Learning Path Advice for a Cross-Field Job Switch
- CEFR level:
- B1
- Sentences:
- 12
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Tom & Emma
"Learning Path Advice for a Cross-Field Job Switch" is a B1-level English conversation about advice between friends, 12 lines long (about 1 minute) between Tom & Emma. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
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- Line 1Tom 0:00
My classmate wants to move from history into UX design.
- Line 2Emma 0:03
Does she already have portfolio pieces, or only course certificates?
- Line 3Tom 0:08
Mostly certificates; she helped one club with poster layouts.
- Line 4Emma 0:12
That's a start, but employers usually need problem-solving examples.
- Line 5Tom 0:17
She assumed a bootcamp alone would guarantee interviews quickly.
- Line 6Emma 0:21
Better to clarify that projects and feedback loops matter more.
- Line 7Tom 0:26
First step could be redesigning three real student-service pages.
- Line 8Emma 0:30
Another step is shadowing a junior designer for workflow exposure.
- Line 9Tom 0:35
She agreed to build one case study every two weeks.
- Line 10Emma 0:38
Great, and when will she start applying for internships?
- Line 11Tom 0:42
After two case studies, we'll target roles by late October.
- Line 12Emma 0:46
Good timeline, and review each application against job requirements.
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Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- wants /wɑnts/ verb
third-person singular of want
- portfolio /pɔrtˈfoʊlioʊ/ noun
a collection of work, projects, or investments
- pieces /ˈpisɪz/ noun
parts or amounts of something
- assumed /əˈsumd/ verb
accepted as true without proof; taken on
- alone /əˈloʊn/ adjective
having no one else present; on one's own
- guarantee /ˌɡɛrənˈti/ verb
to promise that something will happen or work
- matter /ˈmætər/ noun
a subject, problem, or physical substance
- real /riəl/ adjective
true, actual, or existing
- exposure /ɪkˈspoʊʒɚ/ noun
contact with something or public attention
- weeks /wiks/ noun plural
periods of seven days
- roles /roʊlz/ noun
functions, jobs, or characters
- application /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/ noun
a formal request to an authority; a software program; the action of putting something to practical use