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Super size my CV
This reading activity will give your students the opportunity to practise the following:

  • Understanding key vocabulary in an article taken from a leading UK Business magazine.
  • Discussing the implication of changes to work-based training.
  • Writing a formal letter in either support or opposition to the changes discussed in the article.

 

The activity is suitable for students at upper-intermediate to advanced level (CEF B2/C1).

The article is taken from a UK Business magazine, Management Today.

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Submitted on 21 December, 2008 - 09:05

As a follow up to this wonderful lesson plan, whether you teach business, general, or academic English, is to have your students fill out their own CV or write up a resume. I use this with my students when they first join university. Besides the value of going through the actual process with its lexical terms, students become aware of what they need to include in a CV, to plan their activites in the four years of university to be able to compile a proper CV, for example extra-curricullar activities, community service, and computer skills. One other valuable lesson they learn is that they need to add variey to want they do or like to do, that the job market has specific demands, and that out there competition is fierce. Hence, this activity links language and a practical, functional use of English. Rania

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