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Week 7
Online session 1
Unit 12: Occupations

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Unit 12: Occupations

Session 1 communicative objective 1

• By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about

your job.

Session 1 communicative objective 2

•By the end of this session, you will be able to talk about
occupations.
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 Occupations

• Imagine you have graduated from university.

• Answer the questions below.
• Then tell us about your job. Use the language bank.

What do you do?

Example:
[If you study law at present, say..]

I am a lawyer.
I work in a law firm in Piura.
I get up at half past six.
I start work at quarter past eight.
etc.

3-5 minutes
Warm up 3
whole class
 What do you do?
Pre
production 1 • Complete these questions. They are all connected to occupations.
• Then interview your instructor.
A
1. What do you ___________?
2. Where do you ___________?
3. What time do you ___________ every day?
4. What time do you ___________ work?
5. What things do you usually ___________ at work?
6. What time do you ___________ work?
7. What do you ___________ after work?
8. Do you ___________ a lot about your job?
6 minutes 9. Do you ___________ your job? Why?
10. What’s one thing you don’t ___________ about your job?
whole class

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 What do you do?
Pre
production 1 • Complete these questions. They are all connected to occupations.
• Then interview your instructor.
A
Answer key 1. What do you do?
2. Where do you work ?
3. What time do you get up every day?
4. What time do you go to/start work?
5. What things do you usually do at work?
6. What time do you leave/finish work?
7. What do you do after work?
8. Do you know a lot about your job?
6 minutes 9. Do you like your job? Why?
10. What’s one thing you don’t like about your job?
whole class

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 What do you do?
Pre
production 1 • Now interview your instructor.

B
1. What do you do? I’m /an…
2. Where do you work ? I work at _________.
3. What time do you get up every day? I get up at_________.
4. What time do you go to/start work? I start work at _______./I go to work at_______.
5. What things do you usually do at work? I _________.
6. What time do you leave/finish work? I leave/finish work _________.
7. What do you do after work? I _________.
8. Do you know a lot about your job? Yes, I _________. No, I _________.
6 minutes 9. Do you like your job? Why? Yes, I _________. No, I _________.
10. What’s one thing you don’t like about your job? I don’t like __________.
whole class

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 What do you do?
• Work in pairs.Think about your future job.
• Take turns interviewing each other. Explain your answer. Ask follow-up questions.

1. What do you do?

2. Where do you work ?
3. What time do you get up every day?
4. What time do you go to/start work?
5. What things do you usually do at work?
6. What time do you leave/finish work?
7. What do you do after work?
8. Do you know a lot about your job?
9. Do you like your job? Why?
10. What’s one thing you don’t like about your job?

8 minutes
Production 1 7
pairs
 What do you do?

Feedback

Tell us about your

partner’s job.

6 minutes

whole class

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 The right job for you
• Complete the chart. Then, support your suggestions.

Jobs I’d like to do Jobs I wouldn’t ever like to do

I would like to work as a __________ because I wouldn’t like to work as a _________ because
_______________. _______________.

8 minutes
Pre-production 2 9
whole class
 The right job for me
• Work in pairs.
• Tell each other about the jobs you have chosen: a job you’d like to do (apart from your real/future job) and the job
you wouldn’t ever like to do.
• Explain why. Ask follow-up questions.

Language bank
I want to work in …
I would like to do this job because …
The job is…
You can get …
You can…
You need …
You need experience in…
I like to …
To be good at this job I need …
At this job, I think I …

8 minutes
Production 2 10
pairs
 The right job for me

Feedback

A job [partner’s name] would really

like to have is… because…
(S)He thinks that…
He wants,…

6 minutes
Report some interesting facts about the
right job for your partner here.
whole class

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 Occupations

• Tell us about some jobs.

A florist…
He/she works at…
He/she starts….
[continue…]

3-5 minutes
Lead-in 12
whole class
 Jobs
• Answer the question below.
Pre Tell us about someone you know who does one of the jobs
production 3 from the list (or any other jobs.)

Language bank
• X is a/an ________.
• He/She works at _________.
• He/She starts work at_________.
• He/She goes to work at_________.
• He/She leaves/finishes work _________.
• He/She __________________________.
• He/She doesn’t ___________________.
Example:
8 minutes
My cousin Mary is a teacher.
She works at a private school.
whole class She starts work at half past seven.
She usually finishes work at a quarter to four in the afternoon.
She loves her job.
She doesn’t have ... [Continue.]
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 Jobs
• Work in pairs.
Production 3 • Talk about someone you know who does one of the jobs from the
list (or any other jobs.)
• Explain your answers. Ask follow-up questions.

Language bank
• X is a/an ________.
• He/She works at _________.
• He/She starts work at_________.
• He/She goes to work at_________.
• He/She leaves/finishes work _________.
10 minutes • He/She __________________________.
• He/She doesn’t ___________________.
pairs

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 Jobs

Feedback
Tell us about someone’s job here.

6 minutes

whole class

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 A day in the life of…
• Share information about someone you know and his/her job.
Pre
production 4

Example:
My sister Julia is a systems engineer. She works at Nova
Sys. She always leaves home for work at 7:30 a.m. and
returns around 10:00 p.m. I think she enjoys her work,
but I think she doesn’t have enough free time.
On the weekend, she sometimes goes to work.

8 minutes • What does he/she ___________?

• Where does he/she ___________?
• What time does he/she ___________ every day?
whole class • What things does he/she usually ___________ at work?
• What does he/she ___________ after work?
• Does he/she ___________ a lot about your job?
• What’s one thing he/she doesn’t ___________ about your job?
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 A day in the life of…
• Work in pairs.
• Talk about one of your relative or friend’s job routines.
Production 4 • Give details. Ask follow-up questions.

• What does he/she ___________?

• Where does he/she ___________?
• What time does he/she ___________ every day?
• What things does he/she usually ___________ at work?
• What does he/she ___________ after work?
• Does he/she ___________ a lot about your job?
• What’s one thing he/she doesn’t ___________ about your job?

Language bank
10 minutes • X is a/an ________.
• He/She works at _________.
• He/She starts work at_________.
pairs
• He/She goes to work at_________.
• He/She leaves/finishes work _________.
• He/She __________________________.
• He/She doesn’t ___________________.
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 A day in the life of…

Feedback
Share some interesting information here.

6 minutes

whole class

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Summary
Now I can…
√talk about my job.
√talk about occupations.

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Preparation for
next class

Reinforce units 12 and 13.

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
 https://thenounproject.com/
 https://www.shutterstock.com/
 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles-
espanol/credit
 http://iteslj.org/questions/movies.html
 English Discoveries Student platform

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