Professions
Suggested level – B1
Alla Lytvyn,
a teacher of English,
school № 12,
Bila Tserkva,
Kyiv region
Materials: the textbook “English 9” by O. Karpiuk, handout and computer.
PROCEDURE
I. Greeting and aim.
– Today our theme is “Professions”. (screen)
– Our tasks are to practice your speech habits, to develop your imagination and listening skills. (screen)
II. Warm-up.
– On our last lessons we learnt different professions. Now let’s remember some of them, complete the crossword and find a key-word. (screen)
Look at the screen. We have word “career”.
III. Check on homework.
– On our last lesson we read the text. Your hometask was to write a paragraph about Dr. P or Dr. Q and their job. Who wants to read own paragraph? (pupils’ answers)
IV. MAIN PART
1. Practicing vocabulary.
– As you can remember these two doctors like their job. We shall do Ex. 1, page 162. Open your books and read the task a) and b). Let’s match words to make phrases, remember phrase “ I’d like to … / I wouldn’t like to …” and write down some sentences. Look at the blackboard, first read and then match. (blackboard)
Take part aboard
Earn another foreign language
Win at university
Take up in a campaign
Live a summer job
Leave a lot of money
Get a competition
Study school at 15
– And now make up 2-3 sentences with these word-combinations. For example “I’d like to earn a lot of money because I want travelling around the world”. So open your copy-books, write down today’s date and make your own sentences. You have about 3 minutes. (pupils’ answers)
2. Listening.
– They are very interesting sentences. Our next task is listening the dialogue. Listen very attentively and say: 1) How many professions were named in this dialogue? And 2) name these professions. So you can take a pen or a pencil and write down all the name of the professions. (screen – audio file)
– OK, let’s compare your variants.
– There were 6 professions in this dialogue: reporter, teacher, contractor (підрядчик), housewife, farmer and mechanic.
3. Role play.
– Good for you. Our next activity is role play. Please, look at the ex.5, p. 163 and read the task.
– You will work in pairs. You have 3 minutes. After that you will present your dialogues. (pupils’ answers)
4. Reading and speaking.
– Good job. Look Ex. 4, p. 163. Please, read the task.
– Read the jobs. On your sheets you can see some qualities. They help you. One job can have several qualities. Let’s read jobs, then qualities and match. (handout)
An accountant
A journalist
A nurse
A shop assistant
An estate agent
An architect
A carpenter
A police office
A lawyer
A dentist
A plumber
A judge
– For example, an accountant should be a good counter and have good knowledge of maths.
5. Practicing vocabulary.
– Our last task is to give names to the descriptions of some jobs. It’s Ex. 3, p. 162.
V. Summing-up
- Do you know what sort of job would you like to do in future?
- Thank you for your work. Your marks are _________
VI. Home assignment
Your home assignment is on the screen. (screen)
Handout
Communicative, intelligent, honest, nice person, skillful, kind, brave, strong, independent, hard-working, tidy, wise, polite, serious, attentive.
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Communicative, intelligent, honest, nice person, skillful, kind, brave, strong, independent, hard-working, tidy, wise, polite, serious, attentive.
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Communicative, intelligent, honest, nice person, skillful, kind, brave, strong, independent, hard-working, tidy, wise, polite, serious, attentive.
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