The aim of the lesson: by the end of the series of lessons pupils will be able to discuss the jobs and their future careers from different points of view:
– finding out criteria for the division and factors for choosing jobs;
– getting job interview;
– learning famous people’s sayings about job;
– doing grammar and vocabulary exercises.
Equipment: cards “Professions” multi-media presentation “Job. Choosing a Career”, hand-outs, student’s book
1. Warming up:
a) listen to the child’s song and choose the professions mentioned in it , work with the list of jobs (hand-outs)
– engeneer etc.
b) Now let’s revise some professions and some traits of character due to their word-formation:
– noun-forming suffixes( jobs)
| -(c)ian | physician, musician, politician, librarian |
| -ist | Dentist, scientist |
| -er | Designer, cashier, teacher, driver, farmer, programmer |
| -or | Doctor, conductor, tailor |
| -ant | accountant |
- adjective-forming suffixes( traits of character)
| -al | Practical, rational |
| -ive | Communicative, creative, imafinative |
| -ic | Artistic |
| -ful | Helpful |
| -ous | Sociable,reliable, responsible |
– composition of words
| -Man/woman/wife | Postman, policeman, fireman, businessman, housewife |
| -player | Tennis-player etc |
| -maker | Shoemaker, dressmaker, lacemaker, glovemaker |
| -worker | Construction worker, office worker |
| -person | businessperson |
2. Main part:
c) We know a lot of professions, but how to divide them. Let’s use such criteria for the division:
– manual(physical)/ mental( intellectual)
– well-paid/ low-paid
– rare/ widespread
– up-to-date/ out-of-date
Choose the professions from the list in your hand-outs in ex.1, work in 4 groups:
| Postman, policeman, fireman, businessman, housewife, a photographer, a head-teacher, a servant, a surgeon, an English teacher, a conductor, a bus driver, a hunter, a bricklayer, a tailor, a tennis-player , a shoemaker, a construction worker,an office worker a dressmaker, a judge, a lacemaker, a lawyer, a weaver, a shop-assistant, a pharmacist a manager, a fashion-designer, a candlemaker, a glovemaker,a businessperson,an accountant, a litter-man, a computer programmer, an architect, a hair-dresser, a nurse, a vet, a baker, an astrologer, an engineer, a dentist, a politician, a musician, a scientist, a cashier, a physician. |
d) All this jobs can be divided into
| Prestigious | Non-prestigious |
| Well-paid Up-to-date Rare mental |
Low-paid Out-of-date(?) Widespread manual |
What are their features? (Ss tell the features and the T show the slide). Give the e.g.
e) We’ve got lots of quotations( sayings) about work. Read them, try to understand . Which do you like best? It’s ex 2 in your hand-outs:
– Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.( Aristotle)-The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them . (Robert Frost)
– Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. (David McCullough)
– When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. (Henry J. Kaiser)
– Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.(Voltaire)
I enjoy the last saying, because it never mind if our work is well– or low-paid, up– or out-of-date, it saves us in different situations.
f) The world of work is rich. We’ve revised the names of professions. Look through the list of definitions and try to guess the profession.
Work in pairs. I’ll give you some time.
Someone who…..
- can count and keep money records of a business
- designs clothes
- stands in front of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing
- writes computer programmes
- treats people in the hospitals
- teachers children at school
- designs buildings
- rules a company
- shows clothes
- cleans and sweeps our yards and streets
g) Let’s check
| 1. an accountant | 6.a teacher |
| 2. a fashion designer | 7.an architect |
| 3. a conductor | 8.a manager |
| 4. a computer programmer | 9. A model |
| 5. a doctor | 10.a litterman |
The check-list, do self-assessment:
| Mark | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Points(+) | 10 | 8 | 6 |
h) Now let’s speak about people’s traits of character, we need some of them for our jobs:
| Strong Responsible Reliable Creative Patient Intellectual loving |
Kind Loyal Fair Practical Artistic Fast-thinking active |
Observant Communicative Cool-headed Energetic Helpful Serious Careful |
e.g. A teacher should be patient, intellectual and loving.
i) Watch the pictures and characterize the jobs
(pictures on the monitor screen):………………………………..
j) Now let’s practice the job interview. At the comprehension lesson they’ve prepared the dialogue “Getting a job interview” at home. The questions to observe:
- Personal information (name, age, education, main characteristics)
- bad habits, health problems
- job you want to get etc. using questions:
| What’s your name? How old are you? Where do you study? What are your main characteristics? What are you going to be? What job do you want to get? Have you got any bad habits? What health problems have you got? |
k) Let’s have some grammar at last. Article a/an, no article, the in different situations:
Read and add articles where and what necessary:
Marty Cruz is …1… secretary.
…2.Marty’s father is …3.bank manager and …4. her mother is …5…accountant.
Her brother Ricardo is ..6..head-teacher at..7..school.
Her sister Ann is ..8..actrees.
..9..sister works at ..10..Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Her husband is a police-officer. Their..11..daughter and son are ..12..students.
Check the answers:
| 1.a | 7.- |
| 2.- | 8.an |
| 3.a | 9.the |
| 4.- | 10.the |
| 5.an | 11.a |
| 6.a | 12.- |
l) What is taken into account when people choose a job.
What factors are important for you in the future job? (full-class interaction)
– job satisfaction – money – personal qualities and abilities
– promotional prospects – travel – social importance
– The other people’s influence
Look through the table and compare the factors that were chosen by the group of British teenagers and your choice.
| Factors taking into account | Boys (%) | Girls (%) |
| – job satisfaction | 30 | 35 |
| money | 45 | 40 |
| – personal qualities and abilities | 5 | 8 |
| promotional prospects | 15 | 4 |
| – travel | 2 | 1 |
| – social importance | 4 | 7 |
| The other people’s influence | 1 | 2 |
HAND-OUTS:
Ex.1 A postman, a policeman,a fireman, a businessman, a housewife, a photographer, a head-teacher, a servant, a surgeon, an English teacher, a conductor, a bus driver, a hunter, a bricklayer, a tailor, a tennis-player , a shoemaker, a construction worker,an office worker a dressmaker, a judge, a lacemaker, a lawyer, a weaver, a shop-assistant, a pharmacist a manager, a fashion-designer, a candlemaker, a glovemaker,a businessperson,an accountant, a litter-man, a computer programmer, an architect, a hair-dresser, a nurse, a vet, a baker, an astrologer, an engineer, a dentist, a politician, a musician, a scientist, a cashier, a physician.
Ex.2 -Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.( Aristotle)
– The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them . (Robert Frost)
– Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. (David McCullough)
– When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt. (Henry J. Kaiser)
– Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.(Voltaire)
Ex 3 Someone who…..
- can count and keep money records of a business
- designs clothes
- stands in front of musicians or singers and direct their playing or singing
- writes computer programmes
- treats people in the hospitals
- teachers children at school
- designs buildings
- rules a company
- shows clothes
- cleans and sweeps our yards and streets
The check-list, do self-assessment:
| Mark | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 |
Ex.4 Article a/an, no article, the. Read and add articles where and what necessary:
Marty Cruz is …1… secretary.
…2.Marty’s father is …3.bank manager and …4. her mother is …5…accountant.
Her brother Ricardo is ..6..head-teacher at..7..school.
Her sister Ann is ..8..actrees.
..9..sister works at ..10..Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Her husband is a police-officer. Their..11..daughter and son are ..12..students