Talking about work

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ESOL and Employability
Day 6
Talking about work
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Recap
Going around the room everybody must state:
• One thing you remember from our last session
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Aim
To develop your ability to talk about what happens at work
Objectives
You will be helped to:
• Develop your vocabulary to describe what happens in different jobs
• Practise how to leave a voice message if you cannot go into work
• Learn some health and safety signage and what it means
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Supermarkets
What supermarkets can you think of?
Which supermarkets do you usually shop at?
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Who works in a supermarket?
These are some of the jobs people do in supermarkets.
restaurant assistant
general shop assistant
warehouse assistant
What do you think people might do in these jobs?
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Who works in a supermarket?
These people work in a supermarket. What kind of job do you think they do?
Komathy
Abu-Baker
Frank
Jackie
Listen to them talk about their jobs.
In your workbook, match their picture with their job.
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Who works in a supermarket?
Now listen again. This time, find out if they work full time, part time or shifts.
Komathy
Abu-Baker
Jackie
Frank
Also, listen out for the hours they work. Write both answers in your workbook.
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When you don’t understand…
What could you say if you don’t understand what someone has said?
Can you speak
slowly, please?
Sorry, can you say
that again, please?
Please can you
repeat that?
Can you write it
I’m sorry, I don’t
down?
understand.
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Working in the supermarket restaurant or cafe
Does your local supermarket have a restaurant or a cafe?
Have you ever eaten there?
What sort of food does it serve?
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Working in the supermarket restaurant or cafe
Jackie works in the supermarket restaurant.
She takes orders from the customers.
Listen to a conversation with a customer.
What did Jackie say when she didn’t understand the
customer?
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Working in the supermarket restaurant or cafe
Listen again to the conversation.
We will then give you the sentences to put in order.
Now we will listen one last time, so you can check
how well you did.
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Working in the supermarket restaurant or cafe
ACTIVITY:
Now each of you will pretend to be a
customer in the cafe and I will pretend
to be the café worker.
The customer (you) asks questions
about the menu and then orders.
The cafe worker (me) asks if there is
anything they do not understand.
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‘Sell by’ or ‘best before’ dates
Things that a supermarket sells are often called goods or produce.
To help customers know a supermarket goods or produce is safe to buy, all
food and drink has a sell by or best before date.
A sell by date means the product will not
stay fresh and safe to eat for long and should
be eaten by or soon after the date.
There may also be a use by date, which is
the last date the food is safe to eat.
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‘ ‘best before’ or ‘display until' dates
.
The food or drink will be fine to eat or drink for a while after
a best before date, but may not taste as good.
There may also be a display until date, which is the
last date the supermarket will sell the goods.
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‘Sell by’ or ‘best before’ dates
Why do supermarkets want to sell older goods first?
Supermarkets want to sell goods which are older first. If goods go past their
sell by or best before date, the supermarket cannot sell them
and will lose money.
SELL BY
SELL BY
Which of these goods are older?
And these?
What about these?
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SELL BY
SELL BY
Apr 30
May 7
SELL BY
SELL BY
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Filling the shelves
Komathy’s manager is going to tell her how to
clean and fill the shelves.
Listen carefully.
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Filling the shelves
sell by cloth
goods shelf
front
back
Which of these words fit the sentences below?
First check the ______ date.
Then take everything off the ______.
Next wipe the ______ with the ______.
Then put the new ______ at the ______ of the ______.
Then put the old ______ at the ______ of the ______.
.
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Filling the shelves
sell by cloth
goods shelf
front
back
Which of these words fit the sentences below?
First check the sell by date.
Then take everything off the shelf.
Next wipe the
.
shelf with the cloth.
Then put the new goods at the back of the shelf.
Then put the old goods at the
front of the shelf.
.
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Filling the shelves
Listen again. What words does Komathy’s manager
use at the start of each sentence to show the order
things happen in?
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Filling the shelves
First check the sell by date.
Then take everything off the shelf.
Next wipe the shelf with the cloth.
Then put the new goods at the back of the shelf.
Then put the old goods at the front of the shelf
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Making a hot drink
ACTIVITY:
Click to add textConsider the instructions to make a
hot drink.
Use the words above to say what
order the steps happen in.
Don’t leave any steps out!
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Making a hot drink
• First fill a kettle with cold water.
• Then plug the kettle in and switch it on.
• Next put a teabag in a cup.
• Then, when the kettle has boiled, pour
the boiling water into the cup.
• Then remove the teabag.
• Then add milk and sugar if you wish.
• Then stir and enjoy.
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This and that
If one thing is far away from you, you can use the
that apple
word
that to show you are talking about it.
If one thing is near to you, you can use the
word
this to show you are talking about it.
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These and those
If more things are far away from you, you can use the
those
bananas
word
those to show you are talking about them.
these bananas
If more things are near to you, you can use the word
these to show you are talking about them.
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Working in the warehouse
this
First take _____
loading crate
and put it next to
that door over
_____
Okay, I will take
this loading crate
there.
and put it next to
that door
over there.
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Working in the warehouse
these
Next take _____
boxes and put
them next to
those
_____ shelves
over there.
Okay, I will take these
boxes and put them
next to those shelves
over there.
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Leaving a message
It can often feel
quite difficult
when speaking to
people or leaving
a message on
voicemail.
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Leaving a message
Abu-Baker is ill. He phones work at
7.30am. He leaves a message for his
manager.
She isn’t at work yet, so he leaves a
message on her voicemail.
Listen to what Abu-Baker says.
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Leaving a message
If you have to leave a message to say why you won’t
be in work, you need to:
• Write down what you want to say before you call
• Speak slowly and clearly
• Say who you are
• Say what the problem is
Listen again. Did Abu-Baker do all of this?
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Leaving a message
ACTIVITY:
Write out a voicemail message you would leave if
you are unable to go to work.
Then we will ask you to read your message.
I’m sorry I can’t
answer the phone
right now. Please
leave a message.
Remember:
• Write down what you want to say before you
call
• Speak slowly and clearly
• Say who you are
• Say what the problem is
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Recap
Going around the room everybody must state:
• The most useful thing you have learned during this session
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Were we successful?
Our Aim Was:
To develop your ability to talk about what happens at work
Did we help you to…?
• Develop your vocabulary to describe what happens in different jobs
• Practise how to leave a voice message if you cannot go into work
• Learn some health and safety signage and what it means
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Thank you for attending
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Errors?
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