COLEGIO LATINOAMERICANO DEL EJÉRCITO DE NICARAGUA

“COMANDANTE HUGO RAFAEL CHÁVEZ FRÍAS”.

Topic: 1.-Note Taking.

2.- Listening Compreehension

Goal Achievement:Students take notes of important words and phrases to reach main ideas.

Unit II - BUSINESS

NOTE TAKING SKILL

Act1.- Listen to the conversation again and add notes about the main ideas based on the key

words you wrote.

Act C.-Read the statment and write T for true and F for false . Write the words or phrases from

your notes that helped you get the answer.

____1.-Ben Works at Braxon Books now.

Ben doesn´t Work at Braxon Books yet.

Words and phrases:

F

____2.-Braxton Books is a big Company.

____________________________________________

Words and phrases:_____________________________

____3.-The store sales books in stores and online.

____________________________________________

Words and phrases:___________________________________________________

T

They have 200 stores around the world.They have 6,000 employees

T

Hope to continue our online library.In 2009 started own e-book business./ A big success.

wants to work there this summer.

____4.-The Company has some open jobs.

____________________________________________

Words and phrases:_______________________________________

____5.-Ben will probably try to get a job at Braxton Books.

____________________________________________

Words and phrases:_____________________________

NOTE TAKING SKILL

T

Plan to continue grawing the online libraryHope you join our team and share success

T

Sounds like a great place to work!

It sure does!

Act D.- Circle the answer that best complete each statement.

1.-. Braxton Books plans to____.

a. open a new store b. continue its succes c. start an e-book business

2.-. Salespeople at Braxon Books have to____.

a. Work only online b. have a college degree c. help a lot of customers

3.-. Most Web Designers at Braxon Books are ____.

a. Highly trained b. college students c. friendly people

4.-. The Company only accepts applications____.

a. On its website b. in person c. after an interview

b

C

a

b

Act E.- Match the sentence halves to form true statements

____1. Ben is looking for a job

____2. Braxton Book is

____3. You need basic computer skills for

____4. Web designaers need

____5. A new part of Braxton´s business is

___6. Salesperson must like

a. a salesperson position

b. a summer job

c. to work on a team

d. an international Company

e. a lot of experience

f. an e-book business

b

c

d

a

d

f

Act F.- Listen to the excerpt form listening 1. Complete the job

requirements for each job in the chart.

Salesperson Web Designer

.__________________________years´ experience .____________________years´ experience

. Basic _________________________ . _________________________ skills

.You _________________________ . _______________________ in web design

. You_________________________ (Preferred)

. You____________________________ .You _____________________

_______________________________ .have______________________ ideas

Tip for succesSpeakers sometimes use certain phrases to signal a list of important information. Someexamples are “here are, the following are, and here is a list of”

must enjoy working on a team

One to wo years experience

computer skills

must be organized

must befriendly

Five years experience

Excellent computer skills

Preffer with collage degree

must befriendly

new and interesting

SAY WHAT YOU THINK

Remember the information and answer the questions.

1. What requirements are necessary for both Jobs at Braxton Books?

2. Do you meet the requirements for the Jobs? Which ones?

3. Are you the person for one of the two job positions at Braxton Books? Which one and why?

Critical Thinking Tip.Question 1 asks you to compare the two Jobs. Comparing means you notice things that are the same for both Jobs. Comparing can help you remeber important points about the two things.

LISTENING SKILL LISTENING FOR KEY WORDS AND PHRASES

Key words and phrases tell you the important information about a topic. Speakers always

speak key words and phrases more tan once. Listening for Key words and phrases can

help you identify the topic of a conversation.

Remember the example from the listening 1 about Ben , Saud and Braxton Book Stores.

The topic of the conversation is “LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB”. The key words and

phrases are “ WORK THERE THIS SUMMER, JOB,AND CAREERS”. The speakers say

the words SUMMER and JOBS more tan once.

Listen again and check the words and phrases the speaker uses more

tan once.

1

2

3

4

Interest in careers

growing

Over 200 stores

succes

job

position

Great people

Join our team Interview

application

One of our stores

Interested

Interesting

Years of experience

College degree

requirements

The Right Person for the Job

Preview to the listening

LISTENING 2

VOCABULARY Here are some words frro listening 2. Read their definitions.

Then complete the sentences below with the correct words.

Advertising

Assistant

Graduate

Major

Manager

Résumé

(noun) telling people about things to buy.

(noun) a person who helps someone in a more important position.

(verb) to finish your studies at school College or University.

(noun) the main subject you studied at a career.

(noun) the person who controls a company or business.

(noun) a lsit of your education and work experience that you

send when you´re trying to get a job.

1.- My mother speaks French very well .French was her ___________ in college.

2.-Juan got a job as a(n)_____________ in a school. He´ll help children when the teacher is

busy.

3.-It isn´t easy to get a job in _____________. You need to have interesting ideas, and you

have to know how to sell things.

4.-I sent my _____________to ten companies.Only one Company called me for

an interview.

5.-my dad is the ________________ of a large restaurant . He has a lot of

employees, and he´s very busy.

6.-I plan to ________________from college next year.

Exercise A page 19. Ben and Saud are listening to the information video for Braxton Books.

Listen for key words and phrases in each section . Circle the main topic.

1.- a. careers at Braxton Books

b. the Company´s history and success

c. the number of employees.

2.- a. Jobs at Braxton Books

b. how to get an application

c. job interview

3.- a. store hours

b. computer skills

c. job requirements

4.- a. job interviews

b. how to get an application

c. how to buy online books

C

Listen and take notes. Then , complete the student´s notes.Volunteer vacations is a travel company that offers work and travel around the world. Page 61.

Cusco – population (1) ______________, near The Andes Mountains(2)______________hours by train to Machu Picchu * (visit and of first week) Trip is from June (3) ______________ to July ( 4)_________________Live with (5) ___________________________Volunteer work: help ( 6)_______________________, may ( 7)__________ English!

350,000

three

thirteenth fifth

local families

repair a local school teach

Thanks for your attention!

Homework: At home , review Note Taking skill concept and strategies

and prepare for activity 3 from study guide.