Lesson Summary

Aims

- To learn vocabulary related to jobs and their parts of speech

Main activities

- Listen to the episode

- Do the comprehension exercise

- Do a split crossword in pairs

Lesson Plan

The following lesson plan is based on Big City Small World Episode 11.

Introduction

Explain to students that they are going to listen to episode eleven of Big City Small World. By now the students should be familiar with each of the characters. Write these questions on the board and get students to discuss the answers.

Who works in a shoe shop? (Olivia)
Who has had an interview recently? (Magda)
Who went to hospital recently? (Johnny)
What’s the name of Olivia’s nephew? (Joe)
Who works in the same place as Johnny? (Harry)
Who has moved into a new flat? (Sarah)
Whose cousin owns the flat? (Fadi’s)

Pre-listening

Tell students they are going to listen to episode eleven and answer one more question:

Where does Sarah tell Magda she should go to work? (China)

Play the recording and check students’ answers.

Listening - comprehension

Tell students they are going to listen again and do a comprehension exercise. Get students to read the questions first. Explain any unknown words or phrases. Students might be able to predict some of the answers at this stage.

Play the recording and check students’ answers.

Listening - vocabulary

Write the following words on the board: architect, job, work, experience, earn, company, salary, CV, opportunity.

Ask students to work in pairs and decide which part of speech each word is. If the word is a noun they should say whether it is countable or uncountable.

architect (n c) job (n c) work (v / n u) experience (n u) earn (v) company (n c) salary (n c) CV (n c) opportunity (n c)

Now get students to do the vocabulary exercise.

Listening - grammar

Get students to do the two grammar exercises (verbs and prepositions) before listening again. Encourage pupils to work together in pairs or small groups, discussing each answer. 

Let students listen to the recording again to check their answers. If necessary refer them to the audioscript.

Post-listening – speaking practice – split crossword

Divide the students into two groups: A’s and B’s. Give students A a copy of Photocopiable 11A (or 11C, depending on their levels), and give students B a copy of Photocopiable 11B (or 11D) (Please refer to Downloads). Tell students to make sure they understand all of the words in their crossword grid. They should use dictionaries if necessary.

Divide students into pairs: A and B. Students have to take turns giving definitions of their words until both students complete the crossword. Students should not show each other their crosswords.

On the board write:

What’s 3 across?
What’s 7 down?
It’s your turn.
Can you give me a clue please?
What’s the first letter?

Make sure students understand what the phrases mean and that they USE them when they do the activity.

Downloads

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Photocopiable 11A, 11B, 11C and 11C

Episode 11 audio