendre les vendredis de congé) to stay (pas de for) He will be expected to work long hours and will only be free on weekends but he to prevent losing too much of the balance(supprimer) His work-life balance is perfect because his office is a half hour’s drive from his home near Winchester. But he finishes at 4 P.M. After work, he sits at home with a cup of tea with his wife. He can take advantage of his free time and of his family. Richard ‘s solutions are: • To start to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours; • To want to go in to work early in the morning so he can leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. This is not bad but you must use your own words. Your grade is 6/10 Ms Aboulker

yassine

12/09/2009 20:02

Richard Problems : He is a IT manager in a firm and he has a problem in the work-life balance. He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends. Solutions : He has started to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. He would have Friday afternoons of once or twice a month and put in longer days. he could go in to work early in the morning and leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine Problems : Katrine is a senior scientist and technical brand manager. It did not succeed has to combine its work with its maternity. It will spend more time with its baby and her husband. Solutions : She has weekends and only four days. She go to shopping for the planning meals, she eat better. she realised that it's important to keep up running twice a week as she like it.

English Prof

12/13/2009 17:43

Here is your correction in bold letters Yassine Richard Problems: He is a IT manager in a firm and he has problems with his work-life balance. He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends. Solutions: He has started to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. He would have Friday afternoons of once or twice a month and put in longer days. He could go in to work early in the morning and leave ahead of the heavy afternoon traffic. Katrine Problems : Katrine is a senior scientist and technical brand manager. She did not succeed in combining her work with her maternity. She will spend more time with her baby and her husband. Solutions : She has weekends and only four days?????. She goes shopping and plans the meals. She realized that it's important to keep up running twice a week as she likes it. Your homework was due earlier. I have corrected it anyway, but watch out I will not always be that nice….. Your grade is 4.5/10 Ms Aboulker

Mylène Vuarant

12/02/2009 21:50

Richard Problems : Richard il an IT manager for a company and he has a problem in the work-life balance. His commuting time will be doubled but the competently of this commuting it’s that he will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends. Solutions : Richard has to develop a negociating strategy for flexible hours. He has Friday afternoon off once or twice a month. He would be to go in to work early in the morning. Katrine Problems : Katrine is a senior scientist and technical brand manager with Prooter&Gamble and she has a problem for to combine her demanding work schedule with her motherhood. She will spend more time with her baby and look after him better. Solutions : Katrine schedule her weekly shopping which means planning meals. The plan of Katrine is in place and dates are scheduled and she is confident that things will work out fine. Mylène Vuarant.

nawel S.

12/02/2009 20:49

Richard: Problems between his private and professional life and resolutions envisaged: The work-life balance will be different. In fact, his commuting time will be doubled. So, he has started to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. For exemple, he could put in longer days and has Friday afternoons off once or twice a month. Katrine: Problems between his private and professional life and resolutions envisaged: she has not more time to look after his baby Jack. she is confident that things will work out fine

English Prof

12/13/2009 17:23

HERE IS YOUR CORRECTION IN BOLD LETTERS, Nawal Richard: Problems between his private and professional life and their solutions: The work-life balance will be different. In fact, his commuting time will be doubled. So, he has started to develop a negotiating strategy for flexible hours. For example, he could put in longer days and have Friday afternoons off once or twice a month. Katrine: Problems between her private and professional life and their solutions: she has no time to look after her baby Jack. she is confident that things will work out fine Too short. You have missed out many elements. Plus do not copy the text, use your own words.Your grade is 3/10 Ms Aboulker

Leslie

12/02/2009 17:00

Richard : - Problems : Richard is 35 years old, he has a promotion, a new job offered by the same compagny. But, now he has a difficult with the work-life balance because his commuting time is double. He accepts to change for the new job. He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends. He can't see samantha at home with a cup of tea by late afternoom. -Solutions : Richard find the solution to negociate strategy for flexible hours. I want have Friday afternooms off once or twice a month. And another option is to so in to work early in the morning in order to leave the ofternoom because there is a many traffic. Katrine : - Problems : Katrine is 35 years old and a senior scientist and technical brand manager with Procter and Gamble. She is a young mother. But she has a difficult to combine the work life balance. For a year, she ask a new schedule with her motherhood. She can't see her baby and her hustand and she will spend more time with baby Jack. - Solutions : The positive consequences of this change of schedule is she ean do shopping weekly which means planning meals. She can more activities with Jack, to swim or to baby massage. And she can run tuace a week. Leslie S.

English Prof

12/13/2009 17:17

HERE IS YOUR CORRECTION IN BOLD LETTERS, Leslie E-mail address: nini_4489@hotmail.fr IP: 91.172.230.101 Richard: - Problems : Richard is 35 years old, he has a promotion, a new job offered by the same company. But, now he has difficulty with his work-life balance because his commuting time is doubled. He accepts to change for the new job. He will be expected to work longer hours and will only be free on weekends. He won’t be able to see Samantha at home and share a cup of tea with her by late afternoon. -Solutions: One of Richard’s solution is to negotiate flexible hours. He wants to have Friday afternoons off once or twice a month. And another option is to work early in the morning in order to leave early in the afternoon because there is a lot of traffic. Katrine: - Problems: Katrine is 35 years old and a senior scientist and technical brand manager with Procter and Gamble. She is a young mother. But she has difficulty combining her working life with her private life. For a year, she ask a new schedule with her motherhood??????. She couldn’t see her baby and her husband but now she will spend more time with baby Jack. - Solutions : The positive consequences of this change of schedule is that she can do the shopping once a week, which means planning meals. She can do more activities with Jack, going swimming or to baby massage. And she can run twice a week. You have made a few mistakes. Your grade is 4.5/10 Ms Aboulker