Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Career Paths Quick Talk
a) Aims
- Activate Ss' prior knowledge about choosing a career.
- Introduce the topic vocabulary of the lesson.
b) Content
- Ss answer three questions shown on the slide: “What kind of job interests you?”, “Who can help you choose a career?”, “What should you check before choosing a career?”
- Ss brainstorm factors to consider and note the words career path, mentor, qualification.
c) Expected outcomes
- A class list of at least four factors, for example: daily duties, training requirements, costs, working conditions.
- Ss can explain the meaning of career path (lộ trình nghề nghiệp), mentor (người hướng dẫn) and qualification (trình độ, bằng cấp).
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the three questions on the slide and says: “Before you choose a job, what do you need to check?” T gives Ss 30 seconds to think.
Students
Ss think silently and jot down one or two ideas in their notebooks.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to share ideas in pairs for one minute and circulates to help with vocabulary.
Students
Ss discuss in pairs. Expected answers: “the salary”, “how long the training takes”, “what I do every day”, “whether I like the people I work with”.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 3–4 pairs to share and writes the factors on the board.
Students
Representatives report their ideas. Ss listen and add factors they have not thought of.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T groups the ideas into daily duties, training requirements, costs and working conditions, introduces the three vocabulary words and links them to today's topic: how to develop and defend a career viewpoint.
Students
Ss copy the key vocabulary into their notebooks and state today's objective.