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Evangelia Touska
November 2019
3pm-4pm, one hour
Upper-Intermediate
12
Italian business people
different interests
different motivation
mixed abilities
• To check students’ understanding of the concept behind LinkedIn and how it works
through a reading comprehension exercise.
• To practice reading and speaking on the topic.
1. Students use their own language.
2. One or more students are tired or stressed.
3. One or more students are absent, so there are difficulties with pairing.
4. Some of the activities takes longer than planned.
1. We have set some rules including the use of their native language on the first
lesson.
2. I am planning to use some energiser activities to increase their energy and
decrease stress.
3. There can be groups of three students.
4. This is the reason I have left 5 minutes out of the lesson plan.
White board, worksheet, papers, pens
 Timing Stage / Procedure Interaction Reason for doing the
activity
15 minutes Introduction T-Ss To check the knowledge of
Find out if the learners are the students on the topic.
already familiar with
LinkedIn: some may never
have heard of it and some
may already have their own
profile. Have learners who
have heard of it explain to
those who don´t know what
it is. If no one has heard of
it, the teacher should
explain what it is. It is great
to be able to show a sample
LinkedIn profile (your own
or your friend’s etc.) to have
an authentic visual.
10 minutes Practice S-S To practice reading and for
The students are given a the teacher to check their
text (worksheet), which they understanding.
have to read and then they
check if the statements in
the worksheet are true or
false. They are separated in

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 pairs, where they check the
correct answers.
15 minutes Production S-S To practice their speaking
Students discuss in pairs and argumentation skills.
covering the following
questions (already written
on the whiteboard):
• Would you use LinkedIn
to find a job? Why? Why
not?
• What does it mean to
“dress for the job you
want, not the job you
have”?
• Who would you reach out
to to ask for a
recommendation if you
needed one?
• What would you list as
your short-term and long-
term goals? Compare
with your partner.
10 minutes Feedback Ss-T For the Teacher to make
Teacher asks the students to sure the students have
write what they learned and understood the topic and
any remaining questions give them the space to

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 they might have on a piece express possible questions.
of paper with their name or
anonymously. While leaving
the classroom, they will
leave them on the teacher’s
desk.
5 minutes Reflection S-S For the students to think
The teacher asks the which part of the lesson was
students to stand and share remarkable for them and to
a key point from the lesson practice speaking via sharing
or activity to three people their thoughts with their
before sitting down. fellow students.
Optionally, they can write
them down to keep them
for themselves.

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