Summary
This comprehensive lesson guides students through the entire job interview process, from making a great first impression to sending the perfect follow-up email. Students will learn crucial vocabulary, analyze positive and negative body language from a video, and practice using gerunds and infinitives. Through a structured role-play and a writing task, this lesson equips students with the practical language and skills they need to feel confident and succeed in their job search.
Activities
Students discuss good and bad practices for job interviews, establishing a foundation for professional etiquette and first impressions.
Students learn essential interview vocabulary like crucial, etiquette, and stand out through a contextual gap-fill exercise.
Students watch a video about an interview, answering comprehension questions to understand key dos and don'ts, such as how to calm nerves and follow up effectively.
A matching activity helps students understand and define important body language terms like slouching, keeping eye contact, and subtly miming.
Students practice a role-play scenario as an interviewer and an interviewee, applying the vocabulary and phrases learned throughout the lesson.
The lesson concludes with a practical writing task where students compose a professional follow-up thank you email after an interview.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary focus includes essential interview terms such as crucial, etiquette, posture, stand out, and feedback. It also covers body language like slouching, keeping eye contact, and nervous habits like tapping your fingers or bouncing your leg.
Grammar focus
The grammar section focuses on the correct usage of gerunds and infinitives after common verbs. Students will learn the difference between verbs that take a gerund (e.g., avoid, enjoy) and those that take an infinitive (e.g., want, plan, decide) through a practice exercise.
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