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Describe jobs, professions and work places
Let’s Begin
In this block you will review some vocabulary and grammar structures from previous blocks.
Now, block IV provides you with important and very useful vocabulary related to jobs, professions
and work places.
There are two important terms you will be using frequently during this block:
jobs and professions.
Jobs and professions
A
job
is an occupation or employment. It is an activity
that requires a person´s mental oF physical e ort.
If a person is
trained
for certain type of job, he has a
profession
.
Generally people get a job after they have received
specialized training or a college degree. Some
exception are the students who get a
part- time
job,
where they can work fewer hours per week.
The constant changes in the world and advances in
technology have made that
continuing
education
or training will be essential for workers.
Some of the professionals that require continuing education are: teachers, engineers, doctors,
accountants, etc. Having a job or profession is very important because you can contribute
to the community. You help to make the economy and your community stronger. You are a
productive citizen and a valuable community member. When you work, you develop new skills,
learn new things and create a record of employment. Then when you want to get a job, your
experiences can help to do that.
It is important to consider that when you have a job or profession, you have self-respect,
dignity
and
self-worth.
You are being responsible and making sure that you can take care of yourself.
Introduction
Asking for and exchanging information about what people are doing at their jobs or profession
is the last block of your English course. For that reason you will have the opportunity to recall
some of the knowledge you acquired before and gain new concepts through this block.
The
new vocabulary is related to jobs, professions, tools, and work places, as well as the use
of relative pronouns and clauses will help you to describe what people do in their jobs and
professions. It is a great opportunity to prepare yourself to decide what you want to be in the
future and always be ready for new and better opportunities.