Introduction
The aims of this lesson are to provide practice of the vocabulary of jobs and of reading and speaking skills.
The lesson is based around a jigsaw reading exercise on a text about a survey of hairdressers. It introduces the topic of jobs with discussion and a dictation, then asks learners to identify and exchange information. It finishes with learners giving their own opinions about what makes a good/bad job.
Topic
Jobs
Level
Pre-Intermediate and above
Time
60-90 mins
Aims
- To provide practice of the vocabulary of jobs and of reading and speaking skills
- To introduce the topic of jobs with discussion and a dictation
- To identify and exchange information
- To allow learners to give their own opinions about what makes a good/bad job
Materials
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.
Download lesson plan 111k pdf
Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- Pre reading activity
- Split reading text
- Vocabulary task
- Discussion task
Download worksheets 67k pdf
For more information about this topic you can visit these British Council and BBC sites:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/work/index.shtml
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/
Paul Kaye, British Council, Syria
This lesson plan was first published in 2005
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.
Copyright - please read
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Comments
The Jobs_plan pdf doesn't work
I can't get access to the lesson plan Pdf. Is that the problem of the pdf or my computer? However I can read the worksheets. Would you kindly sort this out as I find this material useful?
Pdf problems
Hi Christopher,This is a problem that several users are having and we are currently investigating the situation. Hopefully it will be resolved soon. The only thing I can suggest at the moment is that you try downloading the lesson plan from a different computer and see if this helps.DuncanTeachingEnglish team
Pdf problems
Pity, I cant print the lessons or anything in PDF, some parts are missing!
pdfs
Hi Galves,The problem has now been resolved and you can download the pdfs. Please make sure you have Acrobat Reader properly installed.Duncan
This is fun! Thanks, I'm
This is fun! Thanks, I'm looking forward to using it with my class - i'm going to use it to lead into the conditional tense
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