Lesson Summary

Aims

- To introduce the topic of interviews

- To learn about interview skills

Main activities

- Listen to the episode

- Do the comprehension exercise

- Discuss interview advice - Interview role play

Lesson Plan

The following lesson plan is based on Big City Small World Episode 9.

Introduction

Explain to students that they are going to listen to episode nine of Big City Small World. Get students to remind each other of what happened in the previous episode. Encourage them to predict what might happen next.

Pre-listening

Tell students they are going to listen once to episode nine. On the board write this question:

What advice do Magda’s friends give her about having an interview?

Brainstorm ideas and write them on the board. Then play the recording and check students’ ideas. Were they right?

Listening - comprehension

Tell students they are going to listen again and do the two comprehension exercises. Give students time to read the questions first. Explain the meaning of any unknown words or phrases.

Play the recording and check students’ answers.

Listening - vocabulary

Get students to try the vocabulary activity from memory. They have heard the recording twice so between them they should be able to remember some of the conversations. It might be a good idea to do this exercise in small groups or – with small classes – as a whole class exercise. If necessary refer students to the audioscript.

Listening - grammar

Get students to do this exercise (adjectives and adverbs) in pairs or small groups. Weaker students can be encouraged to use dictionaries. They do not need to listen again in order to do this exercise successfully. Check students’ spellings and point out when they should use one “l” and when there is a double “l”. Students might like to underline the double “l” words in a different colour to help them remember.

Post-listening – interviews

(i) Discussion

Introduce the topic of interviews. Write these questions on the board and get students to discuss them in small groups:

1 Have you ever had an interview? What was it like?
2 What advice would you give somebody who was going to have an interview?

(ii) Role Play

Divide the class into two groups: As and Bs. Give each A a copy of Photocopiable 9A and each B a copy of Photocopiable 9B (please refer to Downloads). Give students ten minutes to read the instructions on their handouts and prepare for the role-play. When all students are ready put students into pairs A and B to role play. Walk around and monitor and make a note of any good language that you hear so that you can give positive feedback at the end. Try not to interrupt while the students are speaking – use the opportunity to monitor and make notes.

Downloads

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Photocopiable 9A and 9B

Episode 9 audio