High beginner

Unit 11: Getting a job

Online session 3

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Unit 11: Getting a job

Session 3 communicative objective

•By the end of this session, you will be able to role-play a

job interview.

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 Education

🞄Make true sentences about yourself using these words.

Warm up
1. course
2. college
3. examination
4. fail
5. high school
6. learn
7. pass
5 minutes 8. subject
9. test
whole class
10. training

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 Education
🞄Imagine you are having a conversation with a classmate about his/her
studies and work.
Pre
🞄What questions would you ask him/her?
production 1
🞄Use the prompts below.

1. What courses are you … at university?

2. Which is your …?
3. Are you …?
4. Do you have …?
5. What kind of job …?
6 minutes

whole class

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 Education and work
Production 1 • Work in pairs.
• Ask and answer these questions.
• Expand on your answers.
• Ask follow-up questions.

🞄What courses are you taking at UPC?

🞄 Which are your favourite courses?Why?
🞄Are you studying somewhere else?What
courses?
🞄 Do you have work experience? Explain.
8 minutes 🞄 What kind of job would you like to have?
🞄What are important qualities for the job
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pairwork s you want?
minute
k 5
pairwor
 Education and work
Feedback
Tell us what you learned about your partner.

5 minutes

whole class

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 English Teacher Required
• Imagine you are the head of a language school.
Pre • You have posted this ad to hire new teachers. Some candidates have sent
production 2 their CVs.
• Make a list of the questions you would ask the candidates in a job interview.

English online teacher required

For private language school, to teach adults at all
levels
Must be CELTA qualified or have a B.A.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience
Flexible hours

6 minutes

whole class

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 I’m an English teacher.
Production 2 🞄Work in pairs. Read your role cards.
🞄Have a conversation.
StudentA
You are the head of an important Student B
language school. Interview a You are a teacher of English
candidate to the post of an online applying for a job position at A’s
teacher of English (Student B). language school.
Ask the questions you prepared Answer the questions that the head
before. of the language school asks you.
Ask questions about the topics on the Talk about the topics on the list.
list.
Word bank
college
Interview topics course
• experience teaching English examination
8 minutes • digital skills fail
• qualifications high school
learn
• international exams pass
7
pairwork s • training
minute subject
k • other skills test
training 8
pairwor
 I’m an English Teacher.
Feedback
Now, present your conversation.

5 minutes

whole class

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Summary

Now I can…
• role-play a job interview.

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Preparation for
next class

Study Unit 12.

Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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Sources

🞄http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
🞄https://thenounproject.com

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