Урок формування комунікативної компетентності учнів

Jobs and professions

Aims and objectives:

• introducing vocabulary

• developing basic skills

Equipment: writing paper, pictures, handouts

Sequence

I. Warming-up

The teacher may either use the warming-up activities desrcibed earlier or invent the ones of his / her own.

II. Main part

1. Introducing vocabulary

Who would you contact or call in the situations given below?

Match the situations in the left column with the name of the job or profession in the right column.

 The students work individually or in pairs, reporting the matching results to the class for further discussion.

Then the students work individually and fill in the chart. A few may be asked to report their answers with explanations.

How often do you have to consult these specialists? Why?

2. Discussing the Picture

Look at the picture with a partner. Decide what jobs the people are doing and label the pictures. Discuss what training is needed to do the job. Talk about one good and one bad point of this kind of work.

The teacher prepares pictures describing lawyer, surgeon, shop assistant, dentist, fireman, electrician, psychologist, barber / hairdresser, policeman, mechanic and shows them to students.

Does anyone in your family do any of these jobs? Which one(s)? what training has the person got for it? What does he / she like / dislike about the job? Is it the same thing you like / dislike about it? Why / why not?

Finish the following sentences with the names of jobs or professions given below.

Veterinarian (vet), secretary, miner, librarian, chef, news agent, docker, civil worker, architect, real estate agent.

1) A person who deals with office correspondence and records is a __ .

2) A person whose job is to treat sick animals is a __ .

3) A person who checks in and out books and gives advice on what to read is a __ .

4) A person who gets coal from under the ground is a __ .

5) A person who loads and unloads ships in a port is a __ .

6) A person whose job is to cook in a restaurant is a __ .

7) A person who sells newspapers and magazines is a __ .

8) A person who works in a government office is a __ .

9) A person whose job is to help people buy and sell houses is a __ .

10) A person who designs buildings is an __ .

3. Brainstorming / Vocabulary

How many job titles do you know? In groups of three students, make an alphabetical list with one job title for each letter. Work quickly!

You only have five minutes.

When you finish, the class can make a master list for the board.

Each group gets 1 point for a correct answer and 2 points if the answer is also original. Good luck.

Example: A architect

This activity may be quite difficult for the students. If so, they should work for not more than 5 minutes, report their ideas to the class and get the rest of the ABC to work with for homework to present at the next lesson.

The master list must be made and posted in the classroom as a visual aid. Students may also add there the hames of jobs while working on the topic.

4. Discussing Your Job

Now think about the job you would like to do or one you are familiar with. Use the chart to brainstorm the good and bad things about your job. Then talk to a classmate about it.

Job

III. Summary

IV. Homework

Find the names of jobs to complete the ABC list with descriptions and sample sentences; use the chart in activity 6 to make a written characteristic of your job.