NorthStarSecond EditionReading and Writing Basic/Low Intermediate

Instructor’s Information: Name:

Amany Ismail Abu Leil Office Hours:

Saturday: from 11: 00 a.m. till 2: 00 p.m Sunday/Tuesday : from 1: 00 p.m. till 2: 30 p.m. Office Location: The women’s campus, Building # 40, Office # 138 Website address:

http://aabuleil.kau.edu.sa/Default.aspx?Site_ID=0054375&lng=AR

This power point presentation is part of the collaborative work of fifteen ELI / KAU female English language instructors.

The project comprises the PowerPoint presentations which are presented to the students, the worksheets uploaded on the contributors websites and the revision units.

The teachers who contributed in the project employed their professional expertise, their technical skill and knowledge and their best practice methods for the benefit of the students.

Special thanks are extended to Ms. Marwa Eldeeb for moderating this effort besides her capacity as a member of the group.

Above all, thanks are also extended to every one of the collaborators for her time, effort and cooperation with the group.

The names of the teachers who collaborated in the project are as follows according to alphabetical order as per first name:

Name of Collaborator

Name of Collaborator

Ms. Amany Abuliel

Ms. Jehan jahin

Ms. Amal Shousha

Ms. Manal Bassiouni

Ms. Dahlia Yuosri Ms. Marwa Eldeeb

Ms. Fatima Atteya

Ms. Nahed Moussa

Ms. Gehan Ismail Ms. Ragia Magdeldin

Ms. Hanan Orabi Ms. Sherine Eldeeb

Ms. Heba Tantawy Ms. Zainab Hefnawy

Ms. Ingie Zakaria

Units 1-5

Units 6-10

This is an online external course. Attending all the lectures is not a must. However, it is preferable as you will be able to listen to your teacher and interact with her during class time.

Once the lecture is published, you will be able to listen to it again and view the slides which accompany the explanation. Yet, there will be no chance to ask or answer questions.

Every lesson in the book will be covered in nearly one hour and twenty minutes. You will have to cover 8 units and only the grammar and style parts of units 9 and 10.

The lessons and some revision sheets for every unit are going to be published on the teacher’s website in case you want to go back to them.

Revision sheets are going to be annexed with an answer key for all the exercises in order to make it easy for you to revise the material, solve related questions and verify answers.

Look at the cartoon in page 1 and think about the following questions:

1. What is the young man doing?

2. What kind of work is he thinking about?

3. What do you think is the ideal job (the best job) for the young man in the illustration?

Background information: This unit is about searching for the best job

which suits a person’s interest and skills. The background page gives a brief

introduction about the different opinions concerning work and job satisfaction.

The background page (p.2) tries to gather answers related to your opinions about work and your ideal job; whether you like to work indoors or outdoors; which is more important for you: money or work enjoyment; whether you prefer to work alone or with people and your preference as to the place of work: in an office or from home.

Vocabulary for Comprehension:Career: the kind of work a person does; usually

after learning how and usually for a long time.

Employment: work someone pays you for.Hire: to give someone a job.Ideal: perfectManager: the person in charge of a group of

workers.Out of work: without a job

Resume: a piece of paper with your work and education history.

Reward: good things you get in return of work ( such as money or health insurance)

Satisfied: to feel good or happy about something.

Skills: something that you can do well; ability that you have learned and practiced.

Want ads: advertisements, usually in a newspaper, for jobs that are available.

Now..let’s look at pages 3 and 4 and try to insert those words in the sentences which are suitable for them……

Answers :1. Out of work2. Career3. Resume4. Skill‘5. hire

Answers : 6. Want ads 7. satisfied 8. rewards 9. manager10. Employment11. Ideal

Look at page s 5 and 6 in your book. You will find a reading with the title “Finding the Ideal Job”. The reading is a book review.

A book review is a report or a summary. It is basically a reaction paper in which you point out strengths and weaknesses of the material presented in the book

The reading is a review of the book entitled “What Color is Your parachute: A Practical Guide for Job Hunters and career Changers”. The book is authored by Richard

Nelson Bolles and is yearly

updated .

Read the book review on pages 5 and 6 with your teacher….

Reading for Main Ideas – answer the true

or false questions on page 6..

Your friends and your teacher will help you…

Answer key to the exercise:1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F

WHAT MANY PEOPLE DO TO FIND A JOB

WHAT BOLLS SAYS WILL HELP YOU FIND A JOB

Answer newspapers want ads.

Go to an employment agency

Send out lots of resumes

Ask friends to help

Decide what kind of job is ideal

Decide what kind of job you want to work in

Think about job rewards

Think about your skills

Do exercises

1. Owen was always a manager. He does not want to be a manager, but he is not looking for another job because he thinks that he does not know how to do anything else. According to Bolles, Owen is …………

a. Making a mistakeb. Doing the right thing

2. Amy studied to be a teacher, but now she is not just looking for work as a teacher. Instead, she is thinking about whether teaching is really the right career for her. According to Bolles, Amy is…………

a. Making a mistakeb. Doing the right thing3. Bill is in a job interview. He is asking the

person who is interviewing him some questions about the company. According to Bolles, Bill is…….

a. Making a mistakeb. Doing the right thing

4. Kathy has a choice between a job that pays very well and a job that seems very interesting. She decides that for her, money is the most important thing so she chooses the job which pays well. According to Bolles, kathy is ……..

a. Making a mistakeb. Doing the right thing5. Peter sent his resume to many companies and

he answered many want ads., so now, he is waiting for someone to call him about a job. According to Bolles, Peter is…………

a. Making a mistakeb. Doing the right thing

Look at pages 8 and 9 in your textbook and read the article with your teacher…

The article is about people who areextremely satisfied with their dream jobs.Let’s READ TOGETHER….