SPAIN: OUT OF TIME?

A front-page article in the New York Times about Spain’s potential time zone change has led to a raging debate in the US on whether Spaniards are right or wrong to do everything later. 

The article, titled “Spain, land of 10pm dinners, asks if it’s time to reset the clock”, has been the New York Times’ most emailed story in recent days.







A different view on the matter

Read the first article and go through some of the comments on the second and send me a voicemail with the main arguments exposed in the first piece, which comment you agree or disagree most with in the second article and your views on the issue. Use your own words, please.




Deadline: Tuesday 25th February

MAKE A GUESS

JOB INTERVIEWS II

Continuing with the same topic, you're going to work in groups to provide some useful information to your classmates about jobs and job interviews.

Surf the Internet and present the information you've found to your partners in class through a 5-10 minute talk. Try to make them take part in your presentation by asking them questions or giving them a task.


1.- Best jobs in the world.  
        Don't miss the following sites: Site 1 and Site 2


2.- Most asked interview questions.

 

3. Things to know before an interview.

 4. No stupid questions

5.- Interview Tips   / Asking questions at an interview

6.- How to create a résumé

Take this virtual job interview and explore this site about careers

A MOST PECULIAR MAN

Listen to the song in its two different versions to fill in the gaps provided.

In groups try to come up with the man's background and story and the reason why he did what he did.






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JOB INTERVIEWS

In this lesson, we'll be preparing for a successful job interview that you may have in the future. Being prepared promotes confidence, remember! And most interviewers make their decision within the first three minutes, so make a terrific first impression.

You have already gone through the topic of jobs in your books, so you should have the necessary vocabulary to practice in this lesson.


But before we do so, let's listen to another imaginative way of finding a job and fill in the gaps.

Now watch the following video giving you some advice about what it is expected from you at a job interview:



Now compare what you've just seen with the following interview.

Interview with an Applicant from Melisa Breiner-Sanders on Vimeo.

TESTING PHONETICS

Now that you've been practising phonetics for a few weeks, it's time to do some testing in your virtual course.

Start with the Audio Concentration Games

Make sure you do the following tests before taking the real ones in the virtual course. 

Test 1 / Test 2

Now in pairs you'll try to find the answers to the following riddles. You just need to know phonetics.

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