Let’s play a board game. Read the following instructions
StartFinish Job Description:
A car designer Educational
Background:
A chief engineer YOU ARE SO
LUCKY GO FORWARD TWO
SPACES Educational
Background:
A Sailorman
Rules of the game:
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Play this game in a group of four. Put your marker in the START. Close your eyes
and touch a number with your pencil, then move your marker.
1 3
2 5
4 1
2 3
4 4
2 3
4 1
2 5
1 3
2 1
3 4
5 5
4 5
3 2
2 1
4 5
1 1
1 3
3 2
4 4
5 1
2 3
4 1
3 4
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When you land on a space, read the information aloud. If you answer correctly,
move one extra space. If you cannot answer correctly, go back one space.
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A player who does not use English must go back three spaces.
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The winner is the first person who comes in the FINISH area.
Educational Background:
A teacher. Who delivers people
or things from one place to another by
using car?
Job Description:
An Electrician
Educational Background:
A Pilot
Job Description:
A mechanic
SORRY, BAD LUCK. GO BACK THREE
SPACES Educational
Background:
A Soldier
TASK 17
Work in pairs and practice the job interview based on the following model
TASK 18
Interviewer:
Greet the interviewee.
Interviewee:
Reply the greeting.
Interviewer:
Ask about the interviewee’s educational background
Interviewee:
Tell the interviewer that you graduated from a vocational
school and now you study in a college
Interviewer:
Ask about his or her job description.
Interviewee:
Tell the interviewee about your job description.
Interviewer:
Ask about his or her responsibility
Interviewee:
Tell the interviewer about your responsibility.
Interviewer:
Ask the interviewee why heshe wants to quit from the previous
job Interviewee:
Tell the interviewer that you need a more challenging job.
Interviewer:
Ask the interviewee about his or her strength and weaknesses.
Interviewee:
Tell the interviewer that you are hard – worker, but sometimes
careless.
Interviewer:
Tell the interviewee that you’ll contact himher for the result.
Interviewee:
Thank to the interviewer for the interview.
C. Evaluation
Work in a group of four. Find a job advertisement on newspaper or from the internet, and make a dialogue
about job interview as in the task 18 based on the advertisement that you find.
How much improvement have you made after learning English in this unit? Write down your reflections here by putting a tick
√ in the right column below to indicate how much you have learnt.
Aspect Very much Much Little
1. Asking about job description. 2. Telling about job description.
3. Use simple present tense to tell about job description.
4. Asking about educational background. 5. Telling about educational background
6. Use simple past tense to tell about educational background.
TASK 19 D. Homework
E. Reflection
In this unit, you have learnt how to ask and tell about job description and educational background, simple present and simple past tense.
Key Points 1.
Asking and telling about job description: a.
Asking about one’s job description:
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Could you tell me what your duties are?
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I would like to know whether you know about your responsibility.
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Can you tell me what your task is?
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I would like to know what you have to do.
b. Telling about job description:
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My duties are repairing car’s engine and electrical system.
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I responsible to design car’s body and interior and develop its design.
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My task is to control the work of team engineer.
2. Simple Present Tense.
Simple present tense is used to describe something that happens at once, such as describing job.
The formula of simple present tense: S + Verb ses + Object. Example:
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An electrician repairs the car’s air conditioner.
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A teacher delivers the lesson and evaluates the students’ achievement.
3. Asking and telling about Educational Background:
a. Asking about one’s educational background:
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Could you tell me a little about your educational background?
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Can you tell me where you graduated from?
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I would like to know about your major.
F. Summary
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I would like to know where you study.
b. Telling about educational background:
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I graduated from technical engineering faculty of Gadjah Mada University.
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My major is automotive engineering.
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I study in a vocational school.
4. Simple Past Tense:
Simple past tense is used to tell something which was happened in the past time, such as asking about educational background
The formula of simple past tense: Subject + Verb 2ed + Adverb.
Example:
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I graduated from electronic engineering college.
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I majored in engineering.
Intermezzo
• Manufacture : pabrik.
• Designer : perancang.
• Weapon : senjata.
• Sailorman : Pelaut.
• Navy : Angkatan Laut.
• Maritime academy : Akademi angkatan laut.
• Battleship : Kapal Perang.
• Board : dewan direksi perusahaan.
• Engineering : keahlian.
• Diploma : ijazah.
• Challenging : menantang.
• Graduate : lulusan
• Major : program studi.
• Weakness : kelemahan.
• Strength : kelebihankeunggulan.
• Duties : pekerjaan.
• Responsibility : tanggung jawab.
• Technical manager : manajer teknik.
• Educational background : latar belakang pendidikan.
• Task : tugas.
• Relevant : sesuai.
• Chief : pimpinan.
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