Unit 12
CAREER CHOICES
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
o Listen for specific information in two talks about
career paths.
o Write an email about their favourite future job.

LESSON
6: SKILLS 2
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Miming

WARM-UP

LISTENING

Task 1: Work in pairs. Which of the reasons below is the most
important to you when choosing a job?
- Task 2: Listen to two people talking about their career paths and
tick (√) T (True) or F (False).
- Task 3: Listen again and choose the correct answers.
Task 4: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
Task 5: Write an email (100 - 120 words) to your friend telling
him/her about your future favorite job. You can use the ideas
from 4.

WRITING

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

OPTION 1

WARM-UP

MIMING

WARM-UP

OPTION 1

- Go to the board. Mime some jobs.
Other Ss to guess the jobs.

MIMING

LISTENING
1 Work in pairs. Which of the reasons below is the most
important to you when choosing a job?

- Work in pairs.
- Look at the list of reasons and choose the one most important to
them when choosing a job.
- Explain why you choose that reason.

LISTENING
- The reasons:
1. passion

2. family tradition
3. ability
4. salary
5. opportunity to travel

Example:
Picking a job might feel like choosing a superpower, but you need to
focus on your ability (what you good at, what makes you tick, what
challenges you to tackle). That's your secret weapon. When you pick a
job that lets you use those powers, you'll feel awesome at work, learn
faster, work better. Remember, future you will thank you for choosing
a job that fits your abilities like a perfectly-suited costume.

LISTENING
2 Listen to two people talking about their career paths and tick
(√) T (True) or F (False).

T
1. Minh's parents were farmers.
2. Minh is now working for an agricultural company.
3. Ann first learnt cooking from a family member.
4. Ann is now a chef in a famous restaurant.

√
√

F

√
√

LISTENING
3 Listen again and choose the correct answers.
1. Why did Minh decide to learn agriculture engineering?
A. Because he wanted to help the farmers.
B. Because he could get a well-paid job.
C. Because he had no other choice for university.
2. What does Minh's job involve?
A. Using technology in farming.
B. Solving problems among farmers.
C. Creating new kinds of plants.

LISTENING
3 Listen again and choose the correct answers.
3. How did Ann earn her cooking certificate?
A. By taking a short course in cooking.
B. By attending a vocational college.
C. By enrolling in an online course.
4. In the future, Ann wants to ______.
A. work in a hotel restaurant
B. get another cooking certificate
C. open her own restaurant

Transition from Listening to Writing
- Answer the questions below with information of Minh and
Ann that you can remember from the listening
+ What is his/her job?
+ What training did they have?
+ What does his/her job involve?
+ What skills does the job need?
+ How is the job?

Transition from Listening to Writing
Minh
+ What is his/her job?

Agricultural engineer

+ What training did they
University
have?
+ What does his/her job help farmers grow
involve?
better crops by using
farming technology
+ What skills does the
job need?
farming technology;
persuading skill
+ How is the job?
demanding

An
Chef
Vocational training
make tasty and healthy
food
cooking skills
well-paid

LESSON
6: SKILLS 2
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Miming

WARM-UP

LISTENING

WRITING

Task 1: Work in pairs. Which of the reasons below is the most
important to you when choosing a job?
- Task 2: Listen to two people talking about their career paths and
tick (√) T (True) or F (False).
- Task 3: Listen again and choose the correct answers.
Task 4: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
Task 5: Write an email (100 - 120 words) to your friend telling
him/her about your future favorite job. You can use the ideas
from 4.

WRITING

4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
- Work in pairs to ask and answer the given questions.
- You can refer to the reading text in Communication lesson, and/or
the listening passage for ideas.
1. What is your favourite job?
2. What does this job involve?
3. What skills does this job need?
4. What personal qualities do you need to have for
this job?
- Present your outlines.

WRITING
Write an email (100 - 120 words) to your friend telling him/her about
5 your future favorite job. You can use the ideas from 4.

- Use the ideas in Activity 4 for your writing.
Dear ______,
It's nice to hear from you again.
Let me tell you about _____________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Write to me soon.
Cheers

WRITING
Example:

Dear Tom,
It's nice to hear from you again. Let me tell you about the job I want to do in
the future.
When I was a child, I decided that I would be a teacher like my mother. Now I'm
sure that teaching English is my favourite future job. As a teacher, I will prepare
interesting lessons, explain difficult concepts to my students, mark their exams
and help them to make progress in English. I will need excellent knowledge of
English and good skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in English. I
also need teaching skills and time management skills. I think this is the job for
me because I'm confident, creative and persuasive.
How about your future job?
Write to me soon.
Cheers,

LESSON
6: SKILLS 2
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Miming

WARM-UP

LISTENING

Task 1: Work in pairs. Which of the reasons below is the most
important to you when choosing a job?
- Task 2: Listen to two people talking about their career paths and
tick (√) T (True) or F (False).
- Task 3: Listen again and choose the correct answers.
Task 4: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
Task 5: Write an email (100 - 120 words) to your friend telling
him/her about your future favorite job. You can use the ideas
from 4.

WRITING

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Listen for specific information in two talks about career
paths.
 Write an email about their favourite future job.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Rewrite the paragraph in the notebooks.
- Do exercises in the workbook.

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