Angličtina pro speciální pedagogy - C

Zoom lesson: Week 2 How to write a CV

Week 2 plan

  • to share learning goals
  • to introduce shared glossary and grammar practice
  • to introduce how to write a CV and a cover letter
    • HW: find a job ad, write the first draft a CV for week 3

How to write a CV key
Download this document to check your answers.
CV Components
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, Task 1 - download the document, please.
Power verbs
How to write a CV, A) writing a CV, Task 6. Contact a friend. One of you will read the above text about power verbs, the other one about personal statement (see below). Then, tell each other about your respective texts (in English).
Personal statement
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, Task 6.
CV Example action verbs
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, Task 7. Download this document and indetify power verbs.
CV Example action verbs key
How to write a CV, Task 7 - key
Personality test

To generate vocabulary about personality traits, you may want to take the test below.

Personality test EF
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, task 10.
Hard skills & soft soft skills

You will need the two texts below to do Task 11. 
Work with another student. 
One of you will read about hard skills, the other about soft skills. Then tell each other about what you have learnt.
Note: the text about soft skills is longer.

Once you are done  reading and re-telling, write down your own hard skills and soft skills in Task 11. 

In Task 11, you will also have an opportunity to write about your personality traits (you may use the results from Task 10). 
Do not just say I am hard-working, but give evidence how hard-working you are. 

Hard skills
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, Task 11.
Soft skills
How to write a CV, A) Writing a CV, Task 11.
Job adverts and CVs

Upload your job advert and the first draft of your CV to the homework vault.
Do so by Wednesday 21 October, please.

When uploading the advert, copy paste its text into a document and indicate the link as well. Do not post just the link.

Job advert - example
This is an example of a job advert. When you find your job advert copy paste it into a document along with the web link, save followingly (Surname_name_UCO_job advert) and upload it to the homework vault.