2. Introduce the new words: (5 minutes)
By using the computer to introduce the occupations: police officer, bank clerk, actress, waitress, reporter, nurse, sales assistant, cook, teacher, sports coach
Step 2. Group work:
Task 1: Ask your group members, their parent’s work places and occupations.(10 minutes )
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He works in a/an |
He is a/an |
She works in a/an |
She is a/an |
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Step 3. Group game: (10 minutes)
I have a son. He is a student. He wants to be a doctor or a police officer.
Task 2. Do you have a friend? What does your friend want to be?
Step 4. Group work: (10 minutes)
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a singer, because I was good at singing. I also wanted to be a dancer, because it’s interesting. And I wanted to be an interpreter, because it’s exciting. I wanted to be a teacher, because I love kids.
Task 3. Ask your group members, what do they want to be and reasons.
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Step 4. Bingo game: (optional) (4 minutes)
To practice the new words again.
Homework: To think about the requirements of being somebody and how are you going to be. .
In this period, I used task-based teaching method. They got the main words and functions by asking their parents’ jobs, their friends’ ideal jobs and their ideal jobs. The students really enjoyed
3. What do you want to be?
I want to be an actor.
Target abilities: Nurturing of the communicative ability of the students, by cooperation in groups.
Let students think about their future and can talk about their ideals.
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Where does your father work?
He works in …
What does your father do?
He’s a …
Language functions:
Talk about jobs.
Vocabulary:
doctor, actor, reporter, police officer, waiter, bank clerk, sales assistant, student, dangerous
Tasks:
Pre-tasks: to get the information about their own parents’ work places and occupations, find the related English words as well.
While-tasks:
Task 1: to get information from their group members about their parents’ work place and occupations
Task 2: to get information from their group members about their friends’ occupations and ideal jobs.
Task 3: to get information from their group members about their ideal occupations and reasons.
Post-tasks: to think about the requirements of being something and what you have.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Lead in and brainstorm the new words: