NorthStarSecond EditionReading and Writing Basic/Low Intermediate

Instructor’s Information:• Name:

Ms Gihan Ismail• Office Hours:

Sundays from 8:00 am to 11:00 am Tuesdays from 8:00 am to 11:00 am• Office Location: The women’s campus, Building # 40, Office # 138• Website address:

http://www.gismail.kau.edu.sa

• This power point presentation is part of the collaborative work of thirteen ELI/ KAU female English language instructors.

• The project comprises the PowerPoint presentations which are presented to the students, the worksheets uploaded on the contributors websites and the revision units.

• The teachers who contributed in the project employed their professional expertise, their technical skill and knowledge and their best practice

methods for the benefit of the students.

• Above all, thanks are extended to every one of the collaborators for her time, effort and cooperation with the group.

• The names of the teachers who collaborated in the project are as follows according to alphabetical order as per first name:

Name of Collaborator

Name of Collaborator

Ms. Amany Abuliel

Ms. Heba Tantawy

Ms. Amal Shousha

Ms. Ingie Zakaria

Ms. Dahlia Yuosri

Ms. Jehan jahin

Ms. Fatima Atteya

Ms. Marwa Eldeeb

Ms. Gihan Ismail

Ms. Ragia Magdeldin

Ms. Hanan Orabi

Ms. Sherine Eldeeb

Ms. Zainab Hefnawy

Units 1-5

Units 6-10

• This is an online external course. Attending all the lectures is not a must. However, it is preferable as you will be able to listen to your teacher and interact with her during class time.

• Once the lecture is published, you will be able to listen to it again and view the slides which accompany the explanation. Yet, there will be no chance to ask or answer questions.

• Every lesson in the book will be covered in nearly one hour and twenty minutes. You will have to cover 8 units and only the grammar and style parts of units 9 and 10.

• The lessons and some revision sheets for every unit are going to be published on the teacher’s website in case you want to go back to them.

• Revision sheets are going to be annexed with an answer key for all the exercises in order to make it easy for you to revise the material, solve related questions and verify answers.

Background information:• This unit is about searching for the best job

which suits a person’s interest and skills. • The background page gives a brief

introduction about the different opinions concerning work and job satisfaction.

• The background page (p.2) tries to gather answers related to your opinions about work and your ideal job; whether you like to work indoors or outdoors; which is more important for you: money or work enjoyment; whether you prefer to work alone or with people and your preference as to the place of work: in an office or from home.

Vocabulary for Comprehension:Career: the kind of work a person does; usually

after learning how and usually for a long time.Employment: work someone pays you for.Hire: to give someone a job.Ideal: perfectManager: the person in charge of a group of

workers.Out of work: without a job

Resume: a piece of paper with your work and education history.

Reward: good things you get in return of work ( such as money or health insurance)

Satisfied: to feel good or happy about something.

Skills: something that you can do well; ability that you have learned and practiced.

Want ads: advertisements, usually in a newspaper, for jobs that are available.

Now.. Let’s look at pages (3) and (4) and try to insertthose words in thesentences which aresuitable for them……

Answers :1.out of work2.career3.resume4.skill‘5.hire

Answers :6. want ads7. satisfied8. rewards9. manager10. employment11. ideal