8.4.- Listening part 2: Job expressions and 'My job: airline pilot'

What job expressions do you remember?

My friend’s Emily story

This is the story of my friend Emily who is a Language Teacher. Her last email was about being between jobs because she got the sack and was tired of moonlighting. In addition, she sometimes had to burn the candle at both ends, so she didn’t want to continue working as a dog or a maniac.

Unfortunately, working for one school only was not enough for her to make the ends meet but holding down two school jobs was devastating. Therefore, one day, she went to visit a head hunter.

Suddenly, two weeks ago, she phoned me to tell me she was excited about having landed a job at the weekends as an Engish Teacher for a prestigious entertainment corporation whose commercial operations are exclusively on those days. So, despite having to burn the midnight oil at weekends, she doesn’t regret it because she stays there for clubbing as her cush job has always been being part of a nightclub staff member, which hadn't been achieved because of her inexperience in that field.

Regarding what she does on the weekdays, she was offered the chance to come back to the school where she used to knock off early with new perks that included Cambridge training and international academic exchanges and a pay hike since she has now corporate experience. 

 

What a lucky friend I’ve got!

Written by Teacher Elmer Santana

Collaborative online exercise about identifying the meanings of some job idioms

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/55702571

What job series on Netflix do you know?

For example, 'Selling Tampa about realtors and brokers.'

Listening Exercise

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/79724441

Have you ever heard about a Netflix series called 'Selling Tampa'?

Selling Tampa Trailer Video

What do you think the phrase 'I have to let you go' means?

Exercise 1 on page 68 on Wordwall

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/31821983

How does someone who does not have a job is called?

What derived words from the word 'employ' do you know?

For example, employed.

Now, let's classify them into verbs, nouns, adjective and adverb.

Collaborative exercise 2 on page 67

Individual exercise about word formation

https://www.grammarbank.com/word-formation-exercise-4.html

Do you think that idioms are part of the formal or the informal language?

Collaborative exercise 1 on page 68 with Wordwall collaborative activity

https://wordwall.net/resource/31821983

Oral practice

https://wordwall.net/resource/31822240

Collaborative oral discussion exercise 2 on page 68.

How do you think we can arrive in Switzerland?

Do you know a Swiss transportation company?

Look at the girl in the picture and say what you think her job is.

This is Nadine Hachen who forms part of the 5% female pilots within Switzerland.

For further information about her, the following website can be visited https://blog.favre-leuba.com/swiss-female-pilot-story/

Collaborative exam task on page 68

Job Description