Unit 6 Collaborative task with a twist

1 Choose one of the six professions below, then discuss how important each of the five qualities
in the mindmap is in that profession.

bodyguard
l judge
pediatrician industrial tribuna

window dresser
er
complaints offic teacher of Eng
lish

communication skills creativity

How important is each quality in this profession?

empathy expertise

initiative

2 Now decide which quality is the most important to be successful in the chosen profession.

Further discussion
• What other qualities would you need for each profession?
• Which of these professions would you be interested in doing? Why?
• Which of these would be suitable/unsuitable for you? Why?

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 Unit 6 Collaborative task with a twist

Activity Teaching notes

Pair work and group work:
speaking
Procedure
› Photocopy and hand out worksheets to students in pairs.
Aim
› Elicit or pre-teach the professions in the list: pediatrician (a children’s
To discuss career choices; to
doctor), industrial tribunal (a court in the UK where workers can bring
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complaints against their employers), complaints officer (an officer, working,
Speaking tasks (Parts 3 and 4)
for example, at the municipal council, dealing with complaints from the
Vocabulary public), window dresser (a person whose job is to decorate shop windows).
Intelligence and ability; Check the meaning of empathy (the ability to understand how someone
professions feels because you can imagine what it’s like to be them) and initiative
(the ability to decide in an independent way what to do and when to do it)
Preparation with students.
Make one copy of the worksheet › Students first choose one profession to talk about, then follow the format
for each pair. of the Part 3 task from the C1 Advanced Speaking exam. They spend up to
two minutes talking about the question and the five qualities, then another
Time
minute or so on the follow-up question.
10–15 minutes
› Ask students to switch partners with members of another pair, then choose
Lesson link another profession and repeat the activity with their new partner.
Unit 6, page 84 › Finally, ask the two pairs to get back together to form a group of four, and
discuss the questions from the Further discussion task.
› Walk around and monitor the activity – making a note of any interesting
points mentioned.
› Wrap up the activity with a class discussion of the interesting points you
noted. Elicit comments from the rest of the class.

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