Purpose:

Writing Effective Career Statements 有效撰寫英文職涯經歷


Introducing professional and /or research experiences / 介紹研究及工作經驗

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • practicum internships
  • initially
  • unfamiliar with
  • medical instrumentation
  • work flow
  • colleagues
  • proficient
  • interpersonal skills
  • collaborative environment
  • comradeship
  • empathizes with
  • welfare
  • dependants
  • empathy
  • accurately diagnosing
  • disease symptoms
  • acquired
  • theoretical knowledge
  • clinical experience
  • enhance one's research capabilities
  • a calling

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 has Alice been able to use her empathy for patients?
A. developing a collaborative environment among the staff
B. by examining them thoroughly and accurately diagnosing disease symptoms
C. by increasing work efficiency
     
2. How was Alice able to become familiar with the medical instrumentation at the hospital?
A. Her colleagues helped her to become more proficient
B. She acquired the theoretical knowledge
C. She developed her interpersonal skills
   
3. What did Alice's work expose her daily to?
A. family and dependants of patients
B. patients from all walks of life
C. disease symptoms
   
4. How has Alice been able to enhance her research capabilities more effectively to help her patients?
A. by learning quickly
B. by examining them thoroughly and accurately diagnosing disease symptoms
C. by acquiring the theoretical knowledge she needed to combine with her clinical experience
   
5. Why is Alice even more determined to serve sick people as an important part of her career?
A. She empathizes with those in pain and is concerned with their welfare.
B. She considers her work to be almost a calling.
C. She enjoys a collaborative environment among the staff.
   

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript.

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 that expresses your interest in a profession. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this assignment.

3. Write four questions beginning with “How” to ask someone about their interest in a profession and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly come from the listening exercise.
 
Example: How did Alice become familiar with the medical instrumentation, work environment and work flow that she was initially unfamiliar with?
Answer: by learning quickly, and having her colleagues help her to become more proficient
 
Example: How important were interpersonal skills in developing a collaborative environment among the staff and increasing work efficiency?
Answer: to develop a collaborative environment among the staff and increase work efficiency

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