Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 unit 6: Future jobs

- Observer students playing game + Lead-in: - Ask students to look at the pictures in their books and work in pairs to answer the question: - What do they do?. - Ask students to work in

Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS A: READING

A Aims: To help students to practicse:

 Guessing words’ meanings in contexts

 Reading for details of information about job interview

B Aids: Student’s book and pictures showing farmers’ daily routines, etc.

C Methods : Communicative approach and learner - centered approach.

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

I Warm-up:

Guessing game

- Call on an Student to go to the board and give a

picture to him/her Don’t let the others see it

- Tell the class the rules of the game

- Everybody makes yes / no questions to guess the

answer of your friend’s question.

- Observer students playing game

+ Lead-in:

- Ask students to look at the pictures in their books

and work in pairs to answer the question:

- What do they do?

- Ask students to work in groups of four to tick the

factors that they think would help them succeed in a

job interview

- Ask some groups to report their answers

- Give T’s own comments

- One Student goes to the board, gets the picture and doesn’t let others see it

- The Student leads the game by asking the others:

- Which university is it in the picture?

- The others make yes/no questions

Possible questions:

- Are students in this university trained to be teachers?

- Is the university in Hanoi?

- Is it…university?

- The Student answers the questions using only yes or

no The game is over if an Student guess the right university

- All the students look at the picture to check

- Work in pairs and look at the pictures in their books

to answer the questions

Expected answers:

1 He is a waiter

2 He is a mechanic

II Before you read :

- Ask Ss to work in groups Tick () the factors that

they think would help them succeed in a job

interview

• Wearing casual clothes

• Giving clear, honest answers

• Feeling self - confident

• Feeling nervous

• Having a good sense of humour

• Avoiding difficult questions

- Get feedback

- Give Ss suggested answers

III While you read :

- Ask students to look through the passage and read

in silence

- Help students read the passage

- Explain pronunciation and meaning of new words

which appear in the passage

Task 1 :

- Introduce the task: These words are from the

passage Look back to the text and circle the best

3 She is a farmer

4 She is a teacher

5 He is a doctor

- Form groups of four and tick the factors that they

think would help them succeed in a job interview

- Some groups report their answers; others listen and comment

Possible answers:

 giving clear, honest answers

 feeling self-confident

 having good sense of humor

- Work in groups Tick () the factors that they think would help them succeed in a job interview E.g

- Avoiding difficult questions

- Giving clear, honest answers

- Feeling self - confident

- Read the text in silence

- Find out new words

- Understand the aim of the text

- Do the tasks that follow

Task1:

- Read the task carefully

- Choose the right option to finish the task

- Exchange their answers for peer correction

- Tell the class the answers

meanings A, B or C.

- Ask Ss to circle the best meanings A, B or C

- Go around class and help Ss if they need

- Call on Ss to give their answers

- Correct mistakes

Task 2:

- Introduce the task: Work in pairs Decide whether

the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

1 Try to reduce the feeling of pressure and make a

good impression on your interviewer

2 Find out as much information as you can about

the job and the vacancy

3 Bring with you a letter of application and your

resumes to the interview

4 Take all your certificates and letters of

recommendation with you

5 Remember to dress neatly and formally

6 Your voice should be clear and polite

7 Tell the interviewer about your shortcomings

8 Remember to say goodbye to the interviewer

before leaving the interview

- Go around class and help Ss if they need

- Call on Ss to give their answers

- Correct mistakes

IV Post reading:

1 B

2 C

3 A

4 B

- Look at the task, read the text again to give the answers

- Understand the task

- Read the text again, decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

Suggested answers:

1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.F 7.F 8.T

- Answer the following questions:

1 What do you prepare for a job interview?

2 What should we do and shouldn’t do before, during and after an interview?

- Introduce the task: Work in groups Discuss the

question: Which pieces of advice given in the

passage do you find most useful and least useful?

Why?

- Guide Ss to answer

- Go around the class to help Ss if necessary

- Call on some Ss to give their answers

- Correct mistakes

V Home work:

- Ask students to read the passage again

- Ask students to do reading exercise of Unit 5 in

workbook and prepare Part B : Speaking at home

- Do reading exercise of Unit 5 in workbook and prepare Part B : Speaking at home

Period:

Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS

B: SPEAKING

A Aims: To help students to:

 Practise talking about characteristics of some future jobs: teachers, doctors, farmers…

 Develop students’ ability through discussing and giving personal opinions on some kinds

of jobs

 Provide students with some knowledge about job interview and raise their awareness

about future job

B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks.

C Methods : Communicative approach and learner- centered approach.

I Warm-up:

- Ask Ss some questions about jobs:

1 Would you like to work as a

teacher?

2 What do you think about teaching

job?

- Get feedback

- Lead Ss to new lesson

II Pre-speaking :

Task 1

- Introduce the task: Work in pairs Match a job in A with

at least two descriptions in B.

- A doctor

- A farmer

- A tourist

guide

- A writer

• Take care of people's health

• Create imaginary characters and events

• Find good and safe hotels for customers

• Take people to places of interest

• Construct irrigation systems

• Apply new farming techniques

- Listen to the questions

- Discuss the question

- Stand up, answer the questions

- Work in pairs

- Match a job in A with at least two descriptions in B

Example:

A: A doctor B: - Take care of people's health

- Help save people's lives

- In turn, stand up and practice

• Help save people's lives

• Tell stories through pictures

- Ask Ss to match a job in A with at least two

descriptions in B

- Go around class and help Ss if they need

- Call on Ss to give their answers

- Correct mistakes

III While-speaking :

Task 2

- Introduce the task: Task2. Work in pairs Discuss

which of the jobs in column A you would/would not like

to do Explain why/why not? You can use the cues in

column B

Pilot

Waiter

Taxi driver

Electrician

Policeman

Journalist

Hotel receptionist

Computer programmer

Boring Rewarding Difficult Interesting Fascinating Dangerous Challenging Fantastic

- Guide students how to practise

- Ask students to work in pairs

- Help the students with new structures

- Walk around and help them

- Call some student to stand up and report before the

- Understand the task

- Work in pairs Discuss which of the jobs in column

A they would/would not like to do Explain why/why not? use the cues in column B

Example:

I would like to work as a doctor Working as a doctor would be fascinating job because I would have a chance to take care of people health

Possible discussion:

S1: Do you like to be a journalist?

S2: Yes, I would like to work as a journalist.

S1: Why?

S2: Because I think that working as a journalist would

- Correct their mistakes

Example:

I would like to work as a doctor Working as a doctor

would be fascinating job because I would have a

chance to take care of people health

IV Post-speaking :

Task 3

- Teacher introduces the task: Task3 Work in

groups Talk about a job you may do after you finish

school, using the following cues

• Where you will work

• Who you will work with

• The salary you may get paid

• The working conditions

- Let them work in groups

- Ask some students to stand up and tell loudly

- Walk around and help them

- Listen and correct mistakes

V Homework: - Assign homework

- Ask students to prepare Part C- Listening and do

homework

be a fascinating job, and I’d like to have a chance to travel all over the world and meet many interesting people.

- Work in groups Talk about a job they may do after they finish school

Example: I would like to work as a tourist guide It

would be a challenging and fascinating job because I would have a chance to travel all over Vietnam and meet many interesting people If I work for a foreign tourist company, I can get high salary and improve my English speaking and listening skills Also, I am a sociable and confident person and I can work hard for

a long time so I want to work far away from home to know more about the world around me

- Listen to the teacher

- Write down the homework

Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS C: LISTENING

A Aims: To help students to practise:

 Listening to a passage for missing words to fill in the boxes

 Listening for gist and do true/false exercises

 Summarizing information in a job a job advertisement

B Aids: Textbooks, cassettes, record, board, chalks

C Methods : Communicative approach and learner- centered approach.

I Warm-up:

- Give Ss a question to discuss: Which is the most

popular job in Vietnam?

- Get feedback

- Lead Ss to new lesson

E.g Accountant; nurse; lawyer; teacher; computer

programmer…

II Pre-listening:

- Ask students to look at the part: Before listening

- Read loudly the words:

workforce manufacturing retail service

category goods job market economy

wholesale

- Walk around, listen and help students

- Ask students to repeat loudly the words

- Listen and check pronunciation

III While-listening:

Task 1

- Introduce the task: Task 1 Listen to the passage

- Discuss and answer the questions

E.g Accountant; nurse; lawyer; teacher; computer

programmer…

- Read loudly the words:

workforce manufacturing retail service category goods job market economy wholesale

- Understand those words

- Read the questions quickly

- Listen to the listening script

- Answer the questions

and fill in the missing words in the boxes

- Ask students to read the questions quickly

- Guide students the requests of the task

- Call some students to give their answers

- Read the passage the third time for Ss to correct

Key:

1- manufacturing

2- service

3- transportation

4- finance

5- service

Task 2

- Introduce the task: Task 2 Listen again and decide

whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

1 American workers have changed from

manufacturing jobs to service jobs

2 Manufacturing jobs are jobs in which workers

make something

3 Personal services are one of the five service jobs

4 70% of workers produced goods one hundred

years ago

5 80% of workers will work in the service sector by

the year 2020

- Read the passage again

- Ask Ss to decide whether the statements are true

(T) or false (F)

- Go around the class, give help to Ss if they need

Expected answers:

1- manufacturing 2- service 3- transportation 4- finance 5- service

- Read the statements quickly

- Listen to the listening script

- Answer the questions

Answers:

1- T 2- T 3- T 4- F 5- F

- Call some Ss to give the answers.

- Read the passage the last time to check their

answers

Suggested answers:

1- T 2- T 3- T 4- F 5- F

IV After-listening:

- Ask Ss to work in groups and summarize the

passage using the information in Tasks 1 and 2

- Guide Ss to do

- Call some Ss to summarize the passage

V Homework:

- Assign homework

- Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 6)

- Work in groups and summarize the passage using the information in Tasks 1 and 2

- Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 5)

Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS D: WRITING

A Aims: To help students to

 Understand the main information in job advertisement

 Write a letter applying for the job in the advertisement

B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks

C Methods : Communicative approach and learner- centered approach.

I Warm-up :

- Raise a picture of a beauty spot (Keo Pagoda in

Vu Thu Thai Binh) and ask Ss some questions:

1 Where is it?

2 What is it famous for?

3 Do you want to work as a tourist guide here?

4 What qualification do you need?

- Get feedback

- Lead Ss to the new lesson: “Writing a formal letter

of job application”

II Pre-writing:

- Teacher introduces the task: Task 1 Work in pairs

Read the following advertisement and fill in the

notes

English - speaking Tour Guides Wanted

We are a travel company managing holiday tours

We need English - speaking local guides to

accompany foreign visitors on trips throughout

Vietnam If you have a high school diploma, have

experience as a tour guide, a good manner, speak

fluent English and are willing to work hard for long

hours, please contact: The Manager, Vinatour, 450

Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi Telephone No: 04 824

- Work in pairs, answer the questions

- Understand the aim of the lesson

- The new lesson: “Writing a formal letter of job

application”

- Work in pairs Read the following advertisement and fill in the notes

English - speaking Tour Guides Wanted

We are a travel company managing holiday tours.

We need English-speaking local guides to accompany foreign visitors on trips throughout Vietnam If you have a high school diploma………….

Answers:

1 Tour guide

0139

• Type of job: ………

• Level of education needed: ………

• Work experience: ………

• Character and interests: ………

- Guide Ss to fill in the notes - Walk around the class to give Ss assistance III While-writing: - Teacher introduces the task: Task 2 Write a letter to Vinatour, applying for the job mentioned in the advertisement in Task 1 Your letter should include the following details • Your name, address and date of writing • Name and address of the company • Greeting • Introduction: say where you saw the advertisement and why you are writing the letter of application • Body: mention your education, work experience and your character / interests • Conclusion: express your willingness to work for the company and when you are available for interview • Closing - Guide Ss to write outlines - Ask Ss to write - Call on some Ss to read out their writing in front of the class 2 High school diploma 3 Experience as a tour guide, fluent English 4 A good manner, willing to work hard for long hours - Read the task carefully - Work in pairs to give outlines - Base on the outline write a letter to Vinatour, applying for the job mentioned in the advertisement in Task 1 - Exchange their writing for peer correction - Read out the letter - Correct mistakes Flat 3,324, Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi

16, October, 2004

Hanoi Vinatour

250, Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing in reply to your advertisement in the Vietnam News for experienced English - speaking local guides to accompany foreign visitors on trips throughout Vietnam

I think I meet all of the qualifications that you specify I was awarded High School Certificate two years ago After leaving high school, I worked as an accountant in a small travel agency for one year, where I was given a training course on tourism Then

I had one year of experience as a tour guide so I know many tourist areas in Vietnam arid have a basic knowledge of Vietnamese culture, history and geography I speak English fluently In addition, I am

a sociable and confident person and can work hard for long hours I would like to work for you and would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this position with you in person

I am looking forward to hearing from you at your convenience.

Yours faithfully,