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:

  • assess the quality of
  • enhance one's academic knowledge
  • analytical skills
  • data collection capabilities
  • hands-on experience
  • administrative department
  • corroborate
  • problems at hand
  • practical training
  • previously lacking
  • problems analysis
  • data collection
  • data evaluation
  • collaboration


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. What has definitely strengthened Teresa's research skills?
A. hands-on experience in a hospital administrative department
B. the hospital's practical training
C. numerous opportunities to corroborate what she had learned from textbooks
     
2. What has greatly matured Teresa as an individual?
A. knowledge to solving independently the problems at hand
B. research skills in areas where she were previously lacking
C. participation in a research project
   
3. How was Teresa able to assess the quality of a hospital's medical services?
A. by participating in a project
B. by collecting data
C. by analyzing problems
   
4. How did Teresa apply the knowledge learned from textbooks?
A. to find employment at DEF Corporation
B. to solve independently the problems at hand
C. to assess the quality of a hospital's medical services
   
5. What did Teresa acquire in a hospital administrative department?
A. managerial experience
B. administrative experience
C. hands-on experience
   


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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 was Teresa able to enhance her academic knowledge and significantly improve her analytical skills and data collection capabilities?
Answer: her participation in a project to assess the quality of a hospital's medical services
 
Example: How did Teresa become involved with this project?
Answer: owing to her hands-on experience in a hospital administrative department

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