Job Vocabulary and Reported Speech: A Comprehensive Free English Lesson Plan for ESL (Online and In-Class) with Free downloadable PDF, eBook free to browse, Videos and Games
Job Vocabulary and Reported Speech – Lesson Plan for ESL
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Job Vocabulary – Lesson Plan for ESL
Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to effectively use job-related vocabulary and reported speech to accurately describe job experiences, interview scenarios, and workplace conversations.
Specific objectives:
- Identify and recognize a range of job-related vocabulary, including different professions, job titles, and workplace terminology.
- Understand the meaning and usage of job-related vocabulary in the context of specific professions and work settings.
- Expand their job-related vocabulary through exposure to new terms and expressions related to different industries.
- Understand the concept of reported speech and its purpose in relaying information from job-related conversations, interviews, and workplace interactions.
- Apply reported speech accurately when reporting statements, questions, and commands related to job experiences, interviews, and workplace scenarios.
- Engage in interactive activities, such as role plays, interviews, and dialogues, to practice using reported speech and job-related vocabulary in authentic contexts.
- Reflect on personal progress in acquiring and using job-related vocabulary and reported speech, identifying areas for further improvement.
- Explore additional resources and strategies for continuous expansion of job-related vocabulary and effective use of reported speech in professional communication.
Level: Elementary – Intermediate – Upper intermediate
Time: 120 minutes
Materials
- Digital whiteboard software: Video and Games
- Handouts with exercises: Free downloadable PDF and eBook
Warm up
Interview with Michael Yamashita
Ask students to listen out for what his job is, whose book did he use as inspiration?, who liked his photos the most?, etc
Activity 1
World’s strangest jobs – video
Play the video and start a class discussion
Activity 2
The world’s strangest jobs – worksheet
Hand out the worksheet and go through the exercises
Activity 3
Research task: Jobs
Put students in teams and give them each a worksheet. Let them use their devices to research the different jobs.
Breaktime Activity
What’s my job
Each student gets a card with a job on it and the other students have to try to guess what job they have. Yes or no questions only.
Actvity 4
Work riddles vocabulary
Encourage students to read through, learn vocabulary and answer the riddles (it doesn’t matter if they’re right or not).
Students can accrue points by answering questions about the riddles/vocabulary which can be used in the next activity.
Actvity 5
Kahoot Job Vocabulary
Go to the link and play the Kahoot game.
Actvity 6
Video
Play the video
Actvity 7
Game
Each student gets a card with a job on it and the other students have to try to guess what job they have. Yes or no questions only.
Actvity 8
Video
Play the video and explain the reported speech
Actvity 9
Interview riddles
Play the video and handout the worksheet. Go through the expercises
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Actvity 10
Match the words
Go to the link and match the words
Actvity 11
Wheeldecide
Put students into two teams, get them to write/speak each word in a sentence and award 3 points each time.
Wrap up
Kahoot Game: Jobs vocabulary 2
Go to the link and play the kahoot game