7 COMMUNICATION WORKSHEET Giving a presentation

Aims: To practise giving a short presentation about a job.
Time: 20 minutes
Materials: One copy of the worksheet for each group of
three or four.
Procedure:
• Put students in groups of three or four and give each
group a worksheet. Explain that they are at an event
where people can get information about jobs. Point
out the five questions in the ‘Thinking of Ideas’ section
of the worksheet and draw their attention to question
1. Elicit some possible ideas from the class (see below
for suggestions if they need support with this). Then
look at questions 2–5 and elicit or give examples of
what kind of thing is required for each question. See
below for suggestions. Each group should choose a job
to focus on, and then work their way through questions
2–5 discussing their answers to these questions and
making notes as they go along.
• Monitor and help with ideas if students are stuck. If you
think most students will need extra support, you could
go through a simple example with the whole class
orally or on the board beforehand.
• After 7–8 minutes, ask the students to practise
presenting their job information. Remind them to
practise using some of the phrases they learned in the
global skills lesson, shown also in this box:
3 This should be detailed, explaining the necessary skills
to do this job well, e.g.
To be a journalist, you’ll need to be a creative and good
at writing. You’ll need to be good at communicating and
asking the right questions. You’ll need to work quickly
and be happy to travel around the country or maybe
abroad, etc.
4 The students should describe any qualifications, e.g.
To be a journalist, you’ll probably need to get a degree
in journalism or you can get a degree in another subject
and then study journalism. You can also do a creative
writing course and learn how to write articles.
5 The students could consider things like how much
money you’ll earn, how interesting the job is, how the
job will help others, e.g.
As a journalist, you won’t earn lots of money at first,
but you’ll earn more with experience. You’ll meet lots of
interesting people, so you won’t get bored. You’ll help
people by telling them the latest news.
Follow-up:
Students discuss another group’s job presentation and
explain why they want to or don’t want to do this job.

PHRASEBOOK Giving a presentation

Good morning / afternoon, everybody.
Today I’m going to talk to you about …
First, we’re going to look at …
I chose this (photo) because …
Next , I want to talk about (these two pictures)
In this picture / photo , we can see …
In the other (picture), we can see …
Finally, I’m going to end my talk with …
Thank you for listening. Are there any questions?

• Encourage them not to write a script or full sentences,

but only to use brief notes. They should also decide
who will present each section, making sure that all
members of the group participate.
• After 3–4 minutes, put pairs of groups together to give
their presentations to each other. Remind them to use
their notes, but not to read word for word. Alternatively,
you may wish to ask a few groups to present their ideas
to the whole class.
Suggested ideas:
1 The students can choose any of the jobs in Unit 7, e.g.
a journalist, or think of another one. For variety, try to
encourage each group to focus on a different job.
2 This should be specific, explaining the different things
you’ll do in this job, e.g.
As a journalist, you’ll probably do lots of research and
you’ll interview people. Then you’ll write articles for
magazines or newspapers, etc.

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