LOOKING FORWARD · JOBS · FUTURE · LIFE SKILLS
🚀 Unit 3: Looking forward
A guided English course about becoming independent, discovering your strengths, talking about future plans, reading job adverts, writing a CV and cover letter, preparing for interviews — and thinking about who you want to become.
🌟 Welcome to Unit 3: Looking forward
In this unit you look into the future. You think about your life skills, your strengths and weaknesses, your money skills, your plans, possible jobs and the question: What kind of person do I want to become?
This course helps you prepare for the real world: reading job adverts, writing a CV, writing a cover letter, asking good questions, answering interview questions and presenting yourself confidently.
📒 Notebook Entries: Looking forward
Copy these entries neatly into your English notebook. They help you focus on the most important vocabulary, phrases, grammar and writing tools from Unit 3.
📌 Entry 1: Life Skills
Heading: Life skills
Life skills are important skills for everyday life. They help you become more independent. Examples are cooking, shopping, cleaning, managing money, planning your time, making decisions, saving money and taking responsibility.
📌 Entry 2: Strengths and Weaknesses
Heading: Describing myself
When you describe yourself, you can talk about your personality, your strengths, your weaknesses and your plans for the future.
Useful words:
confident · energetic ·
enthusiastic · helpful · polite · punctual · reliable · patient ·
creative · hard-working · responsible · independent
📌 Entry 3: Talking about Future Plans
Heading: My future plans
I would like to …
I want to …
I am interested in …
I hope to
…
I can imagine working as …
I am not sure yet, but I think …
📌 Entry 4: Job Adverts
Heading: Understanding job adverts
A job advert gives information about a job. It usually tells you the job title, duties, working hours, pay, skills, personal qualities and how to apply.
Useful words:
job advert · apprentice · assistant
· salary · pay · experience · training · duties · skills · qualities ·
full-time · part-time
📌 Entry 5: CV
Heading: Writing a CV
A CV gives important information about you. It includes personal details, a personal statement, key skills, education, work experience, interests and references. In English, CVs are usually short, clear and positive.
📌 Entry 6: Cover Letter
Heading: Writing a cover letter
A cover letter explains why you are applying for a job and why you are suitable. It should be polite, formal and clear.
Useful phrases:
I am writing to apply for …
I
saw your advertisement …
I think I would be suitable because …
I
enclose my CV.
I look forward to hearing from you.
📌 Entry 7: Interview Skills
Heading: Job interview skills
In a job interview, you should be polite, prepared and confident. You should know your strengths, give examples, answer clearly and ask good questions. Body language, eye contact, clear speech and a friendly attitude are important.
📌 Entry 8: Questions
Heading: Asking good questions
Good questions help you learn more. Use question words such as: who, what, where, when, why, how, how many, how much and how long.
Examples:
What are your strengths?
Why do you
want this job?
How much experience do you have?
When can you
start?
🎯 Your goals in this course
- I can talk about life skills and becoming independent.
- I can describe my strengths, weaknesses and future plans.
- I can understand job adverts and compare jobs.
- I can write a short text about my ideal job.
- I can write a CV and a cover letter in English.
- I can ask good questions in interviews.
- I can answer interview questions politely and confidently.
- I can read and discuss a short story about growing up and making mistakes.
📚 Book Path: How this Moodle course follows Unit 3
This Moodle course follows the structure of the book unit and turns it into a clear learning path.
1️⃣ Looking forward
Start with a quiz about independence: cooking, shopping, chores, money, saving, living with others and making decisions.
Output: personal life skills profile.
2️⃣ What are you like?
Watch scenes about strengths and weaknesses. Describe people with adjectives and talk about what they are good at.
Output: identity card and self-description.
3️⃣ What’s next?
Read job adverts from different places and compare duties, pay, skills and personal qualities.
Output: ideal job mini-text.
4️⃣ Selling yourself
Work with a CV, cover letter and application email. Learn how to present yourself positively and professionally.
Output: your own CV and cover letter.
5️⃣ Focus on Language
Revise question words, word order in questions and questions with do, does and did.
Output: interview question bank.
6️⃣ Seashell Motel
Read a story about Cindy, who wants to work in a motel but lies about her age. Discuss choices, honesty, fear, independence and growing up.
Output: character profile or diary entry.
7️⃣ Speaking Course: Interview Stress
Prepare for a job interview, practise typical questions and give helpful feedback.
Output: mock interview.
8️⃣ Stop! Check! Go!
Revise questions, CV writing, cover letters, role models and phoning about a job.
Output: final career portfolio.
🧩 Learning Modules: From life skills to job interview
Work through these modules step by step. Each module gives you one clear product for your dossier.
🧺 Module A: Ready for the real world?
Take the independence quiz. Think about cooking, shopping, chores, pocket money, saving, living with others, responsibility and decisions.
Task: Write your own “Real World Profile”.
💪 Module B: Strengths and weaknesses
Describe yourself and other people. Use adjectives and say what you are good at, OK at or not so good at.
Task: Create an identity card about yourself.
🔮 Module C: Ideas for the future
Listen to young people talking about future plans and connect their interests with possible jobs.
Task: Write a short paragraph about your hopes and plans.
💼 Module D: Job adverts
Read job adverts for apprentices, stylists, restaurant staff, pet care assistants, pilots, hotel workers and camp assistants.
Task: Choose one job and explain if it is suitable for you.
📄 Module E: Your CV
Study a model CV. Then write your own CV with personal statement, key skills, education, work experience, interests and references.
Task: Write your first English CV.
✉️ Module F: Cover letter
Study a model cover letter. Learn formal phrases and avoid short forms.
Task: Write a cover letter for a part-time job or work experience.
🧠 Module G: Questions Lab
Revise question words and word order. Practise asking follow-up questions.
Task: Prepare five excellent interview questions.
🎤 Module H: Job interview
Prepare for a mock interview. Practise answers, body language, eye contact and positive feedback.
Task: Perform a job interview in groups.
🧠 Language Focus: Questions, descriptions and formal writing
Unit 3 helps you speak and write about yourself. You need clear questions, useful adjectives and formal application language.
1️⃣ Describing people
He is confident and reliable.
She is good at working in a
team.
I am quite good at solving problems.
I need to improve my
time management.
2️⃣ Question words
who · what · where · when · why · how · how much · how many · how long
Examples:
Why do you want this job?
How much
experience do you have?
3️⃣ Questions with do / does / did
Do you speak English?
Does she work well in a team?
Did you do
work experience last year?
4️⃣ Formal application phrases
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to apply for …
I would like to
apply for this job.
I enclose my CV.
Yours faithfully,
✏️ Language mission
Write a mini application paragraph about yourself:
- Say who you are.
- Name two strengths.
- Say what kind of job you are interested in.
- Explain why you would be suitable.
- Use at least one formal phrase.
🌊 Text Mission: Seashell Motel
The story “Seashell Motel” is about Cindy, a sixteen-year-old girl who wants to get a summer job. She lies about her age, starts working in Atlantic City and soon realizes that being independent is more complicated than she expected.
🔍 Before reading
- Why might a teenager want a summer job?
- Why might somebody lie to get a job?
- What problems can happen when you are not honest?
📖 While reading
- Collect facts about Cindy, Tim and Cal.
- Find examples of Cindy’s lies.
- Mark moments when Cindy feels trapped.
- Explain how the hurricane changes the situation.
🧭 Character work
Choose one character and describe them:
- personality
- appearance
- clothes
- what they do
- whether they are honest, brave or reliable
📓 Cindy’s diary
Write a short diary entry from Cindy’s point of view:
- after her day at school,
- after she has arrived at the motel,
- after she has met the people at the motel,
- after the trip to the Hall of Mirrors,
- after the hurricane.
💭 Reflection question
Cindy wants to be older and more independent. But does independence mean doing everything alone? Write five to eight sentences.
💼 Career Lab: Your application package
This is your practical career area. Here you prepare the documents and speaking skills you need for a real application.
📄 1. My CV
Your CV should include:
- personal details,
- personal statement,
- key skills,
- education,
- work experience,
- interests and achievements,
- references.
✉️ 2. My cover letter
Your cover letter should explain:
- which job you apply for,
- where you saw the advert,
- why you are interested,
- why you are suitable,
- when you are available.
☎️ 3. Phoning about a job
Useful phrases:
- Can I leave a message?
- I saw your advert on the internet.
- I’m interested in the part-time job.
- Can you tell me more about the job?
- I’m looking forward to meeting you.
🎤 4. Job interview
Prepare answers to these questions:
- Can you describe yourself?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- Why do you want this job?
- Can you give me an example?
- Do you have any questions?
🌟 Role Model Station: People who look forward
Unit 3 also asks you to think about people who inspire you. You work with examples such as actors, entrepreneurs, volunteers or people in your own life.
✏️ Writing task: Who is important in your life?
Write an article about one person who is important in your life. Give reasons for your choice.
- Who is the person?
- What does this person do?
- What qualities does this person have?
- What can you learn from them?
- Why are they important to you?
🎤 Speaking Course: Who will get the job?
You are going to take part in a job interview for a part-time job. Work in groups. One person is the candidate, the others are interviewers or assessors.
Step 1: Prepare
- Read the job advert.
- Think about the skills needed.
- Prepare answers.
- Prepare questions.
Step 2: Perform
- Greet the candidate politely.
- Ask at least three questions.
- Ask follow-up questions.
- End the interview politely.
Step 3: Assess
- How did the candidate present themselves?
- How good were the answers?
- Did the candidate ask good questions?
- Who should get the job and why?
💬 Feedback phrases
- I think your answer was very good because …
- You spoke confidently.
- Your body language was good.
- You could also talk about …
- Next time, try to …
🏆 Final Project: My Future Portfolio
At the end of Unit 3, create your own future portfolio. It should show who you are, what you can do and how you want to present yourself.
🧺 Life Skills Profile
Show which life skills you already have and which ones you want to improve.
🪪 Identity Card
Describe yourself, your strengths, weaknesses and future plans.
💼 Ideal Job Page
Research your ideal job and explain why it suits you.
📄 CV
Write your first English CV with clear sections and positive language.
✉️ Cover Letter
Write a formal application letter for a job or work experience.
🎤 Interview
Prepare and perform a job interview in English.
✅ Your portfolio must include:
- a clear title page,
- at least ten useful words from Unit 3,
- one description of yourself,
- one text about your future plans,
- one CV,
- one cover letter,
- five interview questions with answers,
- one reflection about what you learned.
💭 Final Reflection
Complete at least four sentence starters:
- I learned that becoming independent means …
- One life skill I already have is …
- One skill I want to improve is …
- My strengths are …
- For my future, I would like to …
- A job that might suit me is … because …
- Writing a CV in English helped me to …
- In a job interview I should …
👩🏫 Teacher note
This course turns Unit 3 “Looking forward” into a complete future-and-career learning path. It combines book-based tasks, notebook entries, life skills, strengths and weaknesses, job adverts, CV writing, cover letters, question revision, story work and mock interviews.
The unit can be used as a Moodle learning path, station work, project phase, career-orientation bridge, speaking course or preparation for real application situations. The final portfolio gives students a meaningful product they can actually reuse.
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