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| Personal Information | |
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| My Name is Jessica | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Introduce self | |
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| Identify countries and nationalities | |
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| Complete a student registration form | |
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| Ask and answer personal information questions | |
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| Talk about current and past jobs | |
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| Give personal information | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Present tense of be | |
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| Questions with be | |
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| Be: past tense | |
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| Past be questions and short answers | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Meet My Family | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Introduce family members and people you know | |
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| Describe family members and people you know | |
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| Describe height and weight in feet/pounds | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Object pronouns | |
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| Lessons | |
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| First Day at Work Job: Computer Animator | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Ask and answer Wh- questions | |
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| Talk about work schedules | |
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| Talk about hobbies | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Wh- questions | |
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| Like + infinitive | |
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| Chapter Review "New in Town" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Read and write e-mails | |
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| Complete a class information chart | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Social, cultural diversity | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Acquiring and evaluating information | |
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| Interpreting and communicating information | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What's She Doing? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Identify household chores | |
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| Discuss frequency of activities | |
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| Use common "make" and "do" expressions | |
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| Ask and answer question about household chores | |
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| Grammer | |
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| Idioms: make vs do | |
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| Frequency words - word order | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Jessica's Neighborhood | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Read and understand a map | |
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| Understand compass point directions | |
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| Ask for and give directions | |
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| Distinguish between current and habitual actions | |
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| Interpret postal rates and services | |
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| Grammer | |
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| Simple present: habitual actions | |
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| Verb tense review: present | |
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| Simple vs. present continuous | |
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| Can: ability | |
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| Could: possibility; probability | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What Do You Do at Work? Job: Mail Carrier | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Interpret a postal delivery schedule | |
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| Correlate weight to cost using ounces/pounds | |
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| Identify common work activities | |
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| Chapter Review "Jessica's New Neighborhood" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Write about your neighborhood | |
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| Interview people about their jobs | |
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| Talk about your "commute" | |
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| Grammer | |
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| Simple present: scheduled activities | |
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| Non-action verbs | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Systems | |
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| Negotiating | |
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| Acquiring and evaluating information | |
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| Food | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Thanksgiving Dinner | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Identify places in the kitchen | |
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| Identify common Thanksgiving foods | |
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| Distinguish between count and noncount nouns | |
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| Contrast general and specific nouns | |
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| Identify common beverages | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Nouns: count/noncount | |
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| Quantifiers: much / many / a lot / a little / a few / some / any | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What Do We Need? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Talk about future plans | |
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| Plan and write a shopping list | |
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| Read and understand ads and coupons | |
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| Interpret food labels | |
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| Grammer | |
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| A / an or some | |
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| Verbs with infinitives | |
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| Going to: future plans | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What Would You Like? Job: Waitress | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Give and take restaurant orders | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Like vs. would like | |
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| Like + gerund or infinitive | |
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| Would like + infinitive | |
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| Chapter Review "Delicious" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Compare foods from different countries | |
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| Work together to plan a party | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic Skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Decision making | |
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| Acquiring and evaluating information | |
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| Serving customers | |
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| Allocating resources | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Is There a Swimming Pool? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Identify and describe homes and furniture | |
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| Read and interpret rental ads | |
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| Compare home/apartment features | |
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| Grammar | |
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| There is / was; there are / were | |
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| Word order | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Comparative adjectives | |
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| Lessons | |
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| How Do You Like the Apartment? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Talk about housing needs and wants | |
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| Compare two apartments | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Too: excessive | |
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| Too / very | |
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| As...as comparisons | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Call the Manager Job: Apartment Manager | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Describe housing problems | |
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| Call to ask about a rental ad | |
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| Complain about a housing problem | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Too and enough | |
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| Chapter Review "Moving" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Read and interpret a lease | |
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| Work together to write a rental ad | |
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| Negotiate a lease | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Decision making | |
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| Interpreting and communicating information | |
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| Negotiating | |
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| Participating as a member of the team | |
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| The Past | |
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| Lessons | |
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| How Was Your Day? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Talk about past events | |
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| Use common regular verbs in the past tense | |
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| Ask and answer questions about past events | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Simple past: regular verbs | |
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| Past time expressions | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Yesterday | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Memorize and use common irregular verbs in past tense | |
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| Describe common recreational activities | |
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| Describe a sequence of past events | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Simple past: irregular verbs | |
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| Simple present vs. simple past | |
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| Past tense questions | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What Did You Do on That Job? Job: Store Manager | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Talk about past job duties | |
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| Interpret a time line | |
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| Create a personal and professional time line | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Ago with simple past | |
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| Chapter Review "Jessica's Interesting Day" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Write about your day | |
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| Create a team story | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Visualizing | |
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| Negotiating | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Free Time | |
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| Lessons | |
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| How Was Your Vacation? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Identify common American holidays | |
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| Ask and answer questions about free time activities | |
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| Offer, decline, and accept invitations | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Go + gerunds | |
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| Combine sentences with and or but | |
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| Past tense: short answers | |
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| Lessons | |
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| How Was the Weather? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Write about a past vacation | |
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| Talk about the weather | |
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| Interpret a weather map | |
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| Grammer | |
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| Be past for weather | |
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| Non-referential subject: it | |
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| Short answers: did vs. was / were | |
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| Past tense: negative | |
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| Lessons | |
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| I work at a Travel Agency Job: Travel Agent assistant | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Read and interpret travel ads | |
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| Interpret transportation schedules | |
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| Read and interpret a bar graph | |
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| Create a bar graph | |
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| Grammer | |
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| Simple present for scheduled future events | |
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| Chapter Review: "Vacations" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Work with a team to plan a vacation | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Visualizing | |
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| Decision making | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Working with cultural diversity | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Where Can I Find the Pots and Pans? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Identify departments in a department store | |
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| Ask for and give locations | |
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| Read and interpret a bar graph | |
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| Create a bar graph | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Will / won't: future predictions | |
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| Might / may: future possibility | |
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| Lessons | |
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| I Might Buy Earrings | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Write a story in the future tense | |
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| Make predictions using will or won't | |
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| Talk about future possibilities | |
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| Use superlatives to rank people / things | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Will: contractions | |
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| Will with probably | |
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| Comparative adjectives: review | |
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| Superlative adjectives | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Customer Service Job: Sales Clerk | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Describe product defects | |
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| Return or exchange an item | |
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| Compare ads | |
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| Chapter Review: Christmas Shopping | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Compute discounts using percentages | |
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| Understand and fill out a credit card application | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Problem solving | |
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| Serving customers | |
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| Organizing and maintaining information | |
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| Allocating human resources | |
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| Health and Safety | |
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| Lessons | |
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| What's the Problem? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Describe medical problems | |
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| Identify parts of the face and body | |
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| Describe common medical treatments | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Be vs do questions: review | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Safety Rules | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Understand common safety signs | |
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| Give and respond to safety warnings | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Must / must not / have to / not have to | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Emergencies Job: Nurse | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Fill out an accident report | |
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| Talk about medical history | |
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| Fill out a medical history form | |
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| Read and interpret prescription labels | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Past continuous: introduction | |
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| Past continuous with while | |
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| Chapter Review: "Earthquake" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Call in late for work | |
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| Discuss common safety procedures | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Creative thinking | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Acquiring and evaluating information | |
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| Interpreting and communicating information | |
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| On the Job | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Need Any Help? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Ask for and offer help | |
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| Accept and decline help | |
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| Describe steps in a process | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Can / can't: ability | |
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| Object pronouns after prepositions | |
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| Will: offers to help | |
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| Reflexive pronouns | |
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| Indefinite pronouns: someone / somebody, anyone / anybody, everyone / everybody, no one / nobody | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Can We Talk? | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Request a schedule change | |
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| Read and interpret performance evaluations | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Possessive pronouns | |
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| May / can: permission | |
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| Will: promises | |
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| Lessons | |
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| The Office Job: Office Assistant | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Give and take phone messages | |
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| Ask for a favor | |
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| Read and interpret a check stub | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Would: requests | |
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| Adverbial clauses with so and because | |
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| Phrasal verbs | |
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| Chapter Review: "Evaluations" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Give and respond to criticism | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Responsibility | |
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| Sociability | |
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| Monitoring and correcting performance | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Skills and Abilities | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Talk about past jobs and job duties | |
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| Describe skills and abilities | |
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| Interpret "Help Wanted" ads | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Short answers: review | |
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| (be) able to | |
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| Lessons | |
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| Job Application Form | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Understand and fill out a job application form | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Simple past vs. past continuous review | |
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| When vs while | |
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| Questions: review | |
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| Lessons | |
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| The Job Interview Job: Personnel Manager | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Describe personal strengths/ qualities | |
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| Identify appropriate and inappropriate nonverbal behavior | |
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| Discuss salary, benefits and working conditions | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Adjectives describing personality | |
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| Chapter Review "Changing Jobs" | |
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| Competencies | |
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| Ask and answer common job interview questions | |
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| Scans | |
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| Basic skills | |
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| Teamwork | |
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| Teaching others | |
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| Organizing and maintaining information | |
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| Responsibility | |
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| Sociability | |
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| Self-management | |
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| Self-esteem | |
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| Integrity | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Audio Script | |
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| Skills Index | |