SPEAKING Is it easy for graduates and school leavers to find a job in your country?

Do most people start a career immediately? What else might they do? LISTENING (5.2) 1) Listen to 6 students and make notes of what they have been studying and their plans/ideas about their future career.

2) a) Listen and complete these sentences: (5.3)

b) Which of the 6 students have already made arrangements to start a job/course? Who already knows what they want to do? Who doesnt really know what they want to do?

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PRACTICE - WRITING 1) Use the prompts to make future sentences. a) I / plan / study / engineering b) My sister / think / join the army c) I / due / take my driving test next week d) Alex says he / not going / apply for university e) I know I / Will not get the job f) My boss / about / retire g) My son / start / a new job on Monday h) I / probably / not / see you before you go 2) Write five sentences about yourself using the prompts below.

3) Write about the answers to each situation, using the appropriate Future form

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4) Check the words and phrases in a dictionary f necessary. Then divide the phrases into the three categories below.

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DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT p44 TB 1- Read about the people and answer the following questions: a) What jobs did they use to do? b) What are they doing now?

2- Listen to the three people describing how it happened and answer the questions. a) Why did they leave their old job? b) What are the good things about the new jobs? c) What are the disadvantages? 3- Mark the following statement True or False. abcdefghiClare was joking when she first said she wanted to be a plumber. She has problems with her male colleagues on the course. She sometimes finds that older people have less confidence in her work. Kevin became a house-husband because he wanted to spend more time with his children. He finds his life now harder work than his old job. Hes made lots of new friends since he changed roles. Lorna and Ian werent very successful in their old jobs. They worked much longer hours in London. She thinks it will be a good place to bring up children.

4- Discuss Would you like to do what any of these people are doing? Why/Why not? Do you think they have made the right decision or do you think they will regret it? Are there any jobs that men or women are naturally more suited to, do you think? In your country, is it common for people to leave stressful jobs in the city and start a new life in the country? What do you think of this idea?

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