LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Delia Cristea

Date: 17th of March 2017

School: Colegiul Economic Clrai

Grade: 10th A

No. of students: 28

Level: Intermediate

Textbook: Upstream Upper Intermediate, Macmillan

Title of the lesson: Jobs and Professions

Type of lesson: Mixed lesson;

Focus on developing listening and speaking skills

Skills: Speaking, Listening

Length: 50

Aims:

To develop vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson

To develop students listening skills

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Objectives: By the end of the lesson Ss will have had practice in:

speaking about jobs and professions

comparing different jobs by referring to the skills and qualities necessary for them
listening for gist and for detailed information.

Forms of organization: lockstep, pair-work

Didactic methods: conversation, discussion, exercise

Aids: chalk, board, course book, CD, handouts

Forms of assessment: formative assessment to encourage the learning process; feedback will be provided on accuracy when teaching/eliciting
vocabulary, on fluency during the speaking activities/ discussions, and by the end of the lesson Ss will get grades based on their performance.

Tim Lesson Stage Description of the activity Modes of Aims

e interaction
1 Warmer Greetings T-Ss To create the learning
T asks Ss if they know the name of the cleaning lady/ladies from Ss-T atmosphere
their school initiating thus a short discussion about this job.

10 Lead-In T announces the topic of the lesson and asks Ss to work in pairs T-Ss To introduce the topic of the
(pair work) and fill in a table on their worksheets; the table will also be written Ss-Ss lesson
on the board: Ss-T To elicit vocabulary related to
List 3 jobs that are dangerous jobs and professions aspects
List 3 jobs that require quick thinking skills of different jobs
List 3 jobs that require good organizational skills etc. To encourage critical thinking
( See Annex 1)
T will ask Ss to motivate their choices.

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 New vocabulary will be elicited when checking Ss answers.

5 Activity 1 T asks Ss to look at ex. 2 a/ pg 119 in their course book (Annex 1) T- Ss To encourage speaking
(Attitudes and rank the aspects of job satisfaction according to how important Ss - T (expressing opinions)
towards work) they think they are. T will check the answers of a few students and
will initiate a class discussion about the importance of each aspect.
5 Activity 2 Ss are directed to the next exercise on their worksheets they will T-Ss To encourage Ss to express their
Pre-listening look at 3 different job ads and will read them quickly and answer Ss - T opinions
(Job ads) to the questions: which advertisement would interest you? Which To prepare Ss for the listening
would you never apply for? tasks
5 Activity 3 Ss will listen to the tape and match the ads to the speakers. T-Ss For Ss to practice listening for
Listening Ss-Ss gist
(pair-work) Ss-T

15 Activity 4 Ss will listen again to the same tape and this time they will fill in a T-Ss For Ss to practice listening for
Listening table on their worksheets with details about each speaker. Ss-Ss detailed information
(pair-work) T checks their answers. Ss-T
If necessary T plays the tape again stopping it after each speaker to
check the answers and offer any necessary explanations.
4 Activity 5 Ss will work in pairs and ask each other questions about their T-SS For Ss to practice their speaking
Closure career plans (Do you have a clear idea about what do you want to Ss-Ss skills
do? What kind of job would you like? What skills do you think are Ss- T For Ss to practice the new
important for it? What about personal qualities?) T monitors Ss/ acquired knowledge
discussion about dream/ideal jobs.
T will close the lesson by quoting Vidal Sassoom The only
place where success comes before work is a dictionary asking Ss
if they agree or not.

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Annex 1

Ex. 1 (Lead-In)

List 3 dangerous jobs:

List 3 jobs that require great intelligence:

List 3 jobs that require quick thinking skills:

List 3 jobs that require good physical stamina:

List 3 jobs that require good organizational skills:

List 3 jobs that should pay well:

List 3 jobs that should pay more than they now do:

List 3 jobs that require the ability to get along with others:

List 3 jobs that involve patience:

Answers: Ss own answers

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Ex. 2 a/ pg 119 -Upstream Advanced (Activity 1)

Rank the following according to how important you think they are for a happy working life (1 = most important, 6 = least important).
Then compare your ranking with another student:

Pleasant working environment

Recognition of achievement
Good remuneration
Opportunity for creativity
Helping others
Opportunity for personal development

Answers: Ss own answer

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Ss worksheet (Activities 2, 3 and 4); Source: IELTS Masterclass Students Book, Oxford University Press

Which advertisement 1 -3 would interest you? Which would you never apply for?

Sales manager
Local company wishes to appoint a Sales Manager to lead a
dynamic team of sales personnel. A degree, preferably in
Business or Marketing, is required, as is a proven record of
success in sales. Excellent communication and presentation
Reporter
skills, both written and verbal, are essential.

City radio station seeks reporter. The successful candidate

will be a graduate with at least one years experience of
news reporting. He or she will have the ability to generate
breaking news on a daily basis, and will need to be on the
Researchers spot for the latest events wherever and whenever they
occur.
An international survey group is recruiting Researchers
for a two-year interdisciplinary research and monitoring
programme at centres for global science. They require
biologists, chemists, engineers, meteorologists,
oceanographers, physicists, and technicians.

Applicants must be prepared to work in remote parts of

the world.

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Ex. 1 Listen to speakers a-c talking briefly about their work. Match each of them with one of the advertisement above.

Answers:

Speaker a 2 -Reporter (Mark Davies)

Speaker b - 1 Sales manager (Jennifer Symons)

Speaker c 3 Researcher (Chris Dean)

Ex. 2 Listen again and complete the table below with expressions they use to describe aspects of their jobs.

a) Chris b) Jennifer Mark

Their responsibilities

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What they like about the
job

What they dislike about

it

Their future career plans

Answers:

a) Chris b) Jennifer Mark

Their responsibilities My job is to find out Im in charge of twelve Ive been studying algae
whats going on and report people selling to in waters off Antarctica.
it. companies.
What they like about the The best thing about it is I particularly enjoy the What makes it so
job the excitement. responsibility and good fascinating is that were
salary. building knowledge.
What they dislike about The only thing I dont like One drawback of here is The downside to it is the
it about it is the unsocial that there are limited darkness in winter.
hours. prospects.
Their future career plans My ambition is to be a My aim is to work for a When this job ends Ill be
foreign correspondent. larger organization. looking for a permanent
position in a marine

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 biology department.

Autor: Cristea Delia, professor limba englez Colegiul Economic Clrai

Sursa: Upstream Advanced, Macmillan, IELTS Masterclass Students Book, Oxford University Press.

Data expedierii: 19.03.2017