Lesson: “Personal qualities and qualification. To be a professional”

 The subject of the lesson: “Personal qualities and qualification. To be a professional”

“That’s the best advice to be given to youth: “Find something you like to do and then find somebody to pay you for it”.   

                                                                           K. Whitehorn

Objectives:

• to develop student’s ability of using their knowledge in new situation.
• to teach students to use material of the previous lessons in speech.
• to expand student’s knowledge about their future specialty.
• to develop reading comprehension and speaking skills.

Students will be able:

• to understand situations of using Present Perfect Continuous;

• to talk about professions;

• to compare different points of view;

• to give reasonable arguments on the topic to support their ideas;

• to estimate the necessity of different jobs; own skills and qualities;

• to read / listen and understand job ads;

• to make a choice considering advantages and disadvantages of a job

Equipment: multimedia projector, course book, handout 1 for brainstorming, handout 2 (text for reading), handout 3 for individual work.

Form of the lesson: systemization of knowledge on the topic.

                             PROCEDURE

1. Beginning of the lesson.
   1.     Teacher: Good morning students! Glad to see you! How are you? Who is on duty today? What date is it today? Who is absent?

1.2 Announcing of the theme and objectives of the lesson.

 We will talk about…

• modern professions and career opportunities
• your skills and talents
• hobbies then can turn into successful business
• successful career preparation

   Read the quotation of Katharine Whitehorn (British journalist) at the blackboard. Do you agree with her advice?

2. Warming-up.

T: Read the poem. How do you understand it? (at the board)

I love job, I love the pay, I love it more and more each day.                                                                                                                                                                                                             I love my boss, he is the best. I love his boss and all the rest.                                                                                                                                                                                                           I love my office and its location. I have to have and go on vacation.

I love my furniture, drab and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!                                                                                                                                                                                               I think my job is really well, there's nothing else I love so well.

I love to work among my peers, I love their leers, and jeers, and sneers.

I love my computer and its software; I hug it often though it won't care.

I love each program and every file. I'd love them more if they worked a while.

I'm happy to be here. I am. I am. I'm the happiest slave of the Firm, I am.

I love this work. I love these chores. I love the meetings with deadly bores.

                                                                                                  Dr. Seuss

  Most of our time we spend at work, we should choose jobs very carefully. So, if you choose an occupation with luck and soul, then your happiness will calm down. Don’t choose a profession just because of money but choose it by love and for money. So, if you choose your occupation with your luck and soul, happiness will calm to you.

3. Main Part.

                1.  Brainstorm (handout 1)

Read the characteristics of the people and choose them a profession (there are some extra words) and explain your choice (handout 1)

1. Paul isn’t very outgoing, but he has a very analytical mind and is good at solving problems.
2. Sara is very confident and outgoing person. She’s not afraid of talking to strangers.
3. Marcel doesn’t have much of an education, but he’s very good with his hands.
4. Andy has very good observation skills and pays extreme attention to details. He also has a love for adventure and is very brave.
5. Catherine is fascinated with building. She’s quite creative and good at mathematics.
6. Mike doesn’t have any qualification, but he likes helping people and is not afraid of dangers.
7. Shelly is very good with numbers. But she is a bit shy and generally prefers to work alone.
8. Daniel is his own boss.  He can’t imagine working for anybody else.

Key: 1) private detective; 2) sales representative; 3) bricklayer / builder; 4) private detective; 5) architect; 6) firefighter; 7) accountant; 8) company director

2. Reading   My job (handout 2)

               I work as a zookeeper. I’m responsible for feeding and caring for animals in a zoo. It’s also my job to clean the animals’ cages, report health problems and entertain visitors.

               For this job you need special qualifications, for example a degree in biology or zoology. Of course, you need a lot of love for animals. Each species is different from the others and requires special attention and care. You also need to be good at keeping records because you have to collect a lot of data for each animal. And you must be outgoing because you need to conduct tours for visitors and answer their questions.

                 I find my job really interesting. I’ve always loved animals, so caring for animals feel more like a hobby than a job. But it can get a bit dirty and tedious sometimes, for example when you have to clean the cages. And it can also be a little dangerous, especially when animals get sick – they can hurt you! But on whole, I really enjoy me work, I can’t imagine doing anything else.

   2.1 After reading (pair work)

Would you like to work as a zookeeper (electrician/secretary/nurse/mechanic)? Why? Why not?

      2.2 Individual work. Test your vocabulary

Match the expressions on the left with words on the right

2.3   Describing Jobs. Match the descriptions to their opposites (handout 3)

                     Key: 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-g, 5-a, 6-f,7-I, 8-e, 9-h

3. Speaking.  Role-play the situation in pairs. Do ex. 4 p.58 (course book)

      Imagine, one of the pair (Speaker B) has worked in the field that another student (Speaker A) has chosen as his /her future profession. Each pair can choose any occupation it would like to. Speaker A wants to know some information about Speaker B’s job. So, he/ she can ask the partner:

      -whether he/she works where he/she wants?

     -if the job required a lot of skills (knowledge, education, practice, experience);

     -where he/she got the necessary (desirable/ essential) skills (knowledge, education, practice, experience);

      -what he/she advices to do to become better acquainted with the occupation (trade, profession);

      -what are the official duties and responsibilities of Speaker B;

      -if the job is prestigious (dangerous, risky, stressful, responsible)

      -whether the job is well-paid (low-paid);

      -if he/she satisfied with the salary, working conditions;

             Speaker B has to answer Speaker A’s questions and mention advantages and disadvantages of his/her job.

     IV.   Home tasks

   Do ex. .3 р. 57-58 (read the advertisements about vacancies, choose one person who has got enough qualification and explain your choicе.

   V.  Summarizing

    Teacher: Today at the lesson we have spoken about our future profession.

      Now I can…

  -Talk about my future specialty and career opportunities.

  -Talk about my skills and talents.

  -Talk about successful teens.

  -Talk about career preparation.

  -Talk about the ways to choose future career.

  -Understand information during a discussion

  -Find the necessary information quickly

        Read the characteristics of the people and choose them a profession

    (there are some extra words) and explain your choice (handout 1)

1. Paul isn’t very outgoing, but he has a very analytical mind and is good at solving problems.

2. Sara is very confident and outgoing person. She’s not afraid of talking to strangers.

3. Marcel doesn’t have much of an education, but he’s very good with his hands.

4. Andy has very good observation skills and pays extreme attention to details. He also has a love for adventure and is very brave.

5. Catherine is fascinated with building. She’s quite creative and good at mathematics.

6. Mike doesn’t have any qualification, but he likes helping people and is not afraid of dangers.

7. Shelly is very good with numbers. But she is a bit shy and generally prefers to work alone.

8. Daniel is his own boss.  He can’t imagine working for anybody else.

Describing Jobs. Match the descriptions to their opposites (handout 3)

                    My job (handout 2)

               I work as a zookeeper. I’m responsible for feeding and caring for animals in a zoo. It’s also my job to clean the animals’ cages, report health problems and entertain visitors.

               For this job you need special qualifications, for example a degree in biology or zoology. Of course, you need a lot of love for animals. Each species is different from the others and requires special attention and care. You also need to be good at keeping records because you have to collect a lot of data for each animal. And you must be outgoing because you need to conduct tours for visitors and answer their questions.

               I find my job really interesting. I’ve always loved animals, so caring for animals feel more like a hobby than a job. But it can get a bit dirty and tedious sometimes, for example when you have to clean the cages. And it can also be a little dangerous, especially when animals get sick – they can hurt you! But on whole, I really enjoy me work, I can’t imagine doing anything else.