This lesson is based on the theme of jobs. Learners will expand their vocabulary, focusing primarily on jobs, and improve their reading and speaking skills.

Author
Paul Kaye

Introduction

In the lesson, learners start by discussing their own jobs and categorising a variety of others. They then identify and exchange information through a jigsaw reading activity and discuss which given jobs were considered happy or unhappy ones. Finally, they share their own ideas and opinions on the topic.

Topic

Jobs

Aims

  • To practise and expand jobs vocabulary
  • To develop reading and speaking skills
  • To identify and exchange information
  • To allow learners to give their own opinions about what makes a good or bad job

Level

CEFR level A2 and above

Time

60–90 minutes

Materials 

The lesson plan and worksheets are available to download in PDF format below.

This lesson plan was first published in 2005.

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Lesson plan156.04 KB
Worksheet A136.75 KB
Worksheet B136.69 KB
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Comments

Submitted by Saheli Sanyal on Sun, 09/24/2023 - 11:44

Thank you for this womderful resource.
What grammar structures can be taught with this Lesson?
Any rtips if any to make it more interesting for mid level working professionals in a business englsih class.

Hi Saheli

Glad you like the lesson plan. There isn't a specific grammar focus in this lesson, as the main focus here is on reading and speaking skills. You could focus on structures for agreeing and disagreeing, or perhaps comparatives, asking learners to compare different jobs. 

I would say that if you are working with professionals this lesson offers a good opportunity to get them talking about their own jobs and companies - describing what they do, talking about what they like and don't like about their jobs, perhaps asking them to talk about how they got into their profession or giving advice to someone interested in doing the same. 

Hope that helps,

Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by maryms on Thu, 09/28/2017 - 12:47

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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