Об этом курсе: This course, the first in the "Interviewing and Resume Writing in English" specialization, guides you to discover the interests, talents and competencies that you can use to find and do work that leverages your strengths, passions and who you are as a person, so you can start doing work that matters to you and to the world. Whether you already have a career and are looking to move forward, whether you’re looking to change careers, whether you’re starting out in the world of work, whether you’re coming back into the world of work after some time away – this course will help you see your path more clearly and will teach you how to communicate your value to an employer in a way that he or she can immediately recognize. After completing this course, you will be able to 1) use your individual cognitive, social and emotional traits, together with areas of interest, to discover how to find the future jobs that can give you the greatest satisfaction; 2) identify transferable skills of greatest value to the employers who have the jobs you’re interested in; 3) apply a simple strategy for presenting your skills to an employer in an effective and convincing fashion.
Автор: University of Maryland, College Park
Преподаватели: Charles Duquette, Lecturer/Marketing Coordinator
Maryland English Institute
| Основные сведения | Course 1 of 5 in the Interviewing and Resume Writing in English Specialization |
| Уровень | Intermediate |
| Язык | English |
| Как пройти курс | Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания. |
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Welcome
This module introduces you to the specialization, giving you background and an overview of what you will learn in the weeks ahead.
1 видео, 2 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 practice quiz
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss your goals for the specialization.
- Practice Quiz: Online Learning Self-Assessment
- Reading: How This Course is Graded
- Reading: Please respond to this survey
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Researching Yourself
In this module, you'll begin developing your individual strategy to guide your job search, from picking a career direction to measuring effectiveness of your search.
7 видео, 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 2 practice quizzes
- Practice Quiz: Concept Review
- Видео: Using an Interest Profiler
- Reading: Link to Interest Profiler
- Peer Review: Interest Profiler
- Reading: Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review
- Видео: Using Neuroscience
- Reading: Link to Pymetrics
- Reading: Article from New Atlantic
- Peer Review: Pymetrics Profile
- Reading: Read Me - An Important Note about the Peer Review
- Видео: Interpersonal Style Inventory
- Discussion Prompt: Reflection on Your IPI
- Видео: Identifying Your Dependable Strengths
- Видео: Personal Characteristics
- Discussion Prompt: Modesty in Your Home Culture
- Видео: Using Your Research
- Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection
Оцениваемый: Dependable Strengths
Оцениваемый: Phrases for Demonstrating Skills
Оцениваемый: Top 5 Goals and Plans
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
Discovering Your Transferable Skills
In this module, you'll learn how to develop and apply an important strategy used in the English-language world to communicate core competencies to a prospective employer.
7 видео, 1 practice quiz
- Practice Quiz: Concept Review
- Видео: Skills to Competencies
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Skills vs. Competencies
- Видео: Identifying Your Opportunities
- Видео: Using Stories
- Видео: Building Your Story File
- Видео: Interview - Part 1
- Видео: Interview - Part 2
Оцениваемый: Reflecting on Your Stories
Оцениваемый: Storytelling Reflection
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Improving Your English Pronunciation
In this module, you'll learn how to control your use of intonation and rhythm in spoken English. These dynamics do more to improve your comprehensibility than any other feature of the spoken language.
5 видео, 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Reading Sample - Do This Before the Peer Review
- Practice Quiz: Self-Reflection
- Видео: Jump-Up and Step-Down
- Видео: Using Phrasing
- Reading: Good Sites for Mirroring Practice
- Видео: Knowing Where to Make Pitch Jumps
- Видео: Word Rhythm
- Reading: Accentuate the Beat
Оцениваемый: Your Speech Clarity.
Оцениваемый: Concept Review
Оцениваемый: Concept Review
Оцениваемый: Concept Review
Оцениваемый: Concept Review
Оцениваемый: Concept Review
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Becoming a More Efficient Language Learner
In this module, you'll learn strategies you can adopt to becoming a more fluent and more confident speaker of English.
8 видео, 6 материалов для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: Becoming a More Fluent Speaker
- Видео: Applying the Lexical Approach
- Видео: Practicing Courage
- Reading: The Courage to Be a Language Learner
- Видео: Developing Cultural Competencies
- Reading: Cultural Literacy
- Видео: Demonstrating Commitment
- Reading: The Role of Commitment in Learning
- Видео: Developing Expert Performance
- Reading: The Making of an Expert
- Видео: Adopting Deliberate Practice
- Reading: An Overview of Deliberate Practice
- Reading: If you haven't taken the survey...
Оцениваемый: Lesson 1-3 Review
Оцениваемый: Plan for Language Learning
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University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 37,000 students, 9,000 faculty and staff, and 250 academic programs. Its faculty includes three Nobel laureates, three Pulitzer Prize winners, 47 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. The institution has a $1.8 billion operating budget, secures $500 million annually in external research funding and recently completed a $1 billion fundraising campaign.
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I appreciate for workaround for improving English in my professional life
This has been a valuable course enabling me to identify my employable strengths and passions. It has helped me to determine which direction I should take as I make a career change. Practical assignments requiring the formulation of real goals and plans to achieve success have been very helpful.
Mr. Duquette is a brilliant mind and superb lecturer. He has created a remarkable and effective course which is truly helping me gain the skills I need to succeed in life. The course is delivered with high quality presentations, outstanding material, and is easy to navigate. Thank you, Mr. Duquette, for putting together th
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very good course