UNIT 9: HOW TO WRITE A COVERING/ APPLICATION LETTER

Imagine you came across this job offer:

Teaching Fellow in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Loughborough University - School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Location:	Loughborough
Salary:	£38,511 to £45,954
Hours:	Full Time
Contract Type:	Contract / Temporary

Placed on:	17th April 2015
Closes:	11th May 2015
Job Ref:	REQ15273

An exceptional Teaching Fellow is required to lead modules and contribute to teaching in the area of physical education and sport pedagogy, specifically covering sport pedagogy, teaching and coaching, physical education teacher education, including professional studies and school experience.   
The successful applicant will work with partnership schools and co-ordinate aspects of physical education teacher education such as mentor training and development, and teaching practice placements, and supervise the work of students, providing them with academic support and advice.
Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree and a Masters degree in a relevant area, hold a recognised teaching qualification, have experience of teaching at Secondary and Further and/or Higher Education level, and of physical education teacher education.
This full-time post is offered on a fixed-term contract for 2-years to start on 1 September 2015.


How would you write a good application letter to apply for that post?

Click here to learn the basics to write a proper letter of application.

This is the way a covering letter should look like:  
Remember that this type of letters requires a formal style, and they have a particular format. 

-ING OR TO INFINITIVE?

Here you have the answers to check the activities I gave you to practise verbs followed by -ing or to infinitive:

ACTIVITY 1 (the one in the photocopy with the lists of verbs followed by -ing, to inf or inf without "TO")

1. drop   2. not to take   3. to have   4. come   5. jump   6. phoning    7. to play      8. smoking
9. to become     10. to get     11. making    12. to book    13. kicking    14. to inform
15. telling    16. wearing    17. to talk   18. to send   19. going    20. seeing     21. moving
22. looking after      23. to see    24. to know    25. to carry    26. missing    27. to believe   
28. to finish    29. to stay    30. calling   31. to leave   32. to complain    33. seeing   34. not to leave   35. treating
36. to bring    37. not to use    38. taking     39. laughing    40. to meet   41. to reduce  
42. having been   43. to take out    44. turning off     45. going out    46. not phoning

ACTIVITY 2 (the one in the smaller photocpy)

2. going to see    3. go out    4. to have     5. not stay      6. working      7. to wear
8. live     9. laughing     10. to finish      11. seeing      12. not to tell      13. work
14. seeing     15. to help     16. waiting      17. to park    18. speaking     19. getting / to get up
20. not come     21. spending      22. to give


  For further practice click here.

UNIT 9: MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH

Watch this video where Michelle Obama makes a plea for education on her first foreign trip as a First Lady and complete the information on the table below. Later, you can click on comments to check your answers. (activity taken from Isabel Bastida's blog)

UPBRINGING
FEMALE ROLE MODELS
MALE ROLE MODELS
FIRST DATE WITH BARACK
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
FINAL WISH

UNIT 9: EDUCATION AND STUDIES

Click on the links below for a bit more about "Education and Studies":



* Activity 1

* Vocabulary 1

* Vocabulary 2 (with audio)

* Activity 2

* Idioms

UNIT 9: EDUCATION & STUDIES

Hello everyone!

Last day we spent the lesson talking about "Education and Studies". Here you have the videos we watched about the South Korean Education System and the Finnish one:





Can you see any differences between these two systems and the Spanish one?

I also want you to have a look at this video about the UPCT.  
It's full of interesting vocabulary about University studies and life in Cartagena.

UNIT 9: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (answers extra photocopy)

Check your answers to the extra activity I gave you to pracice CONDITIONAL sentences:

2. If I had put more spices in the curry, it would have tasted better (a mixed conditional might be ok here as well, "If I had put ...., the curry would taste better")

3. If I found another job, I might be happier.

4. We wouldn't have got wet if we had taken the bus.

5. If I were you, I wouldn't swim in that river ...

6. Laura wouldn't have left Liam if she hadn't fallen in love with Tom.

7. If he hadn't used the stolen credit card at a hotel, the police wouldn't have found him.

8. They would have a new car if they could afford it.

9. We would have gone on the London Eye if the queue hadn't been so long.

10. If we weren't working, we wouldn't be able to pay all bills.

11. I would have bought a ticket if I had known you wanted to go to the concert.

12. Nicola wouldn't be so overweight if she did some exercise.

UNIT 9: ODD JOBS

Last day in Kerrin's class you played a game in which you had to guess your partener's "odd job". 

Click here to read a text about more "extraordinary, weird jobs". 

• Which one do you think is the most interseting/ boring/ unusual/ exciting?
• What other odd jobs have you heard of?
• What kind of person would do things like that for a living?
• What qualities are required for each of these jobs?
•  Which of these jobs would you be able to do? Why?
•  Which of them would you never agree to even if you were offered lots of money? Why? 

UNIT 9: MIXED CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

"If I had known you ten years ago, I'd be married to you"
"If I had the qualifications, I would've got that job"

Click on the links below to practise "mixed conditional sentences":

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional10.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-90678.php

UNIT 9: READING (pag.66-67)

Click here to check the reading activities on pag. 66

UNIT 9: EXTRA LISTENING PRACTISE "JOBS"

Click on the links below for some listening practice:


http://www.esl-lab.com/jobhunting/jobhuntingrd1.htm

Does the way you look affect your career? Audio & task (you may  need headphones as the quality is not very good).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit5/

UNIT 9: WORKING AT GOOGLE

This is the video we saw in class showing how nice it is to work at google:



Do you think working at google is really that good? Can you think of any drawbacks?

REPORTING VERBS (answers extra activity)

I nearly forgot!

Sorry for the delay, these are the answers to the extra activity I gave you to practice verb patterns after some reporting verbs:

1. paying      2. to go out         3. not to walk        4. stealing         
5. to give up       6. not to leave    7. taking       8. not remembering

1. The cyclist blamed the bus driver for causing the accident.
2. The cyclist accused the bus driver of causing the accident.
3. New students are always encouraged to join ...
4. The politician denied having an affair ...
5. I suggested going to Italy ...
6. Students generally congratulate each other on passing ...
7. Christine and Harry announce at the party that ...
8. ..., so I advised her to see a solicitor.
9. The kidnapper threatened to kill their son ...
10. The Union agreed to call off the strike if ...

Ana

UNIT 9: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

 

Hello again!

Here you have the powerpoint presentation on Conditional Sentences we saw last day in class:

For further practice, click on the links below:

• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2
• More on Conditional sentences (theory and activities)

UNIT 9: CAREERS AND STUDIES

"THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD"

Would you ever apply for a job which requires mobility, working 24 hours, 7 days a week, with no salary or holidays? I bet you wouldn't, but remember those who do so every single day of their lives, MOMS!

This is the video we saw in class:



If you are a father, I have another video for you:



Have a nice day, and see you on Wednesday.

Ana

BOOK REVIEW

We are about to finish the course so it's time you finished reading the book you chose at the beginning of the course and wrote your review. I want you to hand it in after Easter so as to check them all before the end of the course.

Remember I also proposed you to prepare an oral presentation about the book. If you want to do it, please write your name in the calendar I put on the notice board in the class to let me know when you'll give your presentation.

I'm looking forward to listening to your reviews,

Ana 

UNIT 8: REPORTED SPEECH AND REPORTING VERBS

Have a look at this document, which contains some activities to practice reported speech and reporting verbs.

Here you have an online activity as well:

* Activity 1

And to finish, the powerpoint with "The polite robber"

UNIT 8: REPORTED SPEECH

Click here to revise the use and main changes when reporting statements, questions and commands.

Do you need extra practise? Click on the activities below:

Activity 1
Activity 2

UNIT 5-8: REVIEW AND CHECK WHAT YOU KNOW

Click here to check the answers to the "Quiz" on pag.61 and here for the answers to the review activities on pag. 62 and 63. 

If you haven't completed them yet, it's time to do it because they are good practise to revise everything learned from unit 5 to 8.

See you next Monday