Looking for Work #1

Objectives:

• The learner will define lesson vocabulary: "applicant," "benefits," "classifieds," "interview," "application," "job board," "salary," "wage," "help wanted signs," "to hire."

• The learner will define work-related phrases: "ask about benefits," "ask about hours," "call for information," "fill out an application," "talk to friends," "go on an interview," "inquire about salary," "look at job boards," "look in the classifieds," "look for help wanted signs," "talk about your experience," "get hired."

• The learner will answer and ask questions using the present perfect continuous tense.

• The learner will complete sentences using key work-related phrases.

Duration:

    4 hours

Materials:

• Flashcards of lesson vocabulary and work-related phrases

• Looking for a Job worksheet

• More Practice with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense worksheet 

• Picture of a job interview (enlarged image from p.6, Workplace Plus #3, Joan Saslow, Pearson Education, Inc., 2002)

• Present Perfect Drill worksheet

• Samples of: employment section of classified ads, job application, "Help Wanted" sign

Activities:

1. Teacher conducts response drill using impromptu questions and questions from the Present Perfect Drill worksheet. Students respond in complete sentences in the present perfect continuous tense, plus the correct use of "for" and "since." For example, "How long have you been working at your present job?" "I have been working at my present job for two years."

2. Learners complete More Practice with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense worksheet as a review activity. 

3. Learners share responses to the worksheet verbally, discussing/instructing where necessary. Teacher writes responses on the board.

4. Teacher introduces lesson vocabulary and work-related phrases using flashcards, and samples of employment section of classified ads, job application and "Help Wanted" sign where appropriate. Teacher models full body response as appropriate to define phrases. Learners practice pronunciation and respond with total physical response where appropriate.  

5. Learners complete Looking for a Job worksheet.

6. Teacher provides learner pairs with sentence strips from the Looking for a Job activity, instructing each pair to arrange sentences in proper sequence.

7. Paired learners compare and discuss responses.

8. Paired learners drill each other on lesson vocabulary and phrases using flash cards. Learners respond with total body response where appropriate. 

Assessment:

Teacher monitors verbal and written responses of individual students and learner pairs.