Teaching Aims:

1. Students are expected to learn how to talk about personal qualities, get advice from a careers officer and format a cover letter.

2. Enable students to understand and use.

Teaching Important and difficult Points:

Develop the students’ ability by writing an a covering letter.

Teaching Methods:

Listening, speaking reading and writing.

Teaching Procedures:

Skill building 1: Understanding a job advertisement

Read this part and answer the following questions:

1. When reading an advertisement, we should pay more attention to_____.

1) _____________________________

2) _____________________________

3) _____________________________

2. Read the advertisement and answer:

1) What position is being offered?

2) The sort of person the company is looking for?

3) How to apply for the job?

Step 1 Listening to a job advertisement

Skill building 2

Talking about your personal qualities. I have some job-hunters here. Please find out their qualities.

John is a construction worker. He can work very well with others. He is ___

This girl likes to learn. She is always improving her knowledge and skills. She is ___

She is a successful woman. She can work on her own without being told what to do. She is ____

Bill is an astronaut. He always has strong reasons for wanting to do something. He is ____

The bees are happy to work hard. They are ____

She is a film star. She is always feeling and showing excitement and interest in what she does. She is ___

He is a famous compere. He finds it easy to talk and listen to other people.

He is ____

Step 2: getting advice from a careers officer

She is a careers officer. And you are a job hunter. You want to work in groups with other trainees to conduct research and support managers. Here are some useful words. Please role play it in pairs can work with other people, find it easy to talk with and listen to others, a team player.

You want to be a famous architect. You want to build more beautiful houses.

Role play the scene.

Want to improve knowledge and skills.

Willing to learn, full training course.

You want to run a company and be a boss yourself.

work on your own without being told what to do

have strong reasons for wanting to do your work

feeling and showing excitement and interest in work

You are a student. You want to further your degree but lack money. You want to work extra hours. For example, weekend.

Be happy to work hard.

Skills building 3 Formatting a covering letter

1.Why should we write a good covering letter?

2. What should your letter be like?

3. How many paragraphs does a usual covering letter have?

4. What should you say in para one?

5. What should you say in para two?

6. What should you say in para three?

7. What should you say in para four?

8. What should you do after you have finished the letter?

9. What had you better do when your letter is ready?

10. When should you send your letter?

Step 3 write a covering letter

Homework:

write a covering letter

You are a would-be graduate from Tsinghua university majoring in English. Write a letter to a company applying for a position. Your letter should include:

1.An introduction of yourself.

2.Your qualification for the position.

3.Asking for an interview.