Vocabulary Topic: Work Environment (Meetings, Applications) (B1)

This B1 vocabulary theme covers essential terms related to the professional workplace, focusing specifically on common activities like meetings and the process of applying for jobs.

Scope:

Expands on basic job titles and workplace words, enabling discussion of daily work activities and job-seeking procedures.

1. General Work Environment:

• People: de collega (colleague), de baas/chef (boss), de manager, de werknemer (employee), de werkgever (employer), het team.
• Places: het kantoor (office), de werkplek (workplace/desk), het bedrijf (company), de afdeling (department).
• Contracts & Conditions: het contract, het salaris/loon (salary/wage), de werktijden (working hours), parttime/fulltime (part-time/full-time), de functie (position/role).
• General Activities: werken (to work), overwerken (to work overtime), pauze nemen (to take a break), de lunchpauze (lunch break).

1. Meetings (Vergaderingen):

• de vergadering (meeting), de bespreking (discussion/meeting), deelnemen (aan) (to participate in), de agenda (agenda), het agendapunt (agenda item), de notulen (minutes), notuleren (to take minutes), de voorzitter (chairperson), een voorstel doen (to make a proposal), akkoord gaan (met) (to agree with), beslissen (to decide), het besluit (decision).

1. Job Applications (Sollicitaties):

• de vacature (job vacancy), solliciteren (naar/op) (to apply for), de sollicitatie (application), de sollicitatiebrief (application letter), het cv/curriculum vitae (CV/resume).
• de werkervaring (work experience), de opleiding(en) (education/qualifications), de vaardigheid (skill), de referentie (reference).
• het sollicitatiegesprek (job interview), worden uitgenodigd (voor) (to be invited for), aangenomen worden (to be hired), afgewezen worden (to be rejected).
• Verbs: zoeken (naar werk) (to look for work), opsturen (to send), reageren (op) (to respond to).

Skills Developed (B1):

• Describing your job, colleagues, and workplace.
• Talking about common work activities, including meetings.
• Understanding job advertisements (vacatures).
• Discussing the process of applying for a job.
• Talking about your CV, skills, and experience in a simple way.
• Understanding basic communication related to job interviews.

Learning Focus:

• Acquiring specific nouns for roles, places, documents, and processes in the work context.
• Learning key verbs related to meetings (deelnemen, notuleren, beslissen) and applications (solliciteren, opsturen, uitnodigen, aannemen, afwijzen).
• Understanding fixed prepositions (deelnemen aan, solliciteren naar/op, reageren op).
• Practicing using this vocabulary to talk about personal work experience or hypothetical job applications.