Taking Minutes in a Meeting

Hello LINC 8 Afternoon Students,

Here's the link to audio 6.16 (Part 1). Please listen to it and correct any errors in the minutes on p. 289.

Here's the link to audio 6.16 (Part 2). Please listen to it and write your minutes on the back of the handout.

Writing Reference Letters

Hello LINC 8 Afternoon Students,

Please read over the following tips for writing a reference letter. This webpage contains a good example of a letter of reference for an employee.

Here's another useful link with another sample reference letter. You can get some good ideas here.

Please use these resources and complete the WRITING TASK as homework. You can hand it in on Monday!


Here's the link to audio 6.15, which we listened to in class.

Running Effective Meetings

Hi LINC 8 Students in the Afternoon!

Here's the link to the video on Running Effective Meetings.

Please watch the entire video. We only watch about half of it in class!

Here's a link to information on the subjunctive form of verbs. This page has a link to exercises that you can do online! But please do the exercises in today's handout for tomorrow's class first!

Meetings!

Hi LINC 8 Afternoon Students,

We're now exploring how to conduct formal meetings.

Here's the audio file 6. 14 which describes the various aspects of a formal meeting, including the call to order, minutes, regrets, motions, and adjournment.

Here's the audio file 6.12 which has excerpts from five different types of meetings.

Also, please check out this introduction to Robert's Rules of Order.

We watched these videos last week:

Here is the link to the video on Ineffective Meetings.

In contrast, here's the link to the video with the same actors showing us an Effective Meeting.

More on Interview Questions

Hello LINC 8 Afternoon Students,

Check out this video that offers great tips on how to respond to various types of interview questions.

An interview expert offers practical tips, and the video shows him talking with a student who is looking for a job. He reviews her answers to his questions, commenting on what she does well, etc.

Note that there's a "captions" option next to the "settings" wheel -- by clicking on this, you can read the text of what's said. This may help you understand the video better.

Small Talk

Hello LINC 8 Students,

Welcome to my blog for LINC 8 in the afternoon.

This week, we've been discussing and practicing interview skills.

Small talk is a key skill once you've got the job -- and it may even help you get the job!

Many students are intimidated, confused and fearful of situations where small talk may be very helpful in establishing relationships with co-workers.

You can practice anywhere, anytime!

Please check out this WikiHow page on "How to Make Small Talk."

Read it over and make some notes on the key concepts that can help you chat with people.

We'll be practicing more small talk next week!

By the way, here's the link to the video we watched in class today on small talk.

Watch it again and see what new things you hear and see!

Have a great weekend!

Doug

PS. Here's the link to Josh Groban's song "You Raise Me Up".