Adverb - Adjective

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

How to talk about yourself and what you do

Job interviews

Who in class has or has had a job?

What was your interview like?

What is important to remember in these conversations according to you?

With your internship applications coming up you will need to learn how to present yourselves

It is important to be clear when you talk about your qualities and skills related to work.

Have a look at the example on the
next slide.

Sentence A

I am a patient and careful worker in lab environments.

Sentence B

I work patiently and carefully in lab environments.

Can you find the difference in meaning between sentence A and B?

To summarise what we just discussed

Describes the action

Describes the person

Patient and Careful

Patiently and Carefully

Thomas quickly adapts to work pressure.

Quickly

I enjoy learning new skills.

New

The students eagerly take part in challenging assignments.

Eagerly

Challenging

Let's take it a step further

Complete the following sentences you might say in a job interview. Rewrite the sentence and put the word between brackets in the correct spot.

I work when it comes to reports. [accurately]

I am a worker [punctual]

I was a very student who took part in team projects [social - enthusiastically]

Let's try talking about it

In the following slides you can see several people at work. Have a good look at each occupation and then discuss.

Talk about what qualities each person must have for their job and what is important about the way they do their job.
Make sentences to answer the following questions:

-What are these people like?

-How do they have to work?

To summarise

Please share some of the qualities you and your fellow students agreed on.

Now to use it yourselves

- Pair up with a fellow student.

-Write a short sentence about yourself as a student. Describe a quality you think you have.

-Exchange your paper with your partner.

-Read your partner's sentence and decide whether you agree or not. Explain your your answer by describing the way your partner works or studies.