English Corner

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English Corner

• School of Business
• 2005-4-13

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TasksTalking about Interview

• How to write a curriculum vitae
• Watch a video of an interview
• How to have an successful interview
• Free talking refers to the handout
• Introduce some hot words
• Lets sing a song
• Have a good night

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How to write a curriculum vitae

• 1introduce where you got the information of the
  interview.
• Dear manager,
• I learned from the newspaper that your
  company wanted to hire an English translator.

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How to write a curriculum vitae

• 2 the aim of this letter
• I am interested in this job very much. I would
  like to get this job.

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How to write a curriculum vitae

• 3introduce yourself briefly
• My name is Li Ping. I am 30 years old. I
  graduated from Peking University in 1994.Then,I
  went to work in Nantong Middle School. In 1996,I
  began to work in Suzhou Middle School and I have
  worked there until now.

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How to write a curriculum vitae

• 4why you choose this job? show your advantages .
• I work hard and I can get along well with
  others. I am good at English and especially my
  spoken English is very good. I have translated
  many Chinese books into English. I can understand
  Japanese and I can talk to foreigners in Japanese
  freely.

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How to write a curriculum vitae

• 5your planning
• 6 How to connect with you
• Tel number
• Address
• Post code
• E-mail
• 7thanks to the manager

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Watch a video of an interview
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How to have an successful interview

• Q1 Tell me about you! Keep your answer to one or
  two minutes don't ramble. Use your resume
  summary as a base to start.
• In high school I was involved in competitive
  sports and I always tried to improve in each
  sport I participated in. As a college student, I
  worked in a clothing store part-time and found
  that I could sell things easily. The sale was
  important, but for me, it was even more important
  to make sure that the customer was satisfied. It
  was not long before customers came back to the
  store and specifically asked for me to help them.
  I 'm very competitive and it means a lot to me to
  be the best.

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Q2What do you know about our company?

• Do your homework before the interview! Spend
  some time online or at the library researching
  the company. Find out as much as you can,
  including products , size, income, reputation,
  image, management talent, people, skills, history
  and philosophy. Project an informed interest let
  the interviewer tell you about the company.

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Q 3Why should I hire you?

• Once again, you should not be long winded, but
  you should provide a summary of your
  qualifications. Be positive and show that you
  are capable of doing the job.
• Based on the internships that I have
  participated in and the related part-time
  experiences I have had, I can do the job.

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Q 4What would you like to be doing five years
from now?

• Know what you can realistically accomplish.
  You can find out by talking to others about what
  they accomplished in their first five years with
  a particular company.
• "I hope to be the best I can be at my job and
  because many in this line of work are promoted to
  area manager, I am planning on that also."

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Q 5What is your greatest weakness?

• You cannot avoid this question by saying that you
  do not have any, everyone has weaknesses. The
  best approach is to admit your weakness but show
  that you are working on it and have a plan to
  overcome it. If possible, cite a weakness that
  will work to the company' s advantage.
• I' m such a perfectionist that I won't stop
  until a job is well done.

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Q6What is your greatest strength?

• This is a real opportunity to toot your own
  horn. Do not brag or get too egotistical, but let
  the employer know that you believe in yourself
  and that you know your strengths.
• I feel that my strongest asset is my ability
  to stick to things to get them done. I feel a
  real sense of accomplishment when I finish a job
  and it turns out just as I'd planned. I've set
  some high goals for myself. For example, I want
  to graduate with highest distinction. And even
  though I had a slow start in my freshman year, I
  made up for it by doing an honor's thesis.

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Q 7What goals have you set and how did you meet
them?

• This question examines your ability to plan
  ahead and meet your plan with specific actions.
• Last year, during a magazine drive to raise
  money for our band trip, I set my goal at raising
  20 percent more than I had the year before. I
  knew the drive was going to begin in September,
  so I started contacting people in August. I asked
  each of my customers from last year to give me
  the names of one or two new people who might also
  buy a magazine. I not only met my goal, but I
  also was the top salesperson on the drive.

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How to have an successful interview

• No matter what question you are asked, answer
  it honestly and succinctly. Most interviewers are
  looking for positive statements, well-expressed
  ideas, persuasiveness, and clear thinking
• under pressure.

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Free talking

• Select a leader in your group as an interviewer
• The leader asks the questions refers to the hand
  out, the interviewee answers it one by one.
• The leader should organize the group not just a
  listener.
• All the students in the group should participate
  in the discussion.

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Introduce some words

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• develop ??,??
• devise ??,??
• direct ??
• double ??,???
• earn ??,??
• effect ??,??
• eliminate ??
• enlarge ??
• enrich ???
• exploit ??(??,??)
• enliven ??
• establish ??(???)???
• evaluation ??,??
• execute ??,??
• expedite ????
• generate ??
• guide ????

• A Useful Glossary for Work Experience
• work experience ????
• occupational history ????
• Professional history ????
• specific experience ????
• responsibilities ??
• second job ????
• achievements ????,??
• administer ??
• assist ??
• adapted to ???
• accomplish ??(???)
• appointed ????
• adept in ?? analyze ??
• authorized ??????
• behave ??
• break the record ????
• breakthrough ???????
• control ?? conduct ??,??

???????? able ????,??? adaptable ????? active
???,??? aggressive ????? ambitious ??????
amiable ????? amicable ??? analytical
????? apprehensive ????? aspiring
????,???? audacious ???,?????? capable
????,???? careful ????? candid ??? competent
???? constructive ???? cooperative ??????
creative ????? dedicated ?????? dependable
??? diplomatic ???,????
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Sing a song

• Doe, a deer, a female deer
• Ray, a drop of golden sun
• Me, a name I call myself
• Far, a long, long way to run
• Sew, a needle pulling thread
• La, a note to follow sew
• Tea, a drink with jam and bread
• That will bring us back to do re me fa so la tido

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