magazine

(^1) Pre-listening
What sort of questions do they ask during a job appraisal (a meeting between
a boss and an employee to ind out how things are going). Think of as many
questions as you can.
(^2) Listening I
You’re going to listen to two job appraisal interviews. Listen once. Did you hear
any of the questions you thought of for the Pre-listening task?
(^3) Listening II
Listen again. Then, write CI (Conversation I) or CII (Conversation II) next to each
question. In which conversation...

1. ...is the interviewee very nervous?


2. ...is the interviewee quite calm?


3. ...was someone told of for teaching the wrong language?


4. ...did someone say they had sold a computer?


5. ...was the interviewee told to learn a new language?


6. ...did someone say they had sold 301 shirts?

(^4) Language focus The Present Perfect
Look at this extract from the audio script of the recording Job Appraisal: “...
Quite a few of your students have complained...” The speaker
has used the Present Perfect (“have complained”). Answer these questions
using the Present Perfect.

1. What have you done today?


2. Who have you spoken to by phone today?


3. How many cups of cofee have you had today?


4. How long have you been at work/school?

Finding out how things are going.

ANSWERS PAGE ON

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FIVE OF THE BEST & WORK TIME

FIVE OF THE BEST

THIS MONTH:

STARTING AN E-MAIL.

Addressing someone

To Whom it May Concern [very

formal – to someone unknown]

Dear Sir/Madam, [formal – to

someone unknown]

Dear (Amelia), [formal]

Hi (Jessica), [informal]

Hi, [informal]

Opening sentence: formal

It was a pleasure to meet you

last month.

Thank you for sending that

report.

It was really good to see you at the conference.

I hope you had a wonderful holiday.

It was really nice to hear from you.

Opening sentence: informal

How’s it going?

How are things?

Hope you’re enjoying your

break.

I hope everything is OK.

It was great to see you last week.

Starting an e-mail

Ready-to-go English

expressions to learn and use.

When was the last time you went to an interview?

How did it go? Have you ever had a job appraisal

interview? What did you talk about? What questions

were you asked? What are the pros and cons of job

appraisals? How useful are they?

Work Time

So, how

are things

at work?

Think

about

it!

AUDIO

LISTENING

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