留學英文 (Academic Study)


　
Exercise 26
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise

Level: Purpose: Length:
intermediate

Outlining career objectives / 概述未來工作目標

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I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • academic requirements
  • analyzing
  • potential markets
  • enhance
  • export growth
  • emerging markets
  • extensive personal network
  • facilitate
  • initial
  • contribute to
  • marketing theories
  • construct
  • sounder strategic policies
  • competitiveness
  • global markets

Consult page 107 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. How long does Jill plan to work as a marketing strategist?
A. roughly two to four years
B. roughly three to five years
C. roughly six to eight years

2. How will establishing an extensive personal network help Jill?
A. It will help her to facilitate ongoing research
B. It will help her to contribute to her country
C. It will help her to construct sounder strategic policies

3. How does Jill hope to contribute to her country?
A. by analyzing potential markets
B. by thoroughly understanding ermerging markets in Taiwan
C. by researching new marketing theories

4. What does Jill plan to teach in the future?
A. potential markets analysis
B. marketing theory
C. strategic policy

5. What will Jill’s work as a marketing strategist hopefully enable her to do?
A. more thoroughly understand emerging markets in Taiwan
B. research new marketing theories
C. help the government construct sounder strategic policies

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 204 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write a paragraph outlining your career objectives following advanced study. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

3. Write four questions beginning with "What" when asking someone to describe their career objectives, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What kind of strategic policies can Jill hopefully help the government to construct?
Answer: Sounder ones
Example: What career path have you chosen?
Answer: A career in the medical profession

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