Diego Bejarano

Diego Bejarano

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    Your skills as an international graduate of a UK university

    The best skill that I got is the adabtibility, I really think that is not a problem for me to adapt in a new job, places, people, etc.

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    Irregular verbs Ser and Estar

    Yes it is identical, im from south america and is not a difficult language to learn for me

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    Reflection from "Let's Learn Portuguese"

    1 how are you?
    2 what is your name?
    3 how old are you?

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    Anna’s email to Janet

    party will be good

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    Disagreeing politely

    Yes of course we had disagreements. It arises in meeting. Then we will discuss in a polite manner.

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    Dealing with disagreement

    e disagreed with Greg and Janet about paint balling

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    Planning the event

    Restaurant suggested bu Janet , reason not to do people talking to the person next to her

    Karaoke suggested by Greg , but Janet doesn t like this kind of events

    Bowling suggested by Ben, but not enough exciting for Janet

    Paintballing suggested by Greg

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    Team building

    Karaoke most fun

    Yes, I've. I really enjoyed it. It was a day out by the sea

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    Greg's health and safety induction

    1.No, Lizzie doesn't have to do manual handling training. Her line manager decides if she needs to do it.

    2. They should go to the assembly area.

    3. The fire alarm tests every Thursday morning.

    4. They have not leave the building every week. It's only a quick test.

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    Health and safety at work

    In my job we have health and safety training, we work in dangerous places

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    Your working day

    My job starts from 5am to 2pm. We just have 15 minutes for lunch. We are 7 people in my team

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    Greg meets Ben

    Start and leave time is 8-4.

    Lunch hour is 1hour.

    Team meeting once a fortnight.It lasts one hour. Everybody must go

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    Welcome to Week 4

    What did you need to know?
    my roles, my team
    Who did you ask?
    working hours

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    Your rules and regulations

    Rules in my workplace are very similar than Greg's rules
    I always follow the rules.
    Don't smoke is very important in the workplace

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    Greg's induction meeting - rules and regulations

    Office ID: must have it all the time.

    Kitchen facilities: can use microwave

    Noise levels: down

    Telephone use: ok, using a private rooms

    Smoking: not allowed

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    IT rules

    similar

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    Line management

    Who is Greg’s line manager? josh
    Who is Lizzie’s line manager? janet

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    Talking about responsibility

    I'm responsible for checking all products before to export.
    I worked alone in my last job, so the only problem was with the computer and software

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    Greg’s induction meeting - departments and roles

    IT Department

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    Business acronyms

    PR- Public Relations

    IT- Information Technology

    MD- Managing Director

    PA- Personal Assistant

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    Greg’s job offer, Part 1

    How does Greg react to the job offer?
    He's very happy to accept the offer
    Is it possible for him to start the new job next week?
    He got a temporary contract with his actual job and it is too early to leave his present job
    How long is the normal notice period in Greg’s present job?
    The normal notice period in his present job is a month.
    What start date...

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    Welcome to Week 3

    I remember that in my first job day I was so nervous and exciting. At the beginning it was difficult to adapt

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    Some final advice from Rob

    Prepare yourself

    Prepare your answers

    Relax and be confident

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    The right plans to talk about

    I hope to learn more about the finance side of the business.

    I’d like to develop new ideas for the marketing operations here.

    I want to get more experience in advertising and direct sales.

    I expect to make valuable contributions to the company’s growth.

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    Greg’s interview, Part 2

    I plan to study while I'm working to boost my skills

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    Discussing future plans

    I expect to receive a notification of renewal within two weeks.
    I hope to improve my english skills
    I intend to be a good worker
    I plan to work perfectly
    I want to get a job early
    I’d like to work which I like it

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    The present perfect and experience

    Have you ever done any voluntary work?
    No, I don't but I really would like to work in farm voluntary work.
    Have you ever worked in an office?
    No, I don't but I think that I'm prepared for this area because I have knowledge with computer

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    Skills and experience – giving full answers

    I'm good at technology skills
    I have good organisation
    I have a lot of experience in dealing with customers

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    Mali’s skills and experience

    Have you ever worked in an office?
    No.

    Are you a competent computer user?
    Yes, I use Microsoft word and I use the computer a lot.

    Why do you think you’re suitable for this job?
    I am a hard working, calm, friendly, and patient person.

    Have you had to deal with complaints?
    Yes, I worked in a Sports shop and I had to deal with complaints.

    Are...

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    Greg’s interview, Part 1

    Greg said that he is creative, able to resolve problems, patient, polite, calm, and reliable.

  • Diego Bejarano made a comment
    Tell me about yourself

    I'm very patient. For example, I was in maddening situations many times and I could to get control of the situation

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    What will the interviewer ask you?

    I would answer with my soft skills in this question

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    Practical interview tips

    the tips are so useful, i'll apply in my next interview

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    Tom’s advice for Greg

    be on time, make a good first impression, formal attire, be well prepared, practice how to answer the interviewers questions effectively, turn off phone

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    How to prepare

    Review your CV and looking for information about the job

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    Your interviews

    I just had one interview job, I remember that I was so nervous but I was confident too. Finally, I got that job, It was a great experience.

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    Your CV

    Skills: soft and hard skills
    Education: english courses certificates
    Experience: job positions
    Interests: travelling, music, reading,

  • Diego Bejarano made a comment
    Yasmin’s advice on Mali’s CV

    In my country, CV is too long, people add a lot information like high school certificate, I think that is not necessary these extra info

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    Mali’s CV

    I like this CV, short and exact. I'll add a profile photo

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    I've found an interesting advert

    Yes, she has a good spoken and written english/chinese, she has bussiness diploma, etc. She's the right person

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    Job adverts

    In my country we don't have job advert

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    Applying for a job

    Job advertisement from a newspaper.
    CV is a written record of your work and education history.
    covering letter: the letter you send with job applications to say why you are fit fir the job.

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    What skills do you have?

    hard skills: drive licence, typing, microsoft office

    soft skills: ambition, collaboration , self motivated, flexibility/adaptability

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    Tom advises Greg

    In my country is so difficult to find a job. Nobody accept your CV and It's impossible to work with an agreement so, unfortunately, all these extra information doesn't help me

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    Looking for a job

    Anywhere, I don't care what kind of job, just to get one is the most important but I'd like to work in office or something like that.
    I asked to my aunt, she get me into in my first job.
    Actually I work as food delivery, my best friend is owner of a Pizza Restaurant.

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    What kind of job would you like?

    I'd like to have a job in Amsterdam.
    I enjoy working around with people of all ages.
    I'd prefer not stay with a warm weather in my job site.
    I don't want to work on weekends.

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    I thought you liked your job

    infinitive form: do, work, like, sleep, prefer, change, help, try, have, find

    ing form: thinking, walking , working

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    Meet Greg and Tom

    I'd like to have a job that pays well
    I'm not interested in a activities related with maths o something like that.
    I wouldn't mind working in a rural job

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    What do you like doing?

    I'm good working with the computer, I worked as operator in a tobacco industry, that was my last job I really liked it. I also worked in many areas and I liked most of these jobs, I always have adpat in all jobs that I had.

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    Welcome to the course

    Hi! My name is Diego, I'm 23 years old, I'm from Argentina.

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    Reflection

    Thank you so much, I learned a lot in all these weeks. I'm really so happy with this course. It was a pleasure!

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    The word list and the reading passage for the second recording
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    The phenomenon of linking discussed

    The rule is so clear.

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    Analyzing and practising intonation

    In my native language we use intonation in expressions or questions too

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    Stress analysed in commonly mispronounced words in English

    Not easy but thanks for to share that page, it's so useful

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    Stress-timed versus syllable-timed stress

    In spanish we have a lot of words with stress but it so easy to find

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    Suprasegmental features in English: intelligibility, credibility and identity

    No stress when I'm speaking

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    Reflection

    I learned consonants so quickly ever, this week was awesome. I'm so happy.

    I have some mistakes with /g/, /ʒ/ or /dʒ/ sounds I really would like to get more examples about that.

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    Application to the word list

    THANKS!

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    A different pronunciation of /v/ analysed

    I have no difficulty between these consonants.

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    A different pronunciation of /w/ analysed

    I have no problem with "w" and "v" sounds

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    Different pronunciations of 'r' analysed

    In my native language we don't have "l" and "r" but it isn't difficult for me to pronounce

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    A different pronunciation of /s/ analysed

    I pronounce /s/ very well.

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    Different pronunciations of 'th' analysed

    I pronounce "th" with no problem

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    The deletion of words endings analysed

    I do it when I don't know how to pronounce the word

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    A different pronunciation of clear l analysed

    I always pronounce l at the end of the word

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    Aspiration

    I didn't pronounce /p,t,k/ before but now, I'm practising it and I pronounce this conosonants with aspiration.

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    Consonant clusters

    I like to add a vowel for more clarity but I think that isn't intelligibility

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    English consonants: intelligibility, credibility and identity

    I still haven't some problem with consonants

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    Brainstorming about consonants and intelligibility

    I think that it is so difficult for another speakers. I speak spanish and I haven't problem to pronounce these sounds

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    Reflection

    These 2 weeks there were so important for me. I'm a beginner and I'm improving a lot of skills on my spoken English.

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    Different pronunciations of the diphthongs FACE and GOAT analysed

    I pronounce the face-diphthong and the goat-diphthong as diphthongs. Anyways I don't understand to speakers from The Netherlands, India, Africa. I'll focus on them

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    Different pronunciations of the STRUT-vowel analysed

    I thought that I wouldn't have problem with the Strut-vowel but It's difficult to find a difference between "laugh" and "love". I'll work it

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    Different pronunciations of the NURSE-vowel analysed

    I'm form Argentina, we don't have the nurse-vowel obviously, but isn't difficult to prounce it, for me

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    Different pronunciations of the TRAP-vowel analysed

    I use trap vowel when I'm speaking, nice example!

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    Different pronunciations of vowel length analysed

    Yes, I try to pronounce long and short vowels but I'm a beginner and it's a little bit difficult.

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    Brainstorming about vowels and intelligibility

    Here we can see the important of intelligibility in critical situations.

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    Reflection

    I learned a lot with this first week. I never saw this topic, it was so good.

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    Ask your education questions online

    Do you have any tip for to learn non-rhotic pronunciation?

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    A fun exercise for practising (non)rhoticity

    Awesome! Good way to learn! Thank you!

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    The word list in a non-rhotic and in a rhotic accent

    I like Brithish accent but is a little bit difficult than America accent.

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    The notion of rhoticity explained

    I learned english with the rhotic form but I like these two ways

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    The word list and the reading passage for the recording
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    Setting personal goals regarding English pronunciation

    I would like to work on my hearing because when people speak quickly I can't get some words.

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    What English pronunciation features are difficult for you?

    I have problems If people speak quickly

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    Introduction to week 1

    Alright

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    Summary activity - Time to write about yourself!

    Yesterday, I wake up at 4pm, too late. It's due to a meeting with my friends. Then I wake up I ate my lunch and I did my classroom english. After that I went to the gym, I trained so hard, I cooked the dinner and I went to the sleep.

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    Asking questions in the past tense

    Did you see my shoes?

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    Time to write something - Asking each other questions

    Task 1.
    What's your instagram account?
    Where do you spend your free time?
    How did you learn english?
    Which type of book do you like?
    Why I feel so sick

    Task 2.

    Could I play soccer in this area?
    Can I give you a gift?

    Could you tell me how to do this work?
    Could you leave, please?

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    Asking each other questions

    When's your gym time?

    What's your identity document?

    Where did you learn to play guitar?
    Who's this boy?
    Which music do you recommend listening to?

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    Wh - words in questions

    I like English but I would like to learn French

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    Asking Questions

    What's your full name?

    What’s your date of birth?

    What´s your phone number?

    What´s your email address?

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    Ahmed receives an email from the Accommodation Officer

    Joan needs a deposit and a copy of his university offer from admissions.

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    Ahmed's 'To Do' list

    FALSE

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    Ali messages Ahmed

    False. this message is from Ali

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    Ending a conversation

    Thank you for the help, have a good day.

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    What's your surname?

    My surname is Bejarano.

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    Where were you born?

    I was born in Jujuy, Argentina. I live in the same city actually. All my friends and family is here too.

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    Ahmed speaks to the accommodation officer

    He was born in Syria.

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    Listening: What will you be doing in this activity?

    Yes, I filled out many forms at University, Job, Hospital, etc. I shared information like name, age, home adrees, identity document and more