General English:7
Unit4 Identifying your educational goals
Vocabulary
on-the-job training professional development continuing education teaching certificate internship college counselor
More education
Professinal development and continuing education
Professional development refers to the skills and knowledge you build to enchance education after finishing high school.
Use expressions like these to talk about professional development:
The head teacher coaches the other teachers as part of their professional development. HR scheduled some on-the-job training so we can learn how to use the new software.
Continuing education refers to courses an adult takes to enchance education after finishing high school.Use expressions like these
to talk about continuing education: Ernie has a design degree,but new he's taking a night course in economics at the local college. Maybe I'll get a certificate online.
Grammar
Using gerunds
Expressions with gerunds
Expressions that end in a preposition are generally followed by a gerund - a verb that ends in -ing.Here are four expressions
that are followed by gerunds.You can use them to talk about professional or personal development.
think about + gerund
I've thought about doing some professional development.
interested in + gerund
Jan's interested in coaching other employees.
plan on + gerund
He plans on getting his MBA.
look forward to + gerund
I look forward to taking a night course.
Listening
Shortened words
Reduction of you,and and to
Not every sound in spoken English is pronounced.Often,less important words such as pronouns,conjuncations and prepositions are
Shortened.It's important for you to recognize these reduced words when you hear them.
You
Are you taking a night course? Frank's gonna cocah you.
And
I'm so busy with work and school. And then I got my bachelor's.
To
Liz is planning to get a certificate online. I'd like to do some professional development.
Expressions
My big objective right now is to.... What are your goals? And them,I'm interested in.... My second goal is to.... Well,first I want to .... I began to think of goals. I didn't really have any goals. I can give that instructor a strong recommendation.
