English for vocational programmes

Welcome to Workshop

• Building and construction technology

• Technical skills and industrial production

• Electrical and electronic subjects

• Restaurant and food processing trades

• Health and social subjects

• Nature studies and biological production

• Design and craft subjects

• Media and communication

• Service, travel and transport

Nine books for nine programmes

• focus on competence

• learning strategies and self-assessment

• digital competence

• language terminology

• varied communication strategies

• mathematical and technical information for communicative purposes

• indigenous peoples

• literature from different eras

• film, music and other art forms

What’s new?

• general and vocational chapters

• interdisciplinary topics and exercises

• relevant communication skills for the global work place

• motivating and interesting

General and vocational topics

What will be covered at Vg2 level?• literature from 1500 –• language history• other aspects of society

e.g. law and order, power and politics, work, the media, the environment

• film and other art forms

One book for Vg1, one book for Vg2

Table of ContentsPage Title Genre Topic

9 1 Gateways

10 A World Language factual text English in the world

15 The Journey by Cathy Cassidy short story Personal journeys

21 In the Land of Oz by Howard Jacobson travel account Travelling abroad

26 Wherever I Hang by Grace Nichols poem Adapting to new surroundings

29 2 American Life

30 Quick Visits to the USA collage Background information

33 Made in America factual text American values

36 American Giants listening cd Fame and philanthropy

38 There Is No Word for Goodbye by Mary TallMountain

poem Native American wisdom

41 Only Approved Indians Can Play: Made in USA by Jack Forbes

short story The questions of identity

45 Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals novel excerpt Racism and integration

50 The Memory by Maya Angelou poem Memories of slavery

51 When a Dream Becomes a Nightmare factual text Illegal immigration

54 North of the Rio Grande song Looking for the American dream

• Contents

• Main language and communication aims

• Self-assessment

• Before reading

• Fast facts

• Extra

• How to.. pages

• Author information

• Icons

Structural elements

• Reading and understanding

• Speaking

• Language

• Writing

• Listening

• Further study

Types of exercises

Texts in chapter 2:Quick Visits to the USA

Made in America

American Giants

There Is No Word for Goodbye

Only Approved Indians Can Play

Warriors Don’t Cry

The Memory

When a Dream Becomes a Nightmare

North of the Rio Grande

One Punch Knock-Out – Girl Gangs

Car Culture

“Minute Men”

Theme: “The American Dream”

9 million illegal immigrants

death trains

song

exercises

teacher’s book/

web site

writing

Texts in chapter 5:

Abducted by Aliens

They’re Made Out of Meat

The Eagle Has Landed

The Phone Call

To Nintendo

Brandon: Virtually Real

Theme: Mobile phones and communication today and in the future

Text in italics to show the difference between what takes place in the present and in the future

Teenagers are bullied by text messages

In a survey published in the UK, more than half of all teenagers said they had been bullied by text or picture messages on their mobile phones. Some even claimed they had thought about suicide as a result of the bullying. More than 4,000 teenagers, aged 13 to 19 were questioned in the survey.

According to the study, it is quite common for teenagers to become targets of vicious text messages, or embarrassing and intimidating pictures. The text and picture messages are also said to sometimes be a part of more severe bullying, including physical violence and blackmail. In some cases, teenagers complained of having their belongings damaged or stolen.

The survey revealed that vicious messages had caused serious physical and mental problems, including depression and eating disorders. There were also incidents of drug taking as a result of the bullying. Furthermore, it found that boys are five times more likely to become depressed if they have been bullied than those who have not. Girls who are victims of text or picture message bullying are twice as likely to feel lack of confidence and self-esteem. They also express feelings of shame. What may come as a surprise to many is that whether a child is likely to become a victim of abusive messages seems to depend on the home environment, according to the survey.

With more and more teenagers depending on their mobiles for social interaction, this is a difficult problem to combat. Most of the teenagers in the study said their social life would suffer if they did not have their mobile phones, even those who said they had received “sick” messages. Because teenagers tend to keep their phones on 24/7, bullies can reach their victims anytime, anywhere. One teenager felt her mobile was being used as a weapon to hurt her and control her life. She agreed that she could switch it off, but then claimed she would feel too alone. For her, it was a no win situation.