An interview

President Barack Obama sits down with Stephen Colbert for a frank discussion of his career prospects after he leaves office.

Watch the video from 45” and do the following tasks. Check your answers in “comments”.

   A. Choose the right option:

1. a. Obama asked Stephen to help him find a new career.

    b. Stephen says Obama asked him to help him find a new career.

    c. Obama knows why Stephen is there.

2. a. Obama already knows what he’s going to do for a living.

    b. Randy knows what Obama is going to do for a living.

    c. Randy’s job is to find out what Obama will do for a living.

3. a. Obama’s age is a problem to find a job.

    b. Obama’s age is perfect to find a job.

    c. Obama’s age is no problem to start over.

4. a. Obama doesn’t know how to hand a resume.

    b. Obama is very good at handing resumes.

    c. Obama has never handed a resume.

2. Answer the questions:

5. Can you explain why there hadn’t been any promotions in the last eight years?

6. Who is more powerful than Obama?

7. Why is he leaving?

8. What does Randy think the employer will think about Obama’s explanation?

9. What kind of office would Obama like to work in?

3. Match one to three to a to c.

1. Obama slowed the impact of climate change and prevented Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
2. He reopened relations with Cuba for the first time in 50 years.
3. He saved the American Auto Industry.
4. He helped lots of Americans with their healthcare.

1. He drives stick*.
2. Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
3. Giving medical advice to prove it (Don’t do that).
4. Conversational Spanish.

*to drive a manual transmission vehicle.

4. Write the questions or the answers:

1. Do you have any awards or commendations?
2. I usually let Seal Team 6* handle that.
3. Do you have any experience with social media, like Twitter?
4. How do you plan to get the attention of the Millennials?
5. Did you know there’s a snapchat filter that gives you a flower crown?
6. What would you say your biggest weakness is?
7. I cannot stand it when people reduce complex ideas to some simplistic catch phrase.
8. I know several turkeys that owe me a favour.
9. I really love encouraging the youth of America to vote to continue the good work.
10. Which candidates do these snacks represent?

-          an extra fibre nutrient bar which has travelled to more than 100 countries:

-          A shrivelled tangerine covered in golden retriever hair and filled with bile:

11. Any questions for me?

12. What does Randy have to do before offering him the job?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Watch the video and read the article about Halloween to check what the true facts are.

Live from London Halloween. Click here to watch the video and do the activities in the photocopy. Click here to read the script and check your answers.

Fillers

a.     Watch the video again and tick the person who uses each expression in their answer.

	Philip	Amelia	Hannah	Shazra	Lynne
The usual
Things like that
Those sorts of things
Sort of
I s’pose
Kind of
Or something
And stuff
You know

a.     Watch the video and write the correct filler in each gap.

1)     I associate America and I associate sweets and costumes and ______________

2)     Yeah I __________ celebrate Halloween it’s just a chance to have fun with my friends and dress up so yeah ___________.

3)     I’ve been to a couple of parties _____________ but it’s not really ________ something I celebrate on an annual basis.

Everyday expressions

Match the expressions 1 – 5 with the definitions a – e. Check your answers in "comments".

1. (it’s not) a big deal 2. (I was there for) a long weekend 3. chick flicks 4. on an annual basis 5. trick or treat

a. a custom in which children visit houses on Halloween as a way of asking for sweets b. a weekend when you have one or two extra days free in addition to Saturday and Sunday c. once a year every year d. something very important e. a film intended especially for women, often about a romantic relationship

SCHOOL LIBRARY

HORARIO DE PRÉSTAMO DE LA BIBLIOTECA Curso académico 2016-2017 

IMPORTANTE: Para acceder al sistema de préstamo es imprescindible presentar el carné de biblioteca de esta EOI. 

LUNES De 12:00 a 13:00

MARTES De 11:00 a 12:00 De 20:00 a 21:00

MIÉRCOLES De 18:00 a 19:00

JUEVES De 13:00 a 14:00 De 20:00 a 21:00

NOTA INFORMATIVA: El servicio de préstamo de esta biblioteca es atendido únicamente por profesores de esta EOI

INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LA BIBLIOTECA

Carnés de usuario

Alumnos presenciales (incluido inglés comercial y monográficos):

Los alumnos nuevos y aquellos alumnos antiguos a los que haya caducado el carné o por cualquier razón no lo tengan y quieran solicitarlo lo pueden hacer enviando un correo electrónico a bibliotecaeoi@gmail.com . Como asunto que especifiquen que es para solicitar el carné, y en el mensaje que pongan su nombre, apellidos y su NIF. Lo podrán recoger después de haber recibido mensaje de confirmación en Secretaría llevando una foto.

Los alumnos antiguos que solicitaran el carné de la biblioteca en años anteriores pueden seguir utilizando el mismo carné este curso

El horario de Secretaría es el siguiente:

De Lunes a Viernes de 9:00 a 14:00 h

Lunes/ Miércoles/Jueves de 18:00 a 20:00 h

EXTREME JOB INTERVIEWS

The candidate at Heineken

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Job Interview  Watch this just for fun!

The Best Job in the World

Listen to the information about the 'best job in the world' competition and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills

Cartagena Guided Tour

Saturday 12th November
Day round trip and city tour in English 
12 euros

Talk to me if you are interested!

Click here to see some information about the visit.

Nominative Determinism

Click here to see the short post we read in class about this.

How to motivate employees?

Watch the video and answer these questions (check answers in “comments”):

Glossary:

To strive to do something: to make a lot of effort to achieve something.

To foster something: to help something to develop over a period of time.

Token: a piece of paper that you can exchange for goods of a particular value in a shop.

Voucher: an official piece of paper that you can use instead of money to buy a particular product or service.
Morale: the amount of enthusiasm that a person or a group of people feel about their situation at a particular time.
Figure out: to be able to understand something or solve a problem.

Step 1: Creating a team environment

1. What do most managers assume?
2. What has been found?
3. What gives employees a deeper satisfaction?
4. What should managers do?

Step 2: Choose a good incentive

      5.  How should managers decide the reward (incentive) that should be given?

Step 3: Give recognition when it is due

       6. What is a good idea?
       7. How can you do it?
       8. Why would managers make a public recognition?
       9. Why would managers hand out small gifts?

Step 4: Recognizing a lack of motivation

       10. What kind of things show a lack of motivation?

-          Tardiness

-            

-          Absenteeism

-          Distractions like ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________ or talking on the phone.

11. What should managers do?

What makes you happy at work?

Watch this video about being happy at work and fill in the gaps (you may need one to four words in each gap). Check your answers in “comments”.

Alexander Kjerulf is a leading expert on happiness at work. He’s a speaker and _________________________(1) working with many companies. He’s also the author of several books including the best seller called “Happy Hour _________________________(2). How to Love your Job”. He’s _________________________(3) speaking for more than 50,000 people about happiness at work.

After a successful conference in Istanbul for 100 business leaders, a lady told him she used to be a _________________________(4) at a company in Istanbul. She had a great salary, a great _________________________(5), a huge _________________________(6) with a view of all of the city and even a _________________________(7). However she cried every morning on her _________________________(8) because she hated her job and the company.

Being happy at work is not about the salary, the perks, the _________________________(9) or your _________________________(10) or the _________________________(11). It’s about results and relationships.

Results is about being good at _________________________(12) and knowing that you _________________________(13).

Relationships is about liking the people you work with, which is the most fundamental _________________________(14) we human beings have.

Liking your _________________________(15), your boss, having a _________________________(16) in the work place.

A study by Gallup shows that, having one good friend at work, the chance that you are _________________________(17) is three times as big.

A simple thing to do is you can _________________________(18). For example, they do this is Lego at the beginning of meetings and it makes the meeting more _________________________(19).