DIMITRIE CANTEMIR University of Tg.

Mures

Lesson Plan
TEACHER: MOLDOVAN RALUCA EMILIA
DATE:
1st February 2016
SCHOOL: DIMITRIE CANTEMIR University of Tg. Mures (the Faculty of Economic Sciences)
YEAR:
1st year of study (ECTS, FB)
LEVEL:
INTERMEDIATE
TOPIC : Work and Business (Job Advertisement/ Job Interview/Writing a letter of application)
LESSON AIMS:

To develop speaking skills on a given topic (to be able to support an opinion)

To practice doing short argumentations and debates on a given topic
To understand what a job interview involves
To develop Ss skills of listening for specific information
To be able to write a CV and a letter of application

OBJECTIVES: TIME: 1:30 min

SKILLS INVOLVED: speaking, reading, writing, listening
TEACHING METHODS: the explanation, the heuristic conversation, the example, problem solving, the exercise.
AIDS: worksheets, blackboard, laptop.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Mann, M., Taylore-Knowles, S. (2008), Destination B2. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Oxford.
2. Trape Tonya, Tullis G., (2005). Intelligent Business. Pearson Education Ltd. Edinburgh.
3. Vince, M.(2003). First Certificate Language Practice. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Oxford.
4. http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/2L3-job-interview.mp3

STAGES:
TEACHER S ACTIVITY

STUDENTS ACTIVITY

INTERACTION
1. Activity 1 : Warm-up & Speaking
Ss try to get involved as much whole-class
as possible by answering the
activity
Aims: to prepare the students for the seminar
questions from a personal
point of view, as well as bring
Procedure: introduce the new topic by asking the
supporting arguments.
Ss to answer a few questions related to jobs,
career, looking for a job, going to an interview,
etc.
Some people live to work, and others work
to live. In most cases, this depends on the
job they have and the conditions under
which they are employed. In your opinion,
what are the elements that make a job
worthwhile?

TIMIN
G
10 min

SKILLS
COVERED
Speaking
Debating

What kind of work are you interested in:

well paid, interesting work, work in a large
and famous company, quiet work, work in
an industry which has future prospects, a
kind of work such as not to sit the whole
day in the office, to travel a lot?
What is more important when choosing a
job: personal or financial satisfaction?
2. Activity 2: Reading & Speaking

Ss answer the questions as

they have already been

T- Ss

15 min

Reading
speaking

introduced to the topic of job,

Aims: to raise Ss interest about reading a text for job interviews. They come up
specific information
with their own ideas of stories
of embarrassing situations, as
Procedure:
some of them might have
The Ss are being asked to read five funny
already been to job interviews.
extracts from the Guardian about getting a job.
The purpose is to familiarize them with the
problems which might occur when attending a job
interview, and how they could cope with the
situation.
Ss solve the task with no
3. Activity 3 : Use of English
difficulty, most of them being
already familiar with this
Aim: familiarizing the students with some of the
specific vocabulary.
specialized vocabulary.
Procedure:
The students are given a short open-cloze text,
containing some information about the labor
market and the steps which must be followed
when considering applying for a job. Therefore,
they are being introduce to some specialized
vocabulary related to employment (applicant;
application; application form; apply; candidate;
curriculum vitae (CV); employment agencies;
interview;
job description;
job vacancies;
references; short-listed)
Ss take their time and solve
4:
grammar
structures: both of the exercises in
prepositions and word formation
writing with almost no

4. Activity

Ss-Ss

10 min

Reading
Speaking
Writing

15 min

Grammar
Writing

T-Ss

T-Ss

Aims :to raise Ss awareness of certain phrasal

verbs as well as of the deriving works from the
field of employment.

difficulty.

Procedure:
Ss are helped if needed to derive some words,
highlighting especially the lexical family of the
verb to employ
The attention is drawn upon certain phrasal verbs
Ss are asked to continue some sentences in a logic
way using their own ideas

whole-class
activity

1. I was afraid the first time I was in charge ..

2. If I had my own business I would
3. Im afraid we are not looking for new
workers because
4. I got fired from my previous job
5. Our company was taken over by

5. Activity 5: listening

Aims: to develop Sss skills of listening for

specific information
Procedure:
Ss are given a CV of a certain girl who is having a
job interview. They have to listen to the
information given and fill in ten gaps with the
exact same words that the speakers are using.

Ss listen to the interview twice

and manage to complete the
task successfully.

T Ss

10 min

Listening
Speaking

After having been explained

and showed what a letter of
application should consist of,
Aims: to develop Sss skills of writing a letter of
the Ss are asked to write a
application
letter of their own imagining
that they are applying for a
Procedure:
certain position.
After reading several examples of job
advertisements, the Ss are given an example of a
letter of application, they are also given the layout
of this kind of letter so that finally they could
write one of their own.
1. Activity 5: writing

T- Ss

30 min

Reading
Writing