310 - HW

1) Answering interview questions:

1. What are your long-range goals and objectives?
2. What are your short-range goals and objectives?
3. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our organization?
4. What have you learned from participation in extra-curricular activities?
5. How do you determine or evaluate success?
6. How do you plan to achieve your career goals?
7. What makes a job enjoyable for you?
8. Why did you decide to seek a position with this communication organization?
9. What two or three things would be most important to you in your job?
10. What do you know about the job?
11. How important is communication and interaction with others on your job?
12. Do you prefer to work by yourself or with others?


2) Useful language for making a presentation

1.MAKING A START
- Introducing yourself and your talk

Greeting, name, position:
- Good morning. My name’s (…). I’m ( the manager … ).
- Ladies and gentlemen. It’s an honour to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.
- Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words about my background. I started out in ...
- Welcome to (…). I knew I’ve met some of you, but just for the benefit of those I haven’t, my name’s (…).

Title / subject
- I’d like to talk (to you) today about …
- I’m going to present the recent …
( explain our position on …)
brief you on …;
(inform you about / describe… )

- The subject of my talk
focus presentation
topic paper (academic) ;
speech (usually to public audience)

Purpose / Objective
- We are here today to decide … ( agree …; learn about …)
- The purpose of this talk is to update you on … ( put you in the picture about …; give you the background to …)
- This talk is designed to act as a springboard for discussion. Start the ball rolling.

Length
- I shall only take (…) minutes of your time.
- I plan to brief.
- This should be only last (…) minutes.

Outline / Main parts
- I’ve divided my presentation/talk into four parts/sections. They are (…).
- The subject can be looked at under the following headings: (…).
- We can break this area down into the following fields:
Firstly / first of all …
Secondly / then / next …
Thirdly / and then we come to …
Finally / lastly / last of all ...

Questions
- I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.
- Please interrupt me if there’s something which needs clarifying.
Otherwise, there’ll be time for discussion at the end.

Reference to the audience
- I can see many of you are …;
- I know you’ve all travelled a long way.
- You all look as though you’ve heard this before.
- As I’m sure you know … ; - You may remember …
- We have all experienced … - As I’m sure we’d all agree …


2. LINKING THE PARTS – Linking ideas

Sequencing / Ordering
- Firstly … secondly … thirdly … ;
- Then … next … finally / lastly …
- Let’s start with …; - So that covers .... - Let’s move/go on to … ;
- Now we come to … ; - That brings us to … - Let’s leave that (there)… ;
- That covers … - Let’s get back to …; … and turn to …

Giving reasons / causes: Therefore / so; as a result; that’s why ;

Contrasting: But; however;

Comparing: similarly; in the same way;

Contrasting: in fact; actually;

Summarizing: to sum up; in brief / in short;

Concluding: in conclusion; to conclude;

Highlighting: in particular; especially;

Digressing: By the way ; in passing;

Giving examples: For example / for instance; such as;


HW:
1. Job Ad translation /from English into Mongolian /
2. Job Ad translation /from English into Mongolian /
3. Application filling
4. CV
5. Letters. Cover letter
6. Reference letter
7. Reading strategies
8. Translation methods