Success
intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product in the context of sucess
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To provide practice in writing a covering letter for a c.v in the context of success
Subsidiary Aims
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To practice functional language in the context of writing a covering letter.
Procedure (24-36 minutes)
Greet the students then, asking them: How are you? How's your day? T starts asking ss about their recent or future career. T discusses the importance of the cover letter as it is usually the first piece of an application that is read.
- T shows ss a self-intro video then ask them about how he started introducing himself and trying to elicit the stages of the cover letter from them
T gives ss hand out copies of the Cover Letter Guide T walks ss through the important parts of a cover letter including heading, inside address, salutation, and the complimentary closing. T gives the ss a matching activity in which they are going to match the paragraphs with the main idea. Then, T asks ss to discuss in pairs. T nominates and listens to their answers
T asks ss to mingle and stick the paragraphs to their features of the cover letter. ss do the task T goes round the class and disscusses the answer with ss
T asks ss to write their own cover letter. T sets the time to work individually, then T monitors T gives feedback
T discusses the ss cover letters and corrects if needed.