UNIT 6: FUTURE JOBSLesson 2: Speaking

I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - give their opinions about jobs. - talk about the jobs of their choice.

II. Teaching kills: speaking III. Teaching aids: book, picture,… IV. Lexical items: words/phrases related to jobs. V. Procedures:

Teacher `s activities Students` activitiesI. WARM-UP : (5’)Game: What's my job? - Divide the class into 2 groups - Read 8 sentences that farmers, doctors, teachers ... often say. - Tell Ss to listen and guess the job. - The first group to speak out the name of a job gets one point. - The group with more points is the winner. Sentences teacher reads: Take two tablets a day after meal. You will have a test next week. Here's your key. Room 245. We have a bumper crop this year. Please fasten your seatbelt before the plane takes off. You've passed the red light. You have to pay a fine. It's rather cold inside Phong Nha Cave so you should bring warm clothes. What would you like to order? Key: doctor ; 2. teacher; 3. receptionist;4. farmer ; 5. air-hostess; 6.traffic warden ;7. tour guide ;8. waiter Lead.-in: Today, we continue talking and giving opinions about jobs. II. PRE – SPEAKING : (10’)Who am I ? (Task 1, p. 66) - Arrange the class into six groups. - Give each group a card with a word on: . - Ask Ss to take it in· turns to give the definitions or descriptions of the words on their cards. - Tell Ss that they can use the given cues in' their textbook on page 61. - The other groups have to guess what the words are. - The first group to speak out the word wins one point. - The group with more points is the winner. The words to guess: . teacher/doctor/librarian/farmer /tour guide/writer Example:

What am I? ..

Divide the class into 2 groups Participate in the game.

Listen and guess the job

Arrange the class into six groups.

Give the definitions or descriptions of the words on their cards.

- 1 sit in a desk. I work in a building and handle many books in the day. (I am a librarian) What am I? . - I take· care of injured and sick people. I help to save people's lives. (I am a doctor)

III- WHILE SPEAKING : (20) Activity 1: Matching - Tell Ss they are going to work in pairs and decide "which of the jobs (in column A, task. 2, p. 66) they think these words/phrases go with. - Call on some Ss, to give the answers. - Give feedback.

- regular working hours: - uniform: - fascinating: - rewarding: -noisy: - dangerous: - challenging: - difficult: - away from home:

Activity 2: Discussion - Ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss which of the following jobs they would like or would not like to do and state the reasons for their choice. pilot/waiter/taxi driver /hotel receptionist air-hostess/ teacher/ farmer/ tour guide ... - Call on some Ss to report their ideas in front of the class. - 'Give feedback and comments.

Suggested ideas: - I would like to work as a tourist guide because I will be able to travel a lot when I take tourists on sightseeing tours throughout my country. I am keen on introducing the foreign tourists to all the scenic spots of my country. - My dream is to become an air-hostess because flying has always appealed to me greatly since I was a child. I will have a good chance of traveling abroad and communicating with people of different nationalities. - I am interested in being a hotel receptionist because tourism is booming in our country, more and more people are -willing to spend money on tours and travel. In addition, I like to meet different people from many parts of the world and I believe my English will improve considerably thanks to constant communication to them. - I will train to be a teacher because I want to follow my father's footsteps. I like to communicate knowledge and new ideas to people. Teaching is the most creative career, which helps train good citizens for the country and makes them the pillars of the nation.

Work in pairs and decide "which of the jobs (in column A, task. 2, p. 66) they think these words/phrases go with.

Expected answers: -regular working hours: . hotel receptionist, policeman . - uniform: policeman - fascinating: pilot, teacher - rewarding: waiter - noisy: taxi driver - dangerous: electrician - challenging: pilot, computer programmer, teacher - difficult: computer programmer/pilot - away from home: journalist, pilot

Work in pairs to discuss which of the following jobs they would like or would not like to do and state the reasons for their choice

Report their ideas in front of the class.

- I don't like manual work because 1 think it is poorly- paid and energy-consuming. My health is not good and I don 't think 1 am fit enough for arduous work. - I have no idea what I am going to do but 1 think all work is honorable, so long as you have an honest job, you have no fear of money problems or poverty.

IV- POST SPEAKING : (10’)Personalization (Task 3, p. 67) - Put Ss to work in groups of four or five. - In groups, Ss talk about a job they may do after they finish high school, using the following cues as help: Where you work /Who you work with The salary you may get paid /The working conditions - Invite the groups' ideas. - Make comments on what Ss have.

HOMEWORK :Ask Ss to write about the job they may do when they finish high school.

Comments:

- Put Ss to work in groups of four or five. - In groups, Ss .talk about a job they may do after they finish high school, using the following cues as help

Listen and take notes

Write about the job they may do when they finish high school.