Lesson 13
Talking about your career goals
Write your answers to the following questions in the table
Questions Short-term goal Long – term goal
Ex: My short-term goal is to get a job as an Ex: My long-term goal is to become an English
teaching assistant. teacher.
1. What are your
career plans? v Your answer: v Your answer:
My short-term goal is…………………….. My long-term goal is……………………..
to play guitar and rap fluenly. to become a rapper.
Ex: Being a teaching assistant enables me to Ex: Jobs like English teaching can provide me
broaden my teaching horizon from other with some perks such as high salary, flexible
teachers, develop my teaching skills further and schedule, paid time off and annual training
2. How do you get accumulate experience. programs.
interested in that
job? v Your answer: v Your answer:
create some
rapper
Being a(n)…………….enables me to…….. Jobs like…………
a rap can provide me with……..
perks such
song as high
broaden my music skills, how to
creates a catchy song and helps salary,
me to a famous rapper like have many
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Lesson 14 fans.
Talking about your strengths, weaknesses and work-related challenges
Write your answers to the following questions in the table:
Questions Answers
Ex: I’m very organized as I can keep track of lots of different tasks at a time.
Besides, I have good writing skills and presentation skills.
1. What are your greatest strengths? v Your answer:
I’m very…………..as
fat can eat. Besides, I have good……………skills.
I………….. battle rap
so much
Ex: Sometimes I’m too detail- oriented, which makes lots of tasks pending and hold
me back at work, but that can be useful when I’m writing a report.
2. What is your biggest weakness ? me
v Your answer: procrastinati
lazy
Sometimes, I’m too……………, ng and
which makes………………., but that can be
hold me
useful when……………….
I need motivation to
back
improve myself.
Ex: I didn’t used to work with a team of more than 10 fellows so I found it
difficult to collaborate with other co-workers when we carried out a big project.
3. What is the biggest challenge prefer
But now I’m a good team player.
you’ve ever faced at work ? team to
work solo
v Your answer: as a because
group,
I used to / didn’t use to…………so collaborat
I found it difficult to………… But now I……...
work as a
I e with team
prefer other helps me
solo member improve
to my
team weakness
