 English Video Lesson 2. Turn Your Passion Into A Career This lesson will give you listening and vocabulary practice through a video. Topic. Turning Your Passion Into A Career Look at the picture. Think about the topic. When you see the title and the picture, what comes to mind? Turning Your Passion Into A Career Prepare to Watch Pre-Listening Questions What is something you are really passionate about? Do you think you can turn the activity into a money-making career? What are the steps to accomplishing your career goals? How can you best plan for and achieve success? How will your life be different in your dream job? Take a few moments to think about or discuss these questions. Feel free to pause the video if you'd like more time. Think about the topic. What vocabulary words might you expect to hear in this video? Make a list. For example, creative, goals, proactive, dream job, matching exercise. Can you guess the meanings of these words? Routine Value Passionate Realistic Network Stretch Entertainment Path Proactive Feel free to pause the video if you'd like more time. We'll come back to these vocabulary words later. When you listen to the video, see if you can hear any of these words. You might want to watch the video twice. Once for the main idea and once again for details. Ready for the video? Get out a piece of paper and pencil so you can take notes. Click the link below for the video. Title. How to turn your passion into a career. From monkeyc.com. Stop this video, then click on the link below for listening. It's in the description. After you've finished watching the video below, come back to this one for comprehension questions. Go ahead and stop this video and click on the link below. How is a video? Take time to summarize the video in your own words. Talk to a partner and tell him or her what you learned. Feel free to pause the video again to summarize with your partner. Check your understanding with comprehension questions. In a moment there will be a comprehension quiz. Would you like to watch the video one more time? Click on the link below to watch the video again. Or wait a moment for the comprehension questions. Take the quiz. Comprehension questions. Why is finding your passion first and foremost in this process? Two. The speaker advises about the types of jobs which More questions. Three. Why is meeting others important? Four. The speaker uses the starving artist's route to emphasize. Five. The main idea of this video is... Pause the video if you need more time. Answer key. Comprehension questions. Why is finding your passion first and foremost in this process? It prepares you for the other steps. Two. The speaker advises about the types of jobs which Value your passion. Three. Why is meeting others important? It can bring you closer to your dream job. Four. The speaker uses the starving artist's route to emphasize Being realistic about lifestyle. Five. The main idea of this article is... Be proactive in following your career dreams. Talking time. Discuss talking points. Do you enjoy your present occupation? Why or why not? What would make a job more enjoyable? What are you passionate about? How do you think you can turn your interests or hobbies into a career? Stop the video and take some time to discuss these questions. Matching exercise. Would you like to try the quiz again? You can stop the video if you need more time. Answers. Routine. Common, everyday actions or schedule. Value. Consider something highly important. Passionate. Highly enthusiastic about something. Realistic. Aware of true conditions. Network. Meeting people for potential future contact. Stretch. Go beyond your usual limits. Entertainment. Amusement. Distraction. Fun. Path. Route toward a destination or goal. Proactive. Self-motivated. Taken initiative. Not reactive. Expressions from the video. What do you think these phrases mean? Turn something around. Pave or paves the way. First and foremost. Get out there. Stretch your pennies. Expressions. Turn something around. Reverse the direction of something. Pave or paves the way. Prepare or make something easier for future use. First and foremost. Most importantly, the highest priority. Get out there. Put yourself into a networking situation. Stretch your pennies. Make your money last longer. Be frugal. More speaking practice. Role play with your partner or teacher. One. Pretend you are your partner's advisor. What recommendations will you give him or her about changing careers to something he or she enjoys more? Pause the video and do this role play. Role play two. Plan the next steps you need to take to enhance your career. What items will you focus on? When will you need to take action? Who will be able to help you? Pause the video again if you'd like to discuss this one. Role play three. Talk to your partner or teacher about your career goals and progress. Ask questions for advice. Pause the video again if you'd like more discussion time. Feel free to discuss this topic more with your friends or classmates. Remember to use some of the vocabulary and phrases you learned from the video. Go ahead and stop the video for final discussion. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to click the thumbs up button below if you like this video. And please submit your ideas for more videos like this. Check out our websites for more information.