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Lesson 4

Jobs Suitable for Us

Aims:

Educative:

To develop students’ speaking skills with the help of monological and dialogical speech.

Developing:

To develop students’ attention, ability to show their thoughts, personal attitude to the problem; to formulate the ways of solving the problem.

Bringing-up:

To bring up students’ tolerant attitude to each other, ability to cooperate and communicate.

Equipment: a ball, cards with the text “Nice Work if You Can Get It”, cards with the text “Tips for First-time Jobseekers”

The type of the lesson: the lesson of using skills and abilities

Procedure:

I. Greeting. Warm-up activities. (5min.)
1) Saying compliments.

T: Hello, everybody. The subject of our lesson today is “Job  Suitable for Us”. We are going to have a lesson-discussion, a business game where various jobs will be discussed. You know that people must be tolerant to each other, so let’s start with saying compliments .

(Pupils throw a little ball to each other and say compliments)

e.g.
P1: Lera, you look wonderful today.
P2: Thanks, you are very kind. Vlada, your smile is so charming.
P3: Thanks a lot. I’m pleased to hear that. etc.
2) “Hot chair” game.

T: What should we take into consideration while choosing a profession? Is character important? I think, yes. We’ll play a psychological game which is called “a hot chair”. The game is simple. Let’s choose a psyholigyst who will define your treats of character. And now one of you will sit down on the chair and  the others will speak honestly about his (her) traits of character. Then our psychologist (name) will give her comments.The adjactives to help you are in the table:

Sociable Reliable Hardworking Easy-going Clever

Lazy Communicative Tolerant Honest Absent-minded

Talkative Irresponsible Sociable Generous Amiable

P1 sits down on the “hot chair”
Pupils speak in turn.
E.g. I think you are (communicative and sociable)
In my opinion you are (generous and amiable)
I am sorry to say, but you are (a bit lazy, you should be more hard- working)
You are …, but sometimes you are …etc.
(After pupils comment their classmates’ characters, one of the pupils who is chosen to be a psychologist gives the results which treats of character were mentiond very often.
Psychologist: Your classmates think you are a …, …, … and … person.
II. Speech skills.
1) Language work. (HO 1)(5 min.)
Say it in one word:

• to move someone to a more important job, position in a company;
• money, usually added to pay as a reward for good work;
• a period during each day or night when workers in a factory or hospital etc., are at work;
• the act of being in charge of a group of workers and being responsible for making sure that they do their work;
• something that tests strength, skill or ability;
• extra things such as luncheon vouchers or free medical insurance over and above basic pay;
• someone who is being trained for a job;
• someone who has recently joined a group of people or organization.

2) Now let’s work with the text “Nice Work if You Can Get It”. You have to read what two young people tell about their work and answer the questions. Then we’ll act the interview in pairs. (HO 2and 3)(10 min.)
3) Discussing problem questions.

T: Well, friends, I see that choosing a profession is very important to you. You know that  there are highly-paid and low-paid, challenging and boring jobs. Now I’d like you to answer the question: Which is more important – a high salary or satisfaction? My job is, for example, not highly-paid, but it is extremely interesting. What’s your opinion of the problem? What profession will you never choose?

Discussion.(8min.)
(During the discussion pupils tell their opinion on the problem, in case it’s needed they may interrupt their classmates politly and continue their conversation).
e.g.
- Sorry for interrupting…
- Let me say my way…
- I am of a different opinion…
- I don’t think so…
- I fully agree with you…
- To a certain extent you are right, but …etc. (HO 3)
4) Group work – discussing problem questions. (Brainstorming)(5 min.)

T: You know that on the way to your future career you'll come across some obstacles and hardships which have to be overcomed. What are the problems that you’ll have to cope with and how are you going to do it?

(Pupils are divided into two groups. Group 1 names the hardships which waits for them. Group 2 tries to name the way of solving the problems.)
5) Application for a job.(5 min)
T: How clever and jolly you are. So now imagine that you are not students any longer. You are young specialists. What do you do next?
P1: We apply for a job.
T: What do we call a person who applies for a job?
P2: An applicant.
T: What does an applicant do?
P3: Writes a letter of application and CV.
T: What shall we write in the letter of application?
(Pupils tell what they have to show in their letter of application from their points of view.)
6) Role-play.(5 min)
And now we will have a  job interview. P1 – employer, P2 – applicant.

(Each pair must roleplay a situation:  an applicant is too shy, an employee often interrupts an applicant. Which is the best way out of it?)

III. Summary.(2 min)
T: Thanks a lot for your work at the lesson. I enjoyed it. And what about you? Did you like the lesson? What new information have you got? What did you like most (less)of all?
IV. Hometask. (HO 5 and 6)
Your hometask is to do the exercise you have on your cards. And I want you to write a sinkwein poem about any professiom you like.

HO1.

• to move someone to a more important job, position in a company (to promote);
• money, usually added to pay as a reward for good work (bonus);
• a period during each day or night when workers in a factory or hospital etc., are at work (shift);
• the act of being in charge of a group of workers and being responsible for making sure that they do their work (supervision);
• something that tests strength, skill or ability (challenge);
• extra things such as luncheon vouchers or free medical insurance over and above basic pay (perks);
• someone who is being trained for a job (trainee);
• someone who has recently joined a group of people or organization (recruit).

HO 2.


HO3.

1.     Do you ever have any problems in your job?

2.     Do you think you’’l ever have the same job ten years from now?

3.     How do you find such an unusual job?

4.     How hard do you work?

5.     What do  you do?

6.     What do you like  about your job?

7.     What’s the money like?

HO 4.
- Sorry for interrupting…
- Let me say my way…
- I am of a different opinion…
- I don’t think so…
- I fully agree with you…
- To a certain extent you are right, but …

HO5.
Example:
Doctor
Caring, attentive
Examines, treats, cures
Helps people
Satisfaction.


HO6. Hometask
TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME JOBSEEKERS.
TIP 1: be, decide,sit, work
TIP 2: apply, be (2), include, see, send, write
TIP 3: ask, get, do
Looking for your first job isn’t easy. You need to decide what you are interested in and what you are good at. For example, if you love __________ outside and you can’t stand __________ at the desk all day, avoid __________ in an office.

You will need  __________ your CV (Curriculum Vitae) to the company. This should __________ typed and it shouldn’t__________ more than two pages. Remember __________ information about your hobbies and interests because companies want __________ that you have interests outside school. You must also __________ a letter to go with your CV. In your letter explain why you decided __________ for the job.

If you manage __________ an interview, you should __________ some preparation before you go. Also, think about what you want __________ them at the interview.

Lesson 5

Different People – Different Professions

 

Aims:

Educational:

To improve students’ knowledge of vocabulary words related to the topic Professions;

To improve students’ reading and writing skills;

To make students familiar with the rules of CV writing .

Developing:

 To develop students’ ability to analyse and systematyse the material;

To develop students’ ability to cooperate;

To develop students’ memory and abikity to think logically.

Brining-up:

To bring up tolerant attitude to the thoughts of other people;

To bring up responsible attitude to choosing a profession;

To bring up respective attitude to people of different professions.

Equipment:

Flashcards with the words related to the topic;

Individual sheets for the written task;

Cards with the designations of professions.

The type of the lesson: Combined lesson

Procedure:

I. Greeting.Warm-up activity. (5 min)

Pretend that you are at the job interview.

The class is divided into two groups – Employers and Employees. They are asked to answer the following questions:

Questions for Employers:

1. What kind of experience do you have?

2. What did you study in university?

3. Do you have any special skills?

4. What are your good points and bad points?

Questions for Employees:

1. What company do you present?

2. What kind of job do you offer?

3. What is the suggested salary?

4. Where is it located?

5. Do you offer any benefits?

6. Is there any chance for a promotion or a raise?

Pupils answer the questions.

Checking the hometask people read their sinkwein poems to the class.

II. Improving the lexical skills. (10 min)

Task 1: To put the jobs and professions into categories.

Pupils are given the special cards with professions:

 a doctor, a vet, a nurse, a surgeon, a dentist, a hairdresser, a beautician, a florist, a naval officer, a pilot, a firefighter, a gardener, a plumber, a carpenter, a mechanic, an artist, a writer, a translator, a singer, a lawyer etc.

Categories:

1. Working in the medical profession.

2. Running your own business.

3. Having a skilled job.

4. Working in the armed forces/emergency services.

5. Becoming a professional person.

6. Working from home as a freelancer.

In two or three minutes pupils name the result of their work.

Then the pupils do task 2:

Task 2: Write the names of the jobs and professions from memory.

This task must be done in groups for some definite time (about 3 – 4  minutes). Then the pupils name the professions.

Task 3: To read the jobs and professions the students have just written.

Then the groups take each other’s notes and check the correctness of writing.

Task 4: To choose a job or profession and say what features of character are necessary for this job or profession and why.

E.g: A teacher should be kind- hearted, tolerant, patient, reserved, sociable etc.

Features of character (HO 1):

Adventurous Creative Brave Patient	Cautious Quiet Sociable Trustworthy	Ambitious Strong Reserved Hard-working
Determined Active Imaginative Careful with money	Sensitive Sensible Easy - going Honest	Romantic Artistic Neat Practical

Task 5: To say what education is necessary for the chosen job or profession.

Pupils try to determine what kind of education need the representatives of different professions to do their work well.

III. Improving the listening skills.(10 min)

Teacher: Listen to the interview for a holiday job. Do you think Oliver got the job? Why or why not? (HO 2)

And now fill in the gaps in the cards you have on your desks. (HO 3)

IV. Improving communication  skills. Game “Guess the profession”. (6 min)

One of the pupils thinks about some profession. Others try to guess the profession asking questions.

Examples of questions:

1.     Do you work indoors?

2.     Do you use your hands in this job?

3.     Do you need any special tools?

4.     Do you have to be strong?

5.     Is it an artistic job?

6.     Do you travel a lot in this job?

7.     Is it a well-paid job?

8.     Do you need any qualification for this job?

9.     Do you work normal office hours?

10.                        Do you have to work in the evenings?

11.                        Do you have to wear a uniform?

12.                        Is your job risky?

13.                        Is it a hot and smelly job?

14.                        Do you work in a restaurant?

15.                        Is it something to do with music?

16.                        I think you are a …

17.                        Then I’m sure you are a …

18.                        Without any doubt you are a …

V. Improving writing skills. (11 min)

Read the job advert and David’s CV (HO 4). Can he apply for this job?

Study “Train your brain” and the example of an Application Form (HO 5 and 6). Study the list of additional skills and decide which of them are sutable in the other skills section of an application form.

VI. Summary.(3 min)

1. Have you enjoyed the lesson? What useful things have you learned?

2. Homework. Your hometask for the next lesson is to write down your own CV and application form.The examples of it you have on your cards. Study them carefully.

HO 1.

Features of character:
Adventurous Creative Brave	Quiet Sociable Ambitious	Reserved Determined Active	Sensitive Sensible Easy - going
Trustworthy Hard-working Careful with money	Romantic Artistic Neat	Cautious Strong Imaginative Patient	Honest Practical

HO 2.

Woman. Good morning, take a sit.

Oliver. Good morning. Thank you.

Woman. My name is Judith Wainwright. I’m a personal manager for Camp Elizabeth Holidays . And you are Oliver Blackstone.

Oliver. That’s right.

Woman. I see that you’re in your last year at school.

Oliver. Yes, I’m doing my “A” – levels this summer. I hope to go to university to study information technology.

Woman. So why do you want to work with us at Camp Elizabeth?

Oliver. Well your company has a good reputation. I know some people who have been to your camps and they say everything was well organized. I enjoy working with children and I’d like to get some more work experience.

Woman. What experience do you have?

Oliver. I helped with the youth club at school. I’ve organized sports and trips to various places  to concerts and plays and things like that.

Woman. Mmm. What qualities do you think are important for the job?

Oliver. I am sorry, what do you mean exactly?

Woman. I mean, the qualities  you need to work with children and organize sports and other activities.

Oliver. Well, you certainly must have patience. A lot of patience! And another important thing is enthusiasm. You’ve got to show children that you enjoy things. And, well, you also have to be careful. Accidents can happen very easily, so you need to be well organized.

Woman. OK, are there any questions you would like to ask me?

Oliver. Er, yes, just one thing. Could you tell me what kind of accommodation there is for people working at the camp?

Woman. Yes, most monitors have their own, but some will have to share.

Oliver. Right, I see.

Woman. Well thank, Oliver. I’ll be getting in touch with people next week.

Oliver. Thank you very much. Good by.

HO 3.

Card

Certainly,enjoy, getting in touch, important thing, just one thing, qualities, take a sit, thank you, work experience

JOB INTERVIEW

Interviewer	Interviewee
-         Good morning, 1 _____ . Why do you want to work with us at Camp Elizabeth? -         What experience do you have? -         What  5 _______ do you think are important for the job? -           -         Are there any questions you would like to ask me? -         It’ll be 9 _______ with people next week.	-         Good morning, 2 _______ . -         I 3 ________ working with children and I’d like to get some 4________ . -         I helped with the youth club at school. I’d organized sports and trips to various places. -         You 6 ________ must have patience. And another 7 _______ is enthusiasm. And, well, you also have to be careful. -         Yes, 8 _______ . -         Thank you very much.

HO 4.

Read the job adver below and David’s CV. Can he apply for this job.

David Barnes

DATE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY MARITAL STATUS ADDRESS TELEPHONE EMAIL

8/11/1987

British

Single

12 North Street, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 8BP

0208 599 6333

david b@mail.uk

EDUCATION

QUALIFICATIONS

EMPLOYMENT

OTHER SKILLS

1996-2005 Viliers High School

•   A-level exams: Maths, Chemistry

September 2005 - Present

•   Part-time Cashier: Texaco Filling Station, Ealing, London

•   Driving Licence

•   Good knowledge of computers

WANTED

For Southall firm Must have clean driving licence

      Excellent working conditions Must be over 18 years old

                           Please phone 0181 874 5560 for an application form

HO 5.

Read David’s application form and compare it with his CV. Can you find any mistakes?

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

Writing application forms

1.  Type the form or write your answers in CAPITAL  LETTERS.

2.  Don't translate foreign addresses.

3.  Answer all the questions.

4.  If you don't need to write an answer, write n/a (not applicable).

5.  Be careful with your spelling.

6.  Always sign and date the form.

7.  Give truthful information.

Додаток 6.

Application form

Scotpol Trading Ltd, Southall

POSITION APPLIED FOR

Title:   Delivery driver

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname:   David

First Name:   Barnes

Address tor Correspondence:  11 North Street, Southall, Middlesex, UBI 8BP  Home Phone Number:   020  599        Email address:   d_barnsey@clt.com

Age:   ___16-18   ___18-21   ___21 or over

Date of birth:   11 November 1985

How did you hear about this job?   X  Web Page   ___Newspaper

EDUCATION

Name of School:

Dates:   1996-2005

Exams taken:   maths,  Chemistry,  Physics

OTHER SKILLS (including computing, driving licence, languages spoken)   N/A

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Dates:   From: 2003     To:   NOW

Position:   cashier

___Part-Time   X Full-Time  

Company Name/Address:   Texaco Filling Station, Ealing, London

I certify that the above information is correct.

SIGNATURE:     ___________________   DATE: ___________________

Which of these things are suitable to put in the other skills section of an application form?

•  clean driving licence   •  fluent spoken and written French

•  good at dancing •  good team worker •  swimming certificate

•  good knowledge of computers                     •  non-smoker •  qualified in first aid

  

Lesson 6

Job Interview

Aims:

Educational:

To improve practical skills of speaking (using new vocabulary material);

To improve listening skills (listening for specific information).

Developing:

To develop students’ learning interests,

To develop students’ communicative culture and reaction.

Upbringing:

To bring up responsible attitude to the process of choosing the future profession,

To bring up general culture of students

Equipment: cards with proverbs, cards with the text “Dancer takes the right steps”

The type of the lesson: The lesson of using skills

Procedure:

I. Greeting. (5 min)
II. Warm-up activities.

T: Today we are going to speak about your plans for future and your future professions. When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your future professional has come. It’s not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. What do you think? Is it easy to choose a profession?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.1: To my mind it’s difficult to choose a profession according to abilities and character. As far as I know many school leavers are inclined to choose a popular profession and having done so, they are sure this is just what they want. But soon afterwards they realize they have made a mistake which is sometimes difficult to correct. That is why choosing a profession is not a simple matter, but a very important one.

T: You are absolutely right.

When we speak about profession we use such words as ‘trade’, occupation’. Who can explain the differences between them?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.2: I can. Occupation is the most general term, it is used to name any job, employment.
Trade is used for physical labour, the use of machinery and tools.
Profession is an occupation which requires special training or education.
T: Thank you. Who can help you to make the right choice of a job?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.3: This can be done by going to the library and by reading widely. Jobs change and new ones are constantly appearing. By reading and talking to people who have different kinds of jobs we’ll get great opportunities. There will be for us.

T:  Sure. And what is the best way to prepare for any job?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.4: To my mind the best way to prepare for any job is to get a good education – to do well at school and to learn all you can outside the school.
T: Have you made up your mind what to be in the future ?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.5: It is difficult for me to give a definite answer.

As the years passed I had changed my mind a lot of times about which science or field of industry to specialize in. It’s not easy to choose one of hundreds jobs to which I might be suited better.

III. Listening for specific information. (10 min)
T: You are right, P.

You have said that there is a great variety of jobs. And some of them are very popular in our country. Now listen and say which profession is described in each of the following examples.

a). This profession requires special education; the person should be kindhearted, careful, courageous, sensitive to the need of others; should be sympathetic to the pain of other people; should be very handy, devoted to this duty, selfless.

St.-s: To my mind this is a profession of…
I think…
It seems to me… (HO 1)

b). This profession requires special education; the person should be kind, generous, strict and just; should love children; should possess deep and broad knowledge of a subject; should be responsible, honest, tactful, reserved, patient and tolerant.

c). This trade requires special qualities; the person should be careful; should have quick reactions; should have vision and hearing; should know and observe the traffic rules; should be a good mechanic.

d). This profession requires special education and physical qualities; the person should be very well educated in physics, mathematics, astronomy; should be in a perfect state of health; should have good endurance and the ability to stand great strain and the state of weightlessness; should be courageous and daring.

e). This profession needs special qualities; ability to stand heights or depths, extremes of heat or cold, courage, curiosity, the sense of duty, the ability to risk, good health, devotion to one’s idea, confidence in success.

f). This profession needs the following qualities; enterprise, the ability to foresee, to analyze and to risk; the ability to keep promises; the person should be disciplined, well behaved, communicative; should know foreign languages; should be a good psychologist.

IV. Role-play (Press-conference ). (10 min)
T: The first profession you came across from your childhood is the profession of a teacher. We don’t realize the importance of it. Nevertheless when you come to the conclusion that you like communicating with children teaching is your choice. The best way to know this profession better is to have a talk with a teacher. So we are going to do this just now. St.1 will be a journalist and St.2 will be a teacher.

Journalist: Good morning and welcome to our program “Worldly Wise”. Today our attention turns on teaching. Many young people consider teaching as a career. It’s not surprising: after your parents the teacher may be the most important person in your life. With all the teachers you meet you think there isn`t anything you don’t know about the work. The teachers must be devoted to their work and privately think, though they may not like to admit it openly, that they serve humanity doing the most vital job of all. Mr. (name) is a teacher of English in one of secondary schools. Fortunately he  found time to come and take part in our program.

Get ready to ask questions, pupils.
T: Pleased to meet you, friends.
St.1: Why have you chosen teaching as a career?

T: Well, as for me, I made my choice long ago. My choice of this occupation didn’t come as a sudden flash. If you like people, you will like teaching, you must be genuinely interested in what you are doing. The most important things in the world are awareness and learning – wish to learn more and more every day of your life. Because every time you learn something new you become something new. A teacher catalyzes in his pupils the burning desire to know and love the truth and beauty.

St.2: Who has influenced on your choice of profession?
T: My parents, my English teacher and, of course, my love of English. During all school years English was my favorite subject.

St.3: Teaching is a very difficult job, it is not well paid. Besides, most jobs can be done within the usual office hours from 9 to 5, but teacher’s work is never done. As far as I know evenings are mostly spent making exercise books and preparing for the next lesson. It is quite a stressful job and a bit boring to my mind.

T: Nothing of the kind speaking about boring. It’s the most noble and rewarding job. Can you imagine your life without teachers, ah? Yes , that’s impossible. There are, of course, two categories of teachers: teachers who have a job and teachers who have a calling. There are teachers who can’t wait for the day to begin.

St.4: John Steinbeck once said that a great teacher is an artist and you know how few great artists there are in the world. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts.

T: You are absolutely right. That’s why humanity has the deepest respect to teachers. Teachers do not only teach their subjects, they develop their pupils’ intellect, form their views and characters, their attitudes to life and to other people. It’s a great responsibility to bring up children. I think that’s the reason why teachers are deeply respected.

St.5: What qualities do you think are necessary for a good teacher?

T: Oh, many of them. First of all a good teacher should know perfectly the subject he teaches, must be well-educated and well informed, because an ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a bored teacher teaches boredom. Teachers should be understanding and patient, should be kind. A teacher must love children and respect them.

St.6: I am fond of English. But I think that teaching is not for me. Which of professions require the knowledge of foreign language?

T: There are lots of professions for which a good knowledge of a foreign language is absolutely necessary, but I must say that many of them deal with people, for example: an interpreter, a translator, a diplomat, a journalist as well.

Journalist: Time of our program comes to the end. Thank you for coming.

T: Summing it up I’d like to say” Many roads are open before you. The most important thing is to work well. The English proverb goes “ He works best who knows his trade”. But it is a mistake to think that all your work is in future. Try to take an active part in life. Good luck to you. Thank you.

V. Work with proverbs (10 min):

a) Guessing words by the context.

T: Our “English teacher” has already mentioned one of English proverbs. There are many other proverbs to do with work.

St. goes to the blackboard, matches a line from column A with a line from column B to form an English proverb. The rest of pupils follow him, agree or disagree.

(St. reads and then asks: Is it right(or wrong)?)
(St.-s read and translate)
(on the board)

1. A bad workman	a. while the sun shines
2. All lay loads	b. louder than words
3. Make hay	c. master of none
4. Many hands	d. blames his tools
5. Too many cooks	e. what you can do today
6. Actions speak	f. make light work
7.Never put off till tomorrow	g. catches the warm
8. Jack of all trades	h. on a willing horse
9. The early bird	i. spoil the broth

Keys (1d, 2h, 3a, 4f,5i,6b,7e,8c,9g)
b) Speaking
T: Have a look at proverbs again and try to explain how you understand this or that proverb. Take it in turn.
1. A bad workman blames his tools.
Плохой работник всегда винит свой инструмент
A careless or unskilled person blames his tools to excuse himself for bad work, while it is his own carelessness or lack of skill which is really to blame.
2. All lay loads on a willing horse
Все накладывают груз на старательную лошадь.
(Кто везет, того и погоняют)
A man willing to work is always given more work to do than a lazy one, because the work which is given to a willing man will be done well and quickly.
3. Make hay while the sun shines.
Заготавливай сено, пока солнце светит
(Коси коса, пока роса)
You must take advantage of the opportunities while conditions are favourable.
4. Many hands make light wok.
Когда рук много, работа делается легко
(Дружно не грузно, а врозь хоть брось)
A job, duty, everything is to do if many people share the work.
5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Слишком много поваров портят бульон
(У семи нянек дитя без глазу)
If too many people try to do the same thing at the same time, the task will be done badly, spoilt or damaged.
6. Action speaks louder than words.
Поступки говорят громче, чем слова
(Не по словам судят, а по делам)
People can say many things, because talking is easy, but it is more important what a person does than what he says he will do.
7. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Не откладывай на завтра то, что можно сделать сегодня.
You must carry out a lot a task or duty as soon as you can. If you leave it till tomorrow, you may forget about it or not find time to do it and it may never be done.
8. Jack of all trades is master of none.
Джек на все руки мастер, а ни одним мастерством не владеет.
(За все браться - ничего не сделать)
A person who works at many trades never becomes really expert at any one of them. It is better to be really skilful at one trade than to have small knowledge of many.
9. The early bird catches the worm.
Ранняя птичка словит червяка.
(Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает)
The person who gets up early to work will be successful:
Those that arrive early at a place have the advantage over the latecomers.
VI. Improving lexical skills. (5 min)
T.: Now, let’s complete the sentences with work or job. (HO 3)
VII. Summary.(5 min)
T: It’s a pity our lesson comes to the end. We’ll continue our work at the next lesson. I am satisfied with your work today. Thank you.
Homework.
T: The hometask for the next lesson will be a text about a famous profession of a top model.

HO1.

To my mind this is a profession of…
I think…
It seems to me…
To  my mind…
As far as I am concerned …

HO  2.

1. A bad workman	a. while the sun shines
2. All lay loads	b. louder than words
3. Make hay	c. master of none
4. Many hands	d. blames his tools
5. Too many cooks	e. what you can do today
6. Actions speak	f. make light work
7.Never put off till tomorrow	g. catches the warm
8. Jack of all trades	h. on a willing horse
9. The early bird	i. spoil the broth

HO3.

1.     Too much _______ and not enough fun can cause stress.

2.     My ideal ________  is one where I could work outside with a group of friends.

3.     Well done! You did a good ________ with my computer. It’s really fast now.

4.     Hard ________ never killed anybody.

5.     If you’re not busy right now, I have a ________ for you. Can you peel the potatoes?

6.     I like ________ - it fascinates me, especially when people are doing it!

HO4.

Task 1. Read the question. Read the article quickly and choose the correct answer.

The article is about

a someone slarLing their career

b careers advice for dancers

c working for an Internet company

Dancer takes the right steps

It is very difficult for people who work in show business to find permanent jobs. Out-of-work actors, singers and dancers often work in bars or  restaurarts while tfhey are looking for work.

However when 19-year-old Heidi Calver moved to London to buld  her career as a dancer, she decided not to be a waitress again.  I hoped to get work as a full-time dancer but I knew that was an impossible dream! I don't mind working in cafes and bars but I prefer being in touch with other dancers and entertainers.   I  looked for jobs which are linked to show business and I was very lucky - I got a job as an eventng manager for a small dance studio in north London.'

While Heidi was working tor the  dance studio sne learned that a lot of the teachers at the studio got their jobs through an Internet job agency  for dancers. She applled for a job with the Internet company and a week later she was part of the sales team. After only a month, the manager asked her to be his personal assistant. 'lt was a promotion with a pay rise so said 'yes!' immedlately.

The company is one of Britain's largest agencies for performing artists so Heidi is always very busy. 'l look after my boss's diary make his travel arrangements, answer the telephone. In fact, I don't mind doing anything to help! I might take photographs of aspiring dancers for the website, look for twenty singers for a big London musical, find a pianist for an orchestra or help someone to write thelr CV.”

I hate being bored so this job is perfect for me - and it keeps me close  to the world of dance. I hear about dancing jobs and my boss ls very good at letting me have time off - last month I did a rock video and the month before I was in a children’ s TV programme.'

'l still want to make my career in dancing but  I’ m happy to wait, l'm very lucky -  I enjoy my job and every day is an adventure!'

Task 2. Read the list. Put the events in order.

Heidi ...

a got a job as a personal assistant

b got a job in a dance studio

c heard about an Internet agency

d moved to London

e worked as a waitress

f worked on a children's TV progranune

g worked on a rock video

Task 3. Find the words (1-5) in the article and match them with the correct definition (a-f). There is one extra definition.

1 out-of-work                                    a hopeful

2 studio                                              b actors, singers, dancers etc

3 job agency                                      c a person who answers the phone

4 performing artists                           d a room where dancers practise

5 aspiring                                           e a company which matches people and jobs

                                                           f  without a job

Lesson 6

Job Interview

Aims:

Educational:

To improve practical skills of speaking (using new vocabulary material);

To improve listening skills (listening for specific information).

Developing:

To develop students’ learning interests,

To develop students’ communicative culture and reaction.

Upbringing:

To bring up responsible attitude to the process of choosing the future profession,

To bring up general culture of students

Equipment: cards with proverbs, cards with the text “Dancer takes the right steps”

The type of the lesson: The lesson of using skills

Procedure:

I. Greeting. (5 min)
II. Warm-up activities.

T: Today we are going to speak about your plans for future and your future professions. When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your future professional has come. It’s not an easy task to make the right choice of a job. What do you think? Is it easy to choose a profession?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.1: To my mind it’s difficult to choose a profession according to abilities and character. As far as I know many school leavers are inclined to choose a popular profession and having done so, they are sure this is just what they want. But soon afterwards they realize they have made a mistake which is sometimes difficult to correct. That is why choosing a profession is not a simple matter, but a very important one.

T: You are absolutely right.

When we speak about profession we use such words as ‘trade’, occupation’. Who can explain the differences between them?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.2: I can. Occupation is the most general term, it is used to name any job, employment.
Trade is used for physical labour, the use of machinery and tools.
Profession is an occupation which requires special training or education.
T: Thank you. Who can help you to make the right choice of a job?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.3: This can be done by going to the library and by reading widely. Jobs change and new ones are constantly appearing. By reading and talking to people who have different kinds of jobs we’ll get great opportunities. There will be for us.

T:  Sure. And what is the best way to prepare for any job?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.4: To my mind the best way to prepare for any job is to get a good education – to do well at school and to learn all you can outside the school.
T: Have you made up your mind what to be in the future ?

Suggested students’ answers:

St.5: It is difficult for me to give a definite answer.

As the years passed I had changed my mind a lot of times about which science or field of industry to specialize in. It’s not easy to choose one of hundreds jobs to which I might be suited better.

III. Listening for specific information. (10 min)
T: You are right, P.

You have said that there is a great variety of jobs. And some of them are very popular in our country. Now listen and say which profession is described in each of the following examples.

a). This profession requires special education; the person should be kindhearted, careful, courageous, sensitive to the need of others; should be sympathetic to the pain of other people; should be very handy, devoted to this duty, selfless.

St.-s: To my mind this is a profession of…
I think…
It seems to me… (HO 1)

b). This profession requires special education; the person should be kind, generous, strict and just; should love children; should possess deep and broad knowledge of a subject; should be responsible, honest, tactful, reserved, patient and tolerant.

c). This trade requires special qualities; the person should be careful; should have quick reactions; should have vision and hearing; should know and observe the traffic rules; should be a good mechanic.

d). This profession requires special education and physical qualities; the person should be very well educated in physics, mathematics, astronomy; should be in a perfect state of health; should have good endurance and the ability to stand great strain and the state of weightlessness; should be courageous and daring.

e). This profession needs special qualities; ability to stand heights or depths, extremes of heat or cold, courage, curiosity, the sense of duty, the ability to risk, good health, devotion to one’s idea, confidence in success.

f). This profession needs the following qualities; enterprise, the ability to foresee, to analyze and to risk; the ability to keep promises; the person should be disciplined, well behaved, communicative; should know foreign languages; should be a good psychologist.

IV. Role-play (Press-conference ). (10 min)
T: The first profession you came across from your childhood is the profession of a teacher. We don’t realize the importance of it. Nevertheless when you come to the conclusion that you like communicating with children teaching is your choice. The best way to know this profession better is to have a talk with a teacher. So we are going to do this just now. St.1 will be a journalist and St.2 will be a teacher.

Journalist: Good morning and welcome to our program “Worldly Wise”. Today our attention turns on teaching. Many young people consider teaching as a career. It’s not surprising: after your parents the teacher may be the most important person in your life. With all the teachers you meet you think there isn`t anything you don’t know about the work. The teachers must be devoted to their work and privately think, though they may not like to admit it openly, that they serve humanity doing the most vital job of all. Mr. (name) is a teacher of English in one of secondary schools. Fortunately he  found time to come and take part in our program.

Get ready to ask questions, pupils.
T: Pleased to meet you, friends.
St.1: Why have you chosen teaching as a career?

T: Well, as for me, I made my choice long ago. My choice of this occupation didn’t come as a sudden flash. If you like people, you will like teaching, you must be genuinely interested in what you are doing. The most important things in the world are awareness and learning – wish to learn more and more every day of your life. Because every time you learn something new you become something new. A teacher catalyzes in his pupils the burning desire to know and love the truth and beauty.

St.2: Who has influenced on your choice of profession?
T: My parents, my English teacher and, of course, my love of English. During all school years English was my favorite subject.

St.3: Teaching is a very difficult job, it is not well paid. Besides, most jobs can be done within the usual office hours from 9 to 5, but teacher’s work is never done. As far as I know evenings are mostly spent making exercise books and preparing for the next lesson. It is quite a stressful job and a bit boring to my mind.

T: Nothing of the kind speaking about boring. It’s the most noble and rewarding job. Can you imagine your life without teachers, ah? Yes , that’s impossible. There are, of course, two categories of teachers: teachers who have a job and teachers who have a calling. There are teachers who can’t wait for the day to begin.

St.4: John Steinbeck once said that a great teacher is an artist and you know how few great artists there are in the world. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts.

T: You are absolutely right. That’s why humanity has the deepest respect to teachers. Teachers do not only teach their subjects, they develop their pupils’ intellect, form their views and characters, their attitudes to life and to other people. It’s a great responsibility to bring up children. I think that’s the reason why teachers are deeply respected.

St.5: What qualities do you think are necessary for a good teacher?

T: Oh, many of them. First of all a good teacher should know perfectly the subject he teaches, must be well-educated and well informed, because an ignorant teacher teaches ignorance, a bored teacher teaches boredom. Teachers should be understanding and patient, should be kind. A teacher must love children and respect them.

St.6: I am fond of English. But I think that teaching is not for me. Which of professions require the knowledge of foreign language?

T: There are lots of professions for which a good knowledge of a foreign language is absolutely necessary, but I must say that many of them deal with people, for example: an interpreter, a translator, a diplomat, a journalist as well.

Journalist: Time of our program comes to the end. Thank you for coming.

T: Summing it up I’d like to say” Many roads are open before you. The most important thing is to work well. The English proverb goes “ He works best who knows his trade”. But it is a mistake to think that all your work is in future. Try to take an active part in life. Good luck to you. Thank you.

V. Work with proverbs (10 min):

a) Guessing words by the context.

T: Our “English teacher” has already mentioned one of English proverbs. There are many other proverbs to do with work.

St. goes to the blackboard, matches a line from column A with a line from column B to form an English proverb. The rest of pupils follow him, agree or disagree.

(St. reads and then asks: Is it right(or wrong)?)
(St.-s read and translate)
(on the board)

1. A bad workman	a. while the sun shines
2. All lay loads	b. louder than words
3. Make hay	c. master of none
4. Many hands	d. blames his tools
5. Too many cooks	e. what you can do today
6. Actions speak	f. make light work
7.Never put off till tomorrow	g. catches the warm
8. Jack of all trades	h. on a willing horse
9. The early bird	i. spoil the broth

Keys (1d, 2h, 3a, 4f,5i,6b,7e,8c,9g)
b) Speaking
T: Have a look at proverbs again and try to explain how you understand this or that proverb. Take it in turn.
1. A bad workman blames his tools.
Плохой работник всегда винит свой инструмент
A careless or unskilled person blames his tools to excuse himself for bad work, while it is his own carelessness or lack of skill which is really to blame.
2. All lay loads on a willing horse
Все накладывают груз на старательную лошадь.
(Кто везет, того и погоняют)
A man willing to work is always given more work to do than a lazy one, because the work which is given to a willing man will be done well and quickly.
3. Make hay while the sun shines.
Заготавливай сено, пока солнце светит
(Коси коса, пока роса)
You must take advantage of the opportunities while conditions are favourable.
4. Many hands make light wok.
Когда рук много, работа делается легко
(Дружно не грузно, а врозь хоть брось)
A job, duty, everything is to do if many people share the work.
5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Слишком много поваров портят бульон
(У семи нянек дитя без глазу)
If too many people try to do the same thing at the same time, the task will be done badly, spoilt or damaged.
6. Action speaks louder than words.
Поступки говорят громче, чем слова
(Не по словам судят, а по делам)
People can say many things, because talking is easy, but it is more important what a person does than what he says he will do.
7. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Не откладывай на завтра то, что можно сделать сегодня.
You must carry out a lot a task or duty as soon as you can. If you leave it till tomorrow, you may forget about it or not find time to do it and it may never be done.
8. Jack of all trades is master of none.
Джек на все руки мастер, а ни одним мастерством не владеет.
(За все браться - ничего не сделать)
A person who works at many trades never becomes really expert at any one of them. It is better to be really skilful at one trade than to have small knowledge of many.
9. The early bird catches the worm.
Ранняя птичка словит червяка.
(Кто рано встает, тому Бог дает)
The person who gets up early to work will be successful:
Those that arrive early at a place have the advantage over the latecomers.
VI. Improving lexical skills. (5 min)
T.: Now, let’s complete the sentences with work or job. (HO 3)
VII. Summary.(5 min)
T: It’s a pity our lesson comes to the end. We’ll continue our work at the next lesson. I am satisfied with your work today. Thank you.
Homework.
T: The hometask for the next lesson will be a text about a famous profession of a top model.

HO1.

To my mind this is a profession of…
I think…
It seems to me…
To  my mind…
As far as I am concerned …

HO  2.

1. A bad workman	a. while the sun shines
2. All lay loads	b. louder than words
3. Make hay	c. master of none
4. Many hands	d. blames his tools
5. Too many cooks	e. what you can do today
6. Actions speak	f. make light work
7.Never put off till tomorrow	g. catches the warm
8. Jack of all trades	h. on a willing horse
9. The early bird	i. spoil the broth

HO3.

1.     Too much _______ and not enough fun can cause stress.

2.     My ideal ________  is one where I could work outside with a group of friends.

3.     Well done! You did a good ________ with my computer. It’s really fast now.

4.     Hard ________ never killed anybody.

5.     If you’re not busy right now, I have a ________ for you. Can you peel the potatoes?

6.     I like ________ - it fascinates me, especially when people are doing it!

HO4.

Task 1. Read the question. Read the article quickly and choose the correct answer.

The article is about

a someone slarLing their career

b careers advice for dancers

c working for an Internet company

Dancer takes the right steps

It is very difficult for people who work in show business to find permanent jobs. Out-of-work actors, singers and dancers often work in bars or  restaurarts while tfhey are looking for work.

However when 19-year-old Heidi Calver moved to London to buld  her career as a dancer, she decided not to be a waitress again.  I hoped to get work as a full-time dancer but I knew that was an impossible dream! I don't mind working in cafes and bars but I prefer being in touch with other dancers and entertainers.   I  looked for jobs which are linked to show business and I was very lucky - I got a job as an eventng manager for a small dance studio in north London.'

While Heidi was working tor the  dance studio sne learned that a lot of the teachers at the studio got their jobs through an Internet job agency  for dancers. She applled for a job with the Internet company and a week later she was part of the sales team. After only a month, the manager asked her to be his personal assistant. 'lt was a promotion with a pay rise so said 'yes!' immedlately.

The company is one of Britain's largest agencies for performing artists so Heidi is always very busy. 'l look after my boss's diary make his travel arrangements, answer the telephone. In fact, I don't mind doing anything to help! I might take photographs of aspiring dancers for the website, look for twenty singers for a big London musical, find a pianist for an orchestra or help someone to write thelr CV.”

I hate being bored so this job is perfect for me - and it keeps me close  to the world of dance. I hear about dancing jobs and my boss ls very good at letting me have time off - last month I did a rock video and the month before I was in a children’ s TV programme.'

'l still want to make my career in dancing but  I’ m happy to wait, l'm very lucky -  I enjoy my job and every day is an adventure!'

Task 2. Read the list. Put the events in order.

Heidi ...

a got a job as a personal assistant

b got a job in a dance studio

c heard about an Internet agency

d moved to London

e worked as a waitress

f worked on a children's TV progranune

g worked on a rock video

Task 3. Find the words (1-5) in the article and match them with the correct definition (a-f). There is one extra definition.

1 out-of-work                                    a hopeful

2 studio                                              b actors, singers, dancers etc

3 job agency                                      c a person who answers the phone

4 performing artists                           d a room where dancers practise

5 aspiring                                           e a company which matches people and jobs

                                                           f  without a job

LESSON 7

Have a Job YouLike

Aims:

Educative:

To improve students’ using of lexical and grammatical structures;

To improve students’ speaking skills;

To widen students’ knowledge of vocabukary related on the topic “Choose a Profession”.

Developing:

To develop students’ responsible attitude to their future profession.

Upbringing:

To bring up students’ ability to solve problems without anybody’s help while choosing a profession,

To bring up students’ ability to do selfevaluation of their possibilities and interests.

Equipment: cards with the quiz, cards with the text “Where 2 now?”

The type of the lesson: the lesson of generalisation and systematisation of knowledge.

Procedure:

I. Greeting. Warm-up. (5 min)

Teacher:  Good morning, children! You are ready for the lesson, so let’s start.
Today we go on working on one of the most essential and troublesome topics “Professions”. And we’ll speak about the job you like. But before we start I’d like you to solve a problem. You are the boss of the company. You’ll have to hire one of the two employees. One of them is a very efficient worker. The other is not. But he is your close relative. What would you do?

Suggested students’ answers:

St1. If I were a boss I would never hire any of my relatives, instead of a talented worker, because I wouldn’t start risking my business and I would offer this job to the efficient employee.

St 2. I am in two minds. On the one hand I would like to help my relative, but on the other hand I wouldn’t like to run a risk.

St 3 –––> St 4
Checking the hometask.
II. Revising vocabulary. (5 min)

Teacher: Good. Let’s pass to the next part of our lesson. At the previous lessons we’ve mentioned  some words and word combinations on the topic “Professions” and I want to see whether you remember them and see the difference between them clearly.(HO 1)

Choose and fill in the proper word:
occupation – job – work – career – trade – vocation – position.

1.     Why is it important to choose the right…

2.     Looking for a … is hard…

3.     We finished the test and the teacher collected our…

4.     She spent most of her … as a teacher in London.

5.     He tried many … but finally he chose the …of a shoemaker.

6.     Thousands of workers lost their… when the factory closed.

7.     It had taken her several years before she realized that she had no … for teaching.

8.     What’s your current…?

9.     Indecisive people refuse to face the …problem.

10.                       The … of bank manager is still open.

11.                       The construction of the factory in the town created a lot of …

12.                       There are many … open to the University graduates.

III.                       Choose the correct variant.(5 min)

Teacher: And now let’s do the exercise. Your task is to choose the correct alternative.(HO 2)

IV. Reading for detail (10 min)
a). Pre-reading activity.
Teacher: Today we are going to read the text about a young man from Britain who has a rather unusual work.
a) Pre-reading. First look at the blackboard. There are some new words for you:
To skip, to drop out, to enroll, attitude, to promote, fork-lift driver
b). Reading.
Teacher: Read the article and order paragraphs A - G. If you have got any questions, ask me. You have 5 minutes.  (HO 3)
c). Post reading.
And now let’s answer the questions.(HO 4)

V. Speaking. (7 min)

Teacher: And now, my dear, let’s answer some questions.

– Where can people look for a job?
– What kind of jobs can people have? (full-time, part-time, regular, odd jobs)
– What prospects can jobs offer?
– What can your choice of job be influenced by?
– Jobs can be attractive and not attractive. What qualities make them such?
– Different jobs require different things. What does a job of a doctor (a teacher, a model, a computer operator) require?
– Who and what can help you to make your choice?
– What are the most popular and important jobs at the turn of the century?
Teacher: And here is the next task for you: we have ten professions. You have to put them in a rage depending on their prestige and importance for you.
– electrician, teacher, journalist, computer operator, accountant, fireman, travel agent, lawyer, designer, model;
And now name the factors which can influence your choice of profession from the most important to the less important for you: follow someone's advice, be encouraged by teachers, parents ,friends, be inspired by some famous people, follow someone's footsteps.
VI. Doing the quiz. (10 min)

Quiz

Teacher: What would you like to be? Do you know what type of job you would like to have? Answer the questions and see what our career specialist says about you! You must put a cross in the box marked Yes or No. (HO 5)
Check your answers and add up  your score. (HO 6)

VII. Summary.(3min)

1. Teacher: So let’s try to answer the questions. Which job would be suitable for those who

-         Enjoy traveling?

-         Have business experience and want responsibility?

-         Can’t work during the day?

-         Have telephone skills?

-         Can’t work in the evenings?

2. Hometask. Get ready with the presentation about the job you would like to have.

HO 1.

occupation – job – work – career – trade – vocation – position.

1.     Why is it important to choose the right…

2.     Looking for a … is hard…

3.     We finished the test and the teacher collected our…

4.     She spent most of her … as a teacher in London.

5.     He tried many … but finally he chose the …of a shoemaker.

6.     Thousands of workers lost their… when the factory closed.

7.     It had taken her several years before she realized that she had no … for teaching.

8.     What’s your current…?

9.     Indecisive people refuse to face the …problem.

10.                       The … of bank manager is still open.

11.                       The construction of the factory in the town created a lot of …

12.                       There are many … open to the University graduates.

HO2.

1. When pupils turn 16 they have to leave … school.

             a. secondary; b. primary; c. infant

2. I’ll have many … when I make good grades at GCSE.

            a. reputation; b. options; c. satisfy

3. Are there many professional … in our country you can work in?

            a. suits; b. fields; c. correct.

4. I can work in  … field because I am interesting in knowing how and  why things work.

            a. nature; b. artistic; c. scientific.

5.Is there any state system of giving jobs to those who … from universities in Britain?

            a. career; b. suitable; c. graduate.

6.What jobs are … for men?

            a. suitable; b. factors; c. attitude.

7.Most British people prefer to work in home … . They are home-loving nation.

            a. ambitious; b. conservative; c. area.

8.Is money an important … when men or women try to choose a job?

           a. factor; b. worst; c. highly.

9.I think that a nurse in a hospital is not a highly … job.

           a. paid; b. salary; c. opinion.

10. Are … jobs paid well?

           a. receive; b. part-time; c. average.

11.How do teenagers in our country earn their … money?

           a. save; b. experience; c. pocket.

12. My parents think it is important to have work … beforehand.

           a. experience; b. interview; c. application

13. I know that before you get a job you must have an interview. I find it a bit … .

           a. behave; b. nerve-racking; c. appear.

14. When you have a job interview, take a … with you so that you remember what to say.

           a. briefly; b. direct; c. checklist.

15. Many students have decided to bring their own … lunch rather than eat in the canteen.

a.     packed; b. awful; c. annual.

HO3.

Where 2 Now?

It's not always easy to know what to do when you leave school. Alan Jeffries had an egg-citing experience!

A    Alan had always been a good student. He had never played truant and had always passed all his exams easily. However, he wasn't ready for university. He enjoyed the freedom too much. He skipped a lot of classes and when he failed to sit his end of term exams, he was expelled. He said he didn't mind because he was going to drop out anyway. He had decided to take a year out in order to get some experience in the real world.

B__ Alan resigned before he was sacked. He started doing odd jobs for family friends again. And that autumn he was back at university studying Law. Maybe you're wondering what Alan does now. Well, believe it or not, he's a health and safety inspector in a large armaments factory.

C     Alan was a bit depressed about being out of work, but then, at last, he got a full-time job! It was in an egg factory. He was in charge of the machine that put the packs of eggs into large boxes ready to go to supermarkets around the country. The wages were low and he had to work long hours, but from the beginning, Alan's boss was impressed by his attitude. He clocked in on time, he was always happy to work overtime and he never took any time off. Before long, he had been promoted to a better job. Now he was responsible for driving a fork-lift truck and loading the boxes of eggs onto the supermarket lorries. He quickly became the fastest fork-lift driver in the factory. He was happy and proud to be earning his living.

D    However, they say that pride comes before a fall. And so it was with Alan. One day, he decided to make his job more interesting by seeing how fast he could do it. He set his stopwatch and drove as fast as he could towards the boxes full of eggs. His foot was hard down on the accelerator, and the fork-lift was going at top speed, but Alan was sure he was in control. However, he was wrong. He waited one second too long. He hit the brakes but it was too late. The fork-lift crashed into a huge pile of boxes. There was a terrible crunching noise and then silence. When Alan's workmates went to see what had happened, they found Alan standing in the middle of the world's biggest omelette. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt, but he had broken more than twelve thousand eggs.

E__ Then he got a part-time job in a tea room. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. On his first day, he put salt in the sugar pot. On his second day he put tabasco sauce in some sandwiches and almost killed an old lady. And on the third day he dropped a tray and broke over two dozen cups and saucers. The manager of the tea room asked him to leave.

F__ When Alan Jeffries left school, he wasn't sure what It) do. His parenLs wanted him to go to university to get n degree in Law. 'Iliey said that he would have great career opportunities when he graduated. So he rook their advice and enrolled at Reading University.

G     When he saw all the jobs on offer at the job centre, he was impressed. But it wasn't as easy as he had thought it was going to be to get a job, and he began to wonder if he had made a mistake. He applied for lots of jobs, both permanent and temporary    car mechanic, shop assistant, cook, hairdresser, security guard ... Rut he was too young and inexperienced for some and overqualified for others. So he made some money doing odd jobs for family friends - painting a garage, babysitting, washing cars and so on.

HO4.

Read the text and answer the questions.

1  Why did Alan not complete his degree the first time he was at university?

2 Was it easy for him to find a job? Why?/ Why not?

3 How did he lose his job in the tea room?

4 How did he feel when he was unemployed?

5 What did Alan do in the egg factory?

6 How did he lose his job in the egg factory?

7 What did Alan do after that?

8 What is he doing now?
HO 5.

Quiz

1. Do you like to travel ?	Yes	No
2. Do you prefer to work indoors?
3. Do you like talking to people?
4. Do you prefer to work alone?
5. Are you energetic?
6. Do you like organizing things?
7. Are you patient?
8 Do you like animals?
9. Are you noisy?
10. Do you like to work with your hands?
11. Are you artistic?
12. Do you like working with numbers?
13. Do you like children?
14. Do you like looking after people?
Г5. Are you calm?
16. Are you musical?
17. Do you like sport?
18. Do you like working at night?
19. Do you mind seeing blood?
20. Do you like talking on the telephone?

HO 6.

Check your answers and add up  your score.

	Yes	No
1.	10	5
2.	10	5
3.	10	10
4.	2	2
5.	20	5
6.	1	0
7.	5	0
8.	4	3
9.	0	5
10.	1	2
11.	5	5
12.	2	2
13.	2	5
14.	10	2
15.	2	10
16.	4	2
17.	5	4
18.	5	7
19.	1	4
70	5	4

If your score is between 5-45:  You enjoy working with people and helping them. You are also a practical person. One of these careers will suit you: teacher, doctor, nurse, social worker, psychologist, zoo keeper, policeman
If your score is between 45-90:You like to work quietly and concentrate on the task. You prefer to work on your own. One of these careers will suit you: laboratory technician, librarian, artist, bank clerk, hair-dresser, architect.
If your score is between 90-135:You like to be very busy. You like to be with people and you like organizing things for them. One of the following careers will suit you: travel agent, journalist, hotel manager, salesperson, fireman.

LESSON 8

THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONS

If you have chosen a profession,

  you’ve chosen your fate.

Aims:

Educational: To broaden students’ knowledge about professions;

To improve students’ language skills;

To provide students with informational support in developing of their professional orientation’s competence;

Developing:

To develop students’ ability to work in groups and cooperate;

to  develop students’ speaking and communicative culture;

Upbringing:

To make students interested in extention of their knowledge;

To bring up students’ general culture.

Equipment: whiteboard, multimedea presentation.

The type of the lesson: the lesson of using skills.

Procedure:

I. Greeting. Introduction.

II. Warm-up activities. (7 min)

At the beginning of the lesson children are divided in four groups having chosen a figure of red, green, yellow or dark blue colours and then they sit down at the certain table.

The teacher gives the characteristic of groups of pupils depending on the chosen colour.

Those who have chosen:

– dark blue colour are sensitive and impressionable people, quiet and counterbalanced, they have refinement and good esthetic development;

– green colour feel requirement in being praised, want to be the best, have high level of claims, are anxious by their own status in the collective;

– yellow colour  are positive, with rich imagination, like to dream but aren't ready to act quickly, live more in the future than in the present;

- red are active, vigorous, energetic, noisy.

Teacher: As you know we are all different in our characters, individual abilities, possibilities, interests, each of us has a separate world of knowledge, emotions, feelings, experiences, aspirations, motives.

But now try to answer my question: what unites us, in what way we are similar.

Children are discussing the question in groups and then name the general things that unite them, the teacher fixes them on the board.

E.G. Everybody needs food.

Everybody likes being praised.

Everybody likes when others understand them.

Everybody needs good friends.

Everybody wants to be healthy.   

Teacher: Today we will have a game lesson. You will be able to name a theme of this lesson when you solve the anagram.

Put the letters on their places and you will be able to name a lesson theme.

There is an anagram on the slide:  T E O L O P O F E S I O S H W R D F R F E S I N

(The World of Professions)

So, the topic is “The Word of Professions”.

III. Improving speech skills.(35 min)

Teacher: We will get acquainted with prestigious, rare and new professions, learn about an object of labor of these trades, we will talk about ways of choosing a trade.

But first – answer the question: “What does success in life mean for you?”

Variants of answers:

It is respect of people.

It is an interesting job.

It is presence of reliable friends.

It is a life which you have lived in the right way.

It is wealth.

It is a possibility to be a master of your own life.

It is a realization of your creative abilities.

It is a victory over your enemies.

It is a good position.

It is a power.

Remember! Before doing something important in your life, you have to know exactly what you want to get!

Teacher: There are some special terms which are connected with the world of professions. They are: a trade, a profession, a post. It is rather important for you to know the difference between these terms.

So, let’s remember:

A trade is a sort of labour activity which is usually a source of existence and demands certain qualification.

A post deals with official duties, an office place. It is a circle of actions assigned to the certain person.

A profession is a functionally isolated area of labour activity within the limits of one trade.

Let's continue our lesson with a game. Which team names more trades on the set letters.

Letters are given on the slide.(A, B, C, D, F, M, P,  S, T, W)

Pupils have to write professions which begin with these letters.

Then the results of the game are summed up.

 

Teacher: We have listed trades which we know, which we’ve heard about. In total there are about 40 thousand trades and specializations in the world.

And now let’s think where it is possible to receive the information about trades.

Children list: reference books, magazines, mass-media, the Internet.

Teacher: We live in informational hi-tech world where there are lots of new trades. Do you know any new trades which appeared in last ten or twenty years?

Children list the professions.

After that the teacher shows a slide:

The brand-manager, the bookmaker, the DJ, the image maker, the realtor, the croupier, the logistic, the expert in marketing, the merchandiser, the producer.

Children give the characteristic of an object of labor of each trade together with the teacher.

Teacher: And together with new trades there are also rare trades.

Why do we  call them rare?

Teacher shows a slide with the list of rare trades.

The taster, the cynologist, the forester/huntsman, the artist-mosaicist, the expert in smells, the priest, the glass blower, the chimney sweeper, the private detective.

Teacher: And all of you’ve heard that there are prestigious trades.

How do you think which trades can be concerned as the prestigious ones?

Children list, the teacher fixes them on the board.

The manager, the doctor, the banker / the employee of a bank, the economist/financier, the businessman, the minister/deputy/employee, the worker of computer firm/programmer, the bookkeeper, the worker of show business.

Why do we call these trades prestigious?

Answers of children: these trades are often spoken about in mass-media, they are demanded trades, they are highly paid trades, fashionable trades.

Teacher: And now let’s have a talk about choosing your future profession.

How to make a decision in a huge variety of professions, which we have more than 40 thousand in the world? How to avoid mistakes and disappointments while choosing your future occupation? There are no general answers, but still pay attention to these recommendations:

1.  Think about the profession that might be yours.

2.  Examine yourselves, your interests, your physical and mental abilities, aptitudes.

3.  Find out if your health allows you to do the chosen job.

4.  Find out whether your chosen profession is available on the profession market .

P1: So we have a strict formula of choosing a profession: I WANT, I CAN, I MUST.

I  WANT – I’ll think about a profession which might be mine.

I CAN – I’ll examine myself, my interests and physical and mental abilities.

I MUST – I’ll find out if my profession is available on the profession market.

Teacher: As I know P2 (name) wants to become a psychologist. At the previous lesson I asked her to make a research of spheres of human activity. Let’s listen to her report.

P2: There are  certain spheres of human professional activity. They have definite directions:

MAN – MAN

Professions of this type require from the worker the ability to make and keep contact with people, have influence on other people, have self-possession, calmness and well-wishing, have communicative skills. (the teacher, the tutor, the translator, the librarian, the doctor, the nurse, the lawyer, the waitress, the salesman, the manager, the guide)

MAN – TECHNICS

This type of professions requires from the worker advanced visual-figurative thinking, spatial concepts, technical knowledge and wit, precise movements, well-developed attention, dynamic eye estimation. 

(the electromechanic, the gas welder, the miller, the turner, the fitter,  the metallurgist, the driver,  the weaver, the builder)

MAN – SIGN SYSTEM

Professions of this type require human capacity for abstract thought, long and steady focus, perseverance, ability to work with numbers, formulas, chemical symbols, diagrams, charts, etc.

(the operator, the radio operator, the telegrapher, the accountant, the economist, the designer, the surveyor, the historian,  the metrologist, the mathematician, the programmer, the philosopher)

MAN – ARTISTIC IMAGE

In professions of this type it is required to have developed artistic taste, high aesthetic sensitivity, rich and vivid imagination, vivid memory, creative thinking and aesthetic sense.

(the painter, the artist, the restorer, the architect, the designer, the sculptor, the jeweler, the photographer, the writer, the actor, the journalist, the hairdresser, the cook, the choreographer, the filmmaker)

MAN – NATURE

Professions of this type require from the worker to have good observation, ability to orient themselves in an unpredictable situations, operating results, to change the target depending on conditions, endurance, patience in conditions of lack of comfort.

(the hydrometeorologist, the geologist, the agronomist, the plant breeder, the gardener, the livestock, the vet, the biologist, the physiologist,  the forester)

Teacher: It is very important to make the right choice.

P2: And I’d like to tell you in what way we are wrong while choosing a profession.

In what way we are wrong.

 - Ignorance of the world of professions:

 Some of us have outdated ideas about the nature and conditions of employment of different occupations. We have prejudices about the prestige of occupations.

 - Selfignorance:

Sometimes we do not evaluate our abilities, our health objectively. Students often do not know how to relate their own abilities and the requirements of the profession.

 - Ignorance of the rules of choosing a profession:

 We should not treat the profession as something unchangeable.

 We mustn’t choose the profession under the influence of friends, parents, teachers, choose the profession "together with others"

We mustn’t equate the school subjects and the profession.

Teacher: Do you know that

 1. Life will be better if you do what you want to do and what you do best.

 2. You’ll  waste your time if you do the job just to do something.

 3.The more you understand what you want in life, the easier it’ll be to achieve the desired result.

 4. Planning of your future and realization of your desires will help you to identify your purpose in life.

 5. Searching of job will be successful if you know what you want to do.

 6. That person who has knowledge and skills has more opportunities. The absolute lack of qualification narrows the range of possible choice.

Teacher: And remember:

PROFESSION  should be pleasant;

PROFESSION  should correspond to possibilities and abilities of a person;

PROFESSION  should be demanded on a labor market.

IV. Summarizing.(3 min)

Teacher: That’s all for the present. Did you like the lesson? Was it useful for you?

V. Hometask.

Your hometask for the next lesson is to prepare a dialogue on the situation:

S.1 is speaking with a person who works in the field which you may choose as your future career, for example, an interpreter, an accountant, an editor, etc. You can ask your partner:

- whether his/her job requiers a lot of skills (knowledge, education, practice);

- where he/she got the necessary skills (knowledge, education, practice);

- what he/she advises you to do to become better acquainted with this trade or profession.

St.2’s answers the St.1’s questions and mentions the advantages and disadvantages of your job.