Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson for C1 ESL students helps them discuss career disruption and professional pivots. This English class material uses an audio clip and interactive exercises to teach students how to talk about making significant career changes.
This lesson helps advanced students explore the concept of career longevity and adaptability. Activities include a warm-up discussion on career changes, a vocabulary matching task, and a listening comprehension exercise based on an audio clip about professional growth.
Students will practice using mixed conditionals to reflect on past career choices and engage in guided speaking tasks to apply new vocabulary for discussing professional development. The material is designed to generate meaningful conversation and provide practical language for talking about career strategy.
Activities
- A warm-up discussion where students consider the meaning of "career disruption" and the skills needed for long-term professional success.
- A listening comprehension exercise where students fill in gaps from an audio clip discussing the impetus for career changes and the importance of adaptability.
- A grammar exercise focusing on mixed conditionals (If + past perfect, would + verb) to help students reflect on the present consequences of past career decisions.
- Guided speaking practice that encourages students to use the lesson's vocabulary and grammar to discuss hypothetical career pivots and personal professional experiences.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces advanced terms related to career changes and professional development. Key terms include "pivot," "impetus," "stagnation," "burgeoning," "leverage," and "paramount." Students learn to use these words to describe the motivations and strategies behind disrupting one's career path.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on mixed conditionals, specifically the structure "If + Past Perfect, would + base verb." This grammatical form is used to help students reflect on and discuss the present results of hypothetical past career choices, making the grammar practice highly relevant to the topic.
