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Why is it important to know the English terminology of your trade? Give examples from your own vocational field.
How do you explain a technical term from your trade to a customer who is not an expert?
How do you make sure you have understood an instruction you get in English at work?
How do you give clear instructions to a colleague or an apprentice in English?
How do you adapt your language when you talk to a customer, a colleague and a manager?
How do you handle a complaint from a customer in English?
How do you make a professional phone call or video call in English at work?
How can you make polite requests and say no politely at work?
How do you talk about health, safety and risk at work in English?
Which differences between British and American English can cause confusion at work?
How can you build and remember the vocabulary of your own trade in English?
How do you describe a tool, a material or a process in English?
How do you explain someone else's reasoning and follow up on it in a discussion?
How do you agree, disagree and reach a compromise in a team meeting at work?
How can you structure an argument so that it is easy to follow in an oral exam?
Discuss: Is vocational education a better choice than general studies for many young people?
Discuss: Will robots and artificial intelligence take over jobs in your trade?
Discuss: Is it a problem that some trades are dominated by one gender?
Discuss: How can your trade become more environmentally friendly?
Discuss: Is social media important for a small business, such as a hair salon, a café or a carpentry firm?
Discuss: Should employers be allowed to monitor their employees, for example with GPS in company vans or cameras at work?
What makes a good workplace? Discuss with examples from your own trade.
What can you do if you do not know the answer to a question or lose track during the exam conversation?
Which English sounds are often difficult for Norwegian speakers, and how can you practise them?
What is word stress, and why does it matter when you use technical and professional words?
How do intonation and sentence stress help you communicate clearly at work?
How can knowledge of Norwegian and other languages you know help you learn English?
What are false friends, and which ones can cause problems at work?
Which grammar mistakes do Norwegian learners often make, and how can you avoid them?
Which tenses do you use when you describe your work, and why?
How can you vary your sentence structures and link your ideas so that your English sounds fluent?
What are idiomatic expressions, and how can you use them at work?
Which strategies can you use to learn English and to prepare for an oral exam?
Which digital resources can help you with language learning and texts, and how do you use them sensibly?
How can you use machine translation and AI tools for work texts without making mistakes or breaking rules?
What kinds of English-language documentation do you meet in your trade, and why is it important to understand them?
Which reading strategies can you use when you read technical documentation in English?
How do you summarise the content of a manual or instruction orally in English?
What is a safety data sheet, and what information can you find in it?
What do hazard pictograms tell you, and how do you explain them in English?
Which language features are typical of instructions and warnings in manuals?
How do you read a work order in English and explain what you are going to do?
What can be difficult about American recipes and manuals, and how do you deal with units like Fahrenheit and inches?
How do you compare two product descriptions and give a customer a recommendation?
What do you do when you meet unknown words in a technical text?
How do you read and explain a package leaflet or patient information in English?
Why is it important to document your own work, and which kinds of texts are used for this in your trade?
How do you write a work log or logbook entry in English?
How do you write a short report about a job or project you have done?
How do you write a deviation report or an incident report in English?
How do you write a professional email to a customer?
How do you write or give a handover report in health and care, and why must it be precise?
How do you write a CV and a job application in English?
How can you describe and document a practical task you have done, so that someone else can understand it or repeat it?
How do you adapt a text about the same job to different readers?
How do you assess and revise your own texts?
How do you make a written text coherent, with good paragraphs and links between ideas?
How can you use feedback from a teacher, a supervisor or a colleague to improve a text about your own work?
How do you assess whether a source is reliable?
How do you compare two factual texts about the same topic from different sources?
How can you tell the difference between independent information and advertising, for example in product reviews and influencer content?
How do you use sources in a critical, appropriate and accountable way in your own texts and presentations?
What is misinformation, and how can you check information you see online?
Are videos, forums and social media good sources for learning practical skills in your trade?
How should you read numbers, statistics and claims about research in a source?
How do you refer to sources when you speak, for example in an oral exam?
How can the same event or topic be presented differently depending on the source's perspective?
What do you need to know about copyright when you use pictures, music and videos in a presentation or at work?
Can you use encyclopedias written by users and AI chat tools as sources?
What does it mean that English is a working language, and where is English used in Norwegian working life?
How did English become an international working language? Describe some key features of its development.
Why is English the common language at sea, and what does that mean for people working in shipping?
How did the oil and gas industry bring English into Norwegian working life?
How is English used as a lingua franca in multicultural workplaces in Norway?
Why is English so important in technology and IT work?
How is English used in tourism, hospitality and service work in Norway?
Discuss: What are the advantages and disadvantages of English as a working language in Norway?
How do you communicate well with people who speak a different kind of English from you?
How do you think the role of English at work will develop in the future?
How important will English be in your own future job, and how can you prepare for it?
Which countries and peoples make up the English-speaking world, and why is it so diverse?
Who were the Windrush generation, and what does their history tell us about work and migration in Britain?
How did the civil rights movement in the USA change rights at work and in society?
What are some important experiences of Indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world, and what can they teach us about care and respect?
How has British colonial history affected India, and why is English important in Indian working life today?
How did class shape working life in Britain, and is class still important today?
Compare health care systems in Britain and the USA. What does the difference mean for patients and health workers?
What was the conflict in Northern Ireland about, and how did the Good Friday Agreement change society?
How can you meet customers, patients or colleagues from different cultures in a respectful and professional way?
What does it mean to have a multicultural workplace, and what are the benefits and challenges?
Discuss: Can working conditions in another country be better or worse than in Norway? Use an example from the English-speaking world.
How can you present and talk about a text you have chosen yourself?
Which literary devices can you find in a text about work, and what effect do they have? Use an example.
How does a short story create suspense? Use an example.
How do factual texts such as news articles, opinion pieces and job adverts differ in content and language?
Discuss a film that shows work or working life. How does the film use form to tell the story?
Which film techniques can you talk about when you analyse a film or a video, and what effects do they have?
How have songs been used to tell stories about work and social conditions? Give examples.
How do video games tell stories, and what can they teach us about work, choices and communication?
How do advertisements and other multimodal texts combine images, text and sound to persuade?
Discuss: Do films and TV series give a realistic picture of your trade?
How can you compare two texts or works from different media about the same theme?
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How did English become an important working language, and what does it mean for workers in my trade in Norway?
What does a worker need to understand in a safety data sheet, and how can we make sure that English documentation is used safely?
Why is precise documentation so important in health and care, and how can a handover report be written well in English?
What does the history of the Windrush generation tell us about work, migration and diversity in Britain, and can it be compared with Norway?
How does Charles Dickens describe industrial work in the novel Hard Times, and is his picture of monotonous work still relevant today?
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