Hello Readers,
If you’re teaching adults who are interested in using English at work, this lesson plan on job interviews should prove to be a relevant and worthwhile lesson for your students. To start: …
… 1. Ask your students to think of some different jobs. Write them on the left side of the white board. Then, choose one job to discuss. Ask students to think about what skills a person would need for that particular job. Write them on the board. The students can then work in pairs to discuss the rest of the jobs in the same way. Feedback with the whole-class.
2. Pre-teach vocabulary: job title, responsibilities, role, qualifications, skills, achievements, work experience, etc.
3. Distribute a job ad for a position that your students might be interested in (e.g., a tour guide, an English teacher, a receptionist, etc.). You can use a real ad from a local newspaper/magazine or create your own.
4. Divide students in half. Group A will be prepare to give an interview. Group B will prepare to be the interviewee. Break Group A into small groups and have them each prepare 10 questions that they would ask interviewees. Break Group B into small groups and have them prepare 10 statements they think they could use in an interview (this will require the students to anticipate questions that might be asked). These statements can be made up. Monitor students and help them by providing them with relevant language. Of course, remind them that the point of this activity is fluency, not accuracy.
5. Pair students from Group A with students from Group B. Give them 10 minutes for the interview. To make the interview more authentic, arrange the chairs so it is conducive to job interviews, if possible. If students get through their 10 questions before the 10 minutes is up, Group B students should be asked if they have any further questions about the job. Monitor the students by writing down common mistakes, but do not interfere with the interviews at this point.
6. Feedback. Elicit questions and answers on the board. Allow students to ask further questions and to write notes down in their notebooks.
7. Have students switch roles. Group A students become the interviewees and Group B students become the interviewers. Match the students up again and allow them 5 minutes for an interview. Continue switching partners and roles a few times if time permits.
8. Feedback on the board.
9. A good follow-up/closing activity would be to discuss interview etiquette, including how to greet someone, what to wear, how to prepare for a job interview, how to answer difficult questions, cultural differences, etc.
Have you tried this activity? Do you have any ideas to expand this lesson plan? Feel free to share your comments below.
Hope that helps!
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