3- Listening: for main idea

15 mins. Students now watch the rest of the talk. It’s highly structured so in that sense the notes will be easy to complete, but it’s also short and fast, so you may want to break it down into sections. Students can watch each section without making notes, and then you can pause the video for them to complete notes with key words only and discuss their answers (maybe in pairs initially, if your class is large). Each section is short, so if students need to listen to a section again, they can. Check answers at the end of each section, focusing on the main ideas. Students will have an opportunity to explore some of the more unusual expressions from the talk later in the lesson, so avoid getting bogged down in vocabulary questions at this stage.

ANSWERS: sample answers – 
Part 1 Decide if you’re ready – 1 Have you stopped learning or wanting to learn in your current career; 2 Can you live with yourself if you stay in your current career? 3 Don’t move for a trivial reason. 

Part 2 So you’ve decided – now what? – 1 Network – talk to as many people as possible about the new career so you can learn more. 2 Make sure you have enough money to live on during the transition – you may have to take a pay cut at first. 3 Consider starting your new career by doing it on the side in your free time, while staying in yourold job.

 Part 3 Three things you should think about doing right now – 1 Don’t make people at your old job angry because you may see them again, probably online (note: the metaphor “burning bridges” is covered in the next stage of the lesson). 2 Think about what you’ve learned in your old job that can apply to your new career, including how to get along with difficult people. 3 Don’t be nervous, enjoy your new career and the relationships it brings.