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TP: 3a
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about what job advertisements include and how to write the perfect cover letter through speaking activities. The lesson starts with a quick conversation about the students' childhood dream jobs and the teacher pre-teaches the new vocabulary which will help the students in the reading activities. This is followed by four exercises. In the first exercise (ex.8) the students read the job ad and answer the questions in pairs and discuss each other's answers. In the next two exercises (ex.9a,9b), the students will read a cover letter and discuss if the applicant is suitable for the job (why/why not) and if the wording of the letter is formal or informal. For a post-reading activity, the students are expected to match formal and informal meanings (ex.9c). Finally, the students (in groups of 3-4) will talk about 'What would they write in their cover letter if they applied for their dream job.'

Materials

Abc Unit 4.2 Ex. 8
Abc Unit 4.2 Ex. 9a
Abc Unit 4.2 Ex. 9b
Abc Unit 4.2 Ex. 9c (Cut-ups)
7gsam17ltaarmrump7vn teaching dream job Photo 'teaching dream job'
7rygnrnsjivpfwxwvq48 photo cover letter Photo Cover Letter

Main Aims

  • To provide the students with gist, scan and detailed reading practice using two texts about job advertisement and cover letter.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide an opportunity for the students to develop their speaking skills.
  • To provide practice of functional language used for writing a cover letter.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Show the photo 'teaching dream job' and tell them this is you as a kid. Ask the ss '' What job could be my childhood dream job?'' according to the photo. Then ask the ss ''What was your dream job when you were a child and is it still the same?''

Pre-Reading (4-6 minutes) • To prepare students for the texts and make them comprehensible

Pre-teach vocab: 'qualification' - 'candidate' - 'recruit' - 'covering letter' - 'convenience' - 'hands-on'. T elicits the words from the ss. Use ECDW!

While-Reading #1 (4-6 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist reading task

The ss read the text 'Wanted: Paradise Island Caretaker' and answer the questions in the Ex. 8. Check in pairs. Then W/C F/B.

While-Reading #2 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed and deduction reading task

The ss read the covering letter and think about if that person is suitable for the job or not (why/why not). (Ex. 9a). Check in pairs. Then W/C F/B. T gives a formal-informal example first. Then the ss read the covering letter again and think about if the language of the covering letter is formal or informal. Then the ss underline the formal expressions in PAIRS (Ex. 9b). Check is pairs. Then W/C F/B.

Post-Reading (5-8 minutes) • To provide the students with an opportunity to respond to the text and refresh what they've learned

T gives the cut-ups and do one as an example. The ss match the formal forms of the words/expressions with their informal equivalences (Ex.9c). The ss work in PAIRS. T gives the answer key. Check in pairs. Then W/C F/B

Follow-up (4-6 minutes) • To provide an opportunity for the students to develop their speaking skills, respond to the text and expand on what they've learned.

T puts the ss in the groups of 3-4. The ss choose one dream job and think about what they would write in their covering letter if they applied for their dream job. T monitors, takes notes and corrects errors on the board. Then W/C F/B

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