Lesson Plan: JOB
Temat PRACA to jeden z głównych tematów, które interesują dorosłych słuchaczy kursów językowych. U podstaw decyzji o zapisaniu się na zajęcia językowe w wielu przypadkach leży właśnie praca (przyszła lub obecna). Poniższy plan lekcji świetnie nadaje się dla słuchaczy dorosłych. Stanowi doskonałe wprowadzenie do całego rozdziału, oferuje podstawowe słownictwo, które z lekcji na lekcję będzie poszerzane. Już po pierwszych zajęciach (przeprowadzonych według poniższego planu), słuchacz będzie umiał scharakteryzować swoją pracę (swoje obowiązki i możliwości).
Group: adults
Level: intermediate (B1)
Time: 60 minutes
Topic: JOB
Aims:
- To revise and teach new vocabulary (occupations, duties at work)
- To practise modal verbs (mainly modals of obligation)
- To develop speaking fluency
Materials used:
- Handout with exercises
| No | Task | Procedure | Interaction | Timing |
| 1. | WARM-UP | Teacher writes down several letters of alphabet on the board. Students are asked to put at least one profession starting with a given letter. (A B C D E F G L P S T W) (appendix 1). Teacher checks the answers and provides definitions if necessary. Optionally, he/she encourages students to provide names of places where those pople work. | individual/ pair work | 8 |
| 2. | FOLLOW-UP | “I know someone who does the job” – Students tick the professions which are done by they relatives and friends. They then choose one and tell the partner about this person and his/her job (their attitude towards it – do they like it or not, how long have they been doing it etc). | pair work | 6 |
| 3. | VOCABULARY PRESENTATION (duties at work) | Teacher shows the class expressions connected with duties at work (appendix 2). Students state which jobs the expressions can match. They can justify their answers. | whole class activity | 5 |
| 4. | GRAMMAR PRESENTATION | Teacher writes down/ shows on the screen several sentences depicting the use of modal verbs in the context of duties at work (on the basis of the vocabulary from the previous exercise) (appendix 3). Students are asked to build similar sentences with the use of the same professions. | whole class activity | 8 |
| 5. | PRACTISE/PRODUCTION (speaking) a guessing game | Students draw cards with the names of occupations. Each students gets a different occupation. They should describe their duties at work and the job specification so that the rest of the group could guess which job they do. (appendix 4) | whole class activity | 15 |
| 6 | PRODUCTION | Students tell their partner what duties they have at work. They talk either about their current job or the job they did in the past. They are encouraged to use different modal verbs. | pair work | 6 |
LACK OF TIME: skip task 6 (the same task can be as well assigned as homework, in a written form)
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: HANGMAN game (jobs) – two teams
Next time continuation: DISCUSSION: Working from home – advantages and drawbacks
Are you happy with your work-life balance?
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1
A for an architect, an artist
B for a butcher, a baker, a bartender, a babysitter
C for a counsellor, a councillor, a carpenter, a conductor
D for a doctor, a dentist, a dancer
E for an engineer, an electician
F for a flight attendant, a firefighter
G for a gardener
L for a lawyer, a linguist
N for a nurse
M for a musician, a matematician
P for a plumber, a photographer, a painter
R for a receptionist
S for a shopkeeper, a shop assistant, a singer
T for a tailor, a teacher
W for a writer
V for a vet
APPENDIX 2
| work long hours | work irregular hours | make quick decisions |
| take risks | do complex calculations | solve logical problems |
| listen to people | wear formal clothes | work by onself |
| be creative | work as a part of a team | write reports |
APPENDIX 3
A lawyer has to wear formal clothes. = It’s necessary/obligatory
A nurse doesn’t have to be creative. = It’s not necessary/obligatory
A photographer should be creative. = It’s a good idea
A photographer can work irregular hours. = It is permitted
A banker mustn’t wear piercing. = It is forbidden/not permitted
APPENDIX 4
| a dentist | a carpenter | a teacher | a musician |
| an engineer | a computer programmer | a writer | a gardener |
| a sportsman/ | a firefighter | a receptionist | a lawyer |
mgr Gabriela Krajewska
(lektor języka angielskiego w Studium Praktycznej Nauki Języków Obcych Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego)
