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172 Preparing for final exams Speaking TaSK 1 Topic area: The world of work Focus: Internships /Youth employment in Europe Situation: You are a senior student at a technical college and you take part in a conference with students and teachers from different European Comenius partner schools. The main topics of the conference are internships and the job situation of young people in Europe. Individual long turn (4–5 minutes): You have been asked to talk about the benefits of and your experiences with internships to second- year students coming from different schools in Europe. In your presentation, you should:   describe the typical process of applying for a summer internship.   outline effective strategies to secure attractive internships and explain how you set your preferences.   suggest ways in which your department and businesses in general could support students’ efforts to get an internship. Interaction (8–10 minutes): After your presentation you have a discussion with a teacher from a partner school focusing on the job situation of young people in Europe. You have studied the information below and on the next page and use it to:   compare youth unemployment rates across Europe.   support the EU initiative of extended compulsory education up to the age of 18.   speculate about how technical colleges could profit from an increased demand for technicians. Greece *July **June Euro area 23.7 Spain Croatia Italy Cyprus Portugal Slovakia Ireland Bulgaria Hungary Poland France Slovenia Belgium Sweden Lithuania Romania U.K. Finland Latvia Czech Rep. Luxembourg Estonia Malta Denmark Netherlands Austria Germany 61.5** 56 52** 40.1 38.6** 36.8 31.8 28.5 28.2 27.7* 26 25.5 25** 23.8 23.6 23.3 23.3** 21.1** 19.7 19.7** 19 18.4 15.7* 13.3 11.5 11.4 8.6 7.7 Greece Malta Romania Bulgaria Cyprus Italy Slovenia Hungary Czech Rep. Poland Germany Denmark Portugal Ireland Netherlands France U. K. Sweden Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Austria Source: Eurostat 10 Unemployment rate (%) 20 30 40 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE – SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED, August 2013 (%) Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv