Hany Muhammed Hany Muhammed

Job Interview
Upper Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson students learn how to describe a job interview and use adjectives to describe some personal traits in a job interview in the context of jobs. The lesson stars with a discussion about the dream job of the students and job interviews. Then, I teach them some blocking vocabularies and phrasal verbs before they watch/listen to an interview to find the answers for some general questions. Then, they listen again for details. Finally, they are divided into pairs and act out a dialogue in which one plays an interviewer and the other an interviewee to act out a similar dialogue.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide deduction listening practice using a text about a job interview in the context of jobs
  • To provide gist listening practice using a text about a job interview in the context of Jobs

Subsidiary Aims

  • By the end of this lesson students will be able to guess the meanings of phrasal vebs and words through a text.
  • By the end of this lesson students should be able to prepare questions and answers related to job interviews.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T. shows Ss. a photo showing an interviewer and interviewee in a job interview and ask them to work in pairs to take turns ask and answer the following questions. They then report to the teacher the answers of their colleagues. 1- Have you ever been in a situation where a job interview didn't go as planned? What do you think might have contributed to that? 2- What do you consider to be the most crucial aspect of a successful job interview? Is it the qualifications listed on your resume, or is there something more than that? 3- Let's talk about personal traits. How do you differentiate between qualities and qualifications when it comes to assessing a candidate's suitability for a job role? 4- Can you provide an example of a profession where personal qualities, such as strong communication skills or adaptability, could potentially outweigh certain qualifications? 5- In your opinion, which holds more long-term significance for a successful career: continuously improving your personal qualities or obtaining new qualifications? How might these factors impact your career trajectory? T. asks Ss. to report about their partners. Teacher gives feedback.

Pre-Listening (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

T tests ss prior-knowledge of the blocking vocabulary by asking ss to work in groups to match a list of words to their meanings. T gives feedback. Based on the activity T. uses elicitation and contextualization to teach the vocabulary that may hinder ss understanding of the text. T uses the ECDW frame work to introduce the new words . Teacher elicits the new word, then he asks concept checking questions to make sure ss have understood the meaning. Then, T drills the word in meaningful sentences. Finally, he writes it on the board. T uses colored markers to illustrate the stressed syllables and the type of words or phrases. T. tells students that they are going to watch a part of a movie called "The Pursuit of Happiness" where Chris Gardner has an interview for the post he has always dreamed of. T asks students to anticipate what he will encounter in this interview.

While Listening #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

T gives ss 2 minutes and asks them to read the gist questions silently and individually. The questions are: T asks ss to work in pairs and check their answers. T gives feedback.

While Listening #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

T gives Ss. a minute to read the questions and then work individually to find the answers for these questions. The questions are T asks students to pair check their answers. T gives feedback.

Post-Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

T divides the class into two groups where group A is playing the role of a human-resources manager and group B is playing a job-seeker. T gives the two groups 3 minutes for preparation. Group A which is acting as human-resources managers is going to prepare questions to ask group B. Group B is going to prepare answers which enables them to take the job. T asks each one of group A to interview one of group B to hold a job interview. T monitors and takes notes. T gives feedback.

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