internships 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome!

After today you will:

- Have repeated/learnt new words

- You will know how to use work in/on/at/with/for/out

- Have learnt phrases you can use for formal writing

- Know what a good cover letter looks like

- Have written a cover letter

Quizlet 

Practise the words from last week

https://quizlet.com/489268480/jobs-flash-cards/

Work: prepositions

Work at: place. I work at a bank. He works at his desk all day.

Work in: field or industry. I work in fanancing. He works in education

Work for: company, person: I work for Rabobank. He works for Jack Parsons.

Work with: body part, tool, person. He works with his hands. She works with Sheila. I work with computers

Work on: task/action. I work on finance reports all day. He is working on his lessons.

Work out: means to exercise. I work out twice a week. 

Test here

Listening: how to dress for a job interview

- The things in the next slide happen in the video

- at the moment, they are not in the right order (volgorde)

- Before watching, read them through.

- While watching the video, put them in the right order

- you only have to write down the numbers, not the whole sentence

Video assignment

1. They all agree that the outfit Lindsey chose is good.

2. Samantha gives tips on what to wear

3. Anthony says what the video will be about

4. Lindsey picks out an outfit based on advice

5. Anthony makes a joke about Lindsey's age

6. Anthony says how you can win one of the two 25 dollar target gift cards

8. Anthony talks about the outfit he wore on his first job interview

9. Lindsey shows a couple of items she would wear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM8Stzk_jxs

Answers video

Bad cover letters

- Read the cover letter, click here

- Write down the things that you think the writer did well

- Also write down the things that you don't like or are wrong in the cover letter

Answers: bad/good cover letter

Discussion

What should be in a cover letter?

What makes  a cover letter stand out?

Responding: job interview

Write a cover letter for one of the 3 vacancies

tips: last week:

- aanhef/afsluiting

- 4 paragraphs: 1. introduction/why are you writing 2. introducing yourself, who you are what your experience is 3. writing about why the job is susch a perfect match. 4. rounding off.

Tips from this week:

- In the vacancy, look at why you are perfect for the job. Use that in your cover letter.

- Use (semi-) formal language: don't (do not) use contractions, use full sentences, paragraphs, use commas after aanhef/afsluiting

While writing you can (don't have to) use this: click here

Write in a word document and hand in in teams