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Unit Twenty: Jobs and Professions
Lesson 1
Some common professions
Objectives: By the end of this lesson you will have
• talked about some jobs and professions and the type of qualifications needed for each
• written a letter explaining your plan for a future career
A Think about and note down some professions that you know about.
The box below mentions some kinds of work people do in our country. How many can you identify? Do you know any persons who work in any of these jobs?
a student, a teacher, a housewife, a farmer, a businessman, a grocer, an engineer, a doctor, an administrator, a diplomat, a lawyer, a judge, a clerk, a typist, a cleaner, a tailor, a politician, a driver, a painter, a writer, an actor/actress, a film-maker, a geologist, a miner, a painter, a banker, a footballer, a gymnast, an electrician.
B In pairs discuss what type of qualification is needed for the following jobs.
a mason, a pharmacist, a programmer, a mechanical engineer, a laboratory technician, an economist, an architect, an English teacher, a painter, a professional footballer, a health visitor, an accountant.
C Discuss people's attitudes to the following jobs* Note down a few points about each of them. Which three do you think would be the most popular? Why?
a teacher, a policeman, an engineer, a customs officer, an army personnel, a tanner, a lawyer, a singer, a politician, a fisherman, a carpenter, a vegetable vendor.
D Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1 At what stage of our life should we take a decision about our future career?
2 What are your plans for your future career? Say why you would like such a career.
F Your cousin, who is now in UK, has written to you about his/her own plans for the future, and wants to know about your career plans. Write a letter in reply, talking about your future plan (100 words).
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, writing.
Functions.
Expressing hopes and ambitions, planning for the future , expressing views. Grammar/Structure.
I'd like to be...,
I think/want/hope + to be.
Vocabulary.
career, geologist, administrator, gymnast.
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Unit Twenty: Jobs and Professions
Lesson 1
Some common professions
Objectives: By the end of this lesson you will have
• talked about some jobs and professions and the type of qualifications needed for each
• written a letter explaining your plan for a future career
A Think about and note down some professions that you know about.
The box below mentions some kinds of work people do in our country. How many can you identify? Do you know any persons who work in any of these jobs?
a student, a teacher, a housewife, a farmer, a businessman, a grocer, an engineer, a doctor, an administrator, a diplomat, a lawyer, a judge, a clerk, a typist, a cleaner, a tailor, a politician, a driver, a painter, a writer, an actor/actress, a film-maker, a geologist, a miner, a painter, a banker, a footballer, a gymnast, an electrician.
B In pairs discuss what type of qualification is needed for the following jobs.
a mason, a pharmacist, a programmer, a mechanical engineer, a laboratory technician, an economist, an architect, an English teacher, a painter, a professional footballer, a health visitor, an accountant.
C Discuss people's attitudes to the following jobs* Note down a few points about each of them. Which three do you think would be the most popular? Why?
a teacher, a policeman, an engineer, a customs officer, an army personnel, a tanner, a lawyer, a singer, a politician, a fisherman, a carpenter, a vegetable vendor.
D Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1 At what stage of our life should we take a decision about our future career?
2 What are your plans for your future career? Say why you would like such a career.
F Your cousin, who is now in UK, has written to you about his/her own plans for the future, and wants to know about your career plans. Write a letter in reply, talking about your future plan (100 words).
Focus:
Skills.
Speaking, writing.
Functions.
Expressing hopes and ambitions, planning for the future , expressing views. Grammar/Structure.
I'd like to be...,
I think/want/hope + to be.
Vocabulary.
career, geologist, administrator, gymnast.