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personal details. 
• You should number all pages and support content pages.
3.
 
Ask students to compare their answers with their partners.
answers:
1. While submitting, one can dump everything in the file.
false
2. You should annotate the evidence in the file.
true
3. You don’t have to number all pages.
false
4. You should give yourself credit whenever you achieve a good 
true
post-reading Time: 10 min.
aim: 
practising the learned materials in speech.
4. 
Ask students to discuss the following questions in pairs. elicit the answers in 
a whole class discussion.
What do you think about developing a portfolio? Give examples. 
Why do you need it?
students own answers.
5. 
Ask students to write about 60 words the most important things in developing 
a portfolio
 
using the following prompts. What are they? Give examples. When 
and why do you need them? 
REvIEW 11. REsUmE, pORTFOlIO.
I. listening
Evaluate your listening skills according to the statements below in the 5 
point scale:
5.
i can listen to and easily understand
everything related to resume, portfolio.
4.
i can listen to and understand most things.
3.
i can listen to and understand some things 
2.
i can understand a few things. 
1.
i cannot understand anything.
mark / 10
 (points are doubled, for example, 5+5=10)
II. Reading
What is an effective resume?
 a) Fill in the gaps using the words in the box
own, abstract, important, adjust
, 
cover letter, goals, short-list, independent, 
academic language, reject
each one of us has (1)____________set for different phases of our life - 

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good schooling, good degree, good job and a well-settled career for a settled life. A 
well-settled career is thus important to live (2) _________ peaceful life. To get a good 
job, we not only need good education and skills, but we also need to present the same 
successfully.
A resume is a systematic, (3)______________________ account of one’s 
educational and professional skills, put forth in a way that it helps the applicant get 
a good job. However, not all resumes get the needed attention. To help your resume 
get the required attention, you must know what an 
effective resume
is and use 
(4)_________________ _______________.
To make your resume impressive, you must know what the employer expects from 
a resume or what he/she does on seeing a resume and (5)_________________ it 
accordingly. the answer to these questions is as follows:
1. Any mistake in the resume or trying to persuade the employer via a (6) 
____________ ____________can be easily understood by the employer. 
2. They just take an (7) ________________ of the resume, and they are so good at 
it that with a glance they can (8) __________ _______________the resume.
these are the two most (9) ________________points to be remembered. the em-
ployer has every right to reject your resume, (10) ___________________your candi
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dature, and does not even need to give you an explanation.