Unit 9 B1-Level: Work and Careers
Jobs and Employment
Objective:
By the end of this unit, students will:
- Discuss different jobs and career aspirations.
- Use vocabulary related to occupations and job-related terms.
- Comprehend job advertisements and career profiles.
- Engage in interviews about career choices and experiences.
- Describe their dream job and explain their motivation.
Materials Needed:
- Pictures or visuals of occupations and workplaces
- Sample job advertisements and career profiles
- Audio recordings of career interviews
- Worksheets for vocabulary and writing tasks
Duration: Two weeks, 90 minutes per week (divided into two 45-minute sessions).
Exploring Different Jobs
Session 1: Vocabulary and Speaking Practice (45 minutes)
- Warm-Up (5 minutes)
- Ask: What do you want to be when you grow up? Why?
- Students briefly share their aspirations with a partner.
- Teaching Vocabulary (15 minutes)
- Introduce job-related vocabulary with visuals (e.g., doctor, engineer, teacher, firefighter, etc.).
- Include terms like salary, responsibilities, skills, qualifications, career path.
- Practice pronunciation and example sentences.
- Quick matching activity (e.g., match job titles with descriptions).
- Speaking Practice (15 minutes)
- Pair students and have them ask each other:
- What job would you like to do in the future?
- What skills do you think are important for that job?
- Rotate pairs and encourage sharing with the class.
- Pair students and have them ask each other:
- Writing Task (10 minutes)
- Students write down their top three dream jobs and one reason for each.
- Sentence starters:
- My dream job is… because…
- I am interested in… because…
Session 2: Reading and Listening (45 minutes)
- Reading Activity (15 minutes)
- Provide sample job advertisements and career profiles.
- Students identify:
- Job title
- Responsibilities
- Skills needed
- Quick comprehension questions: What are the main responsibilities of this job?
- Listening Exercise (15 minutes)
- Play audio interviews of people discussing their jobs.
- Students note key points:
- Why did they choose this job?
- What challenges do they face?
- Discussion (15 minutes)
- Class discussion: Which job sounded most interesting? Why?
- Encourage students to share any new job-related vocabulary they noticed.
Exploring Career Aspirations
Session 3: Speaking Practice and Vocabulary Review (45 minutes)
- Speaking Practice (20 minutes)
- In small groups, students discuss:
- What job do you want in the future?
- What steps will you take to achieve your goal?
- Encourage students to talk about any concerns they have about their career choice.
- Vocabulary Review (15 minutes)
- Play a vocabulary review game (e.g., Taboo where students describe job titles without saying certain words).
- Quick quiz: Match job terms with their meanings.
- Writing Task (10 minutes)
- Students write a short paragraph about their dream job, including:
- Job title
- Main responsibilities
- Skills needed
- Why it appeals to them
Session 4: Writing Task and Review (45 minutes)
- Writing Task (20 minutes)
- Students expand their dream job paragraph into a detailed description, adding:
- Potential challenges
- Opportunities for growth
- Why they are passionate about this career
- Students expand their dream job paragraph into a detailed description, adding:
- Peer Review (15 minutes)
- Students exchange their writing with a partner.
- Provide peer review prompts:
- Does the description make sense?
- What’s one thing you liked about their description?
- Review and Reflection (10 minutes)
- Reflect on what they learned about different jobs and their own aspirations.
- Ask: Did your career goals change after this unit?
Homework Assignment:
- Research a career field they are interested in.
- Write a short report including:
- Required qualifications
- Job prospects
- Potential challenges
Assessment Criteria:
- Speaking: Participation in pair and group discussions.
- Vocabulary: Use of job-related terms in discussions and writing tasks.
- Reading and Listening: Ability to extract key information from texts and audio materials.
- Writing: Clarity, coherence, and detail in written job descriptions.