Vocabulary and collocations
Overview
In this first lesson of a three-part series on the topic of professions, students will concentrate on expanding their vocabulary and understanding of collocations related to jobs and the workplace. They will learn specific terminology and phrases commonly used in professional settings.
The lesson plan starts with a boardwork example, demonstrating one effective method of introducing target vocabulary and expressions related to professions. Following this, students will participate in several low-resource classroom activities where they will discuss past work experiences. To wrap up the session, we've included a fun idea for a classroom game where the students hold mock press conferences.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
Elicit vocabulary related to occupational skills and characteristics, add any to the board that you feel are relevant to the level. Use this spider diagram as a guide.
Collocations work and job
Students work in groups to complete a table with the different types of adjectives that can be used to describe occupations.
Are you experienced?
For this speaking activity, your students will discuss their past work experiences.
Interview
Students interview each other about work-related topics.
Classroom games
Press conference: Controversy
This is a fun game idea that can be used to practice question formation, and how to divert blame and make excuses.
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