Are you working in your dream job or in a dead-end one? IIn this lesson, students will explore various types of jobs. The lesson features audio of people describing the work they do. Students will also practice using time expressions with prepositions and learn related vocabulary. Engaging discussion activities and worksheets are included to help both adults and teenagers actively participate, making the learning experience interactive and effective.

Lesson Objectives

Grammar: Students will practice using prepositions in time expressions, which will help them accurately discuss work schedules and personal routines. This includes understanding how to use "in," "on," "at," "to," and "from" in various contexts related to time, such as "in the morning" or "from Monday to Friday."

Listening: They will listen to people describing their work routines, focusing on understanding the specifics of when these individuals work. This exercise aims to enhance their ability to comprehend spoken information about work hours, days worked, and the nature of these jobs, including whether the work is done on weekends or at night.

Speaking: Students will engage in discussions about their own work or study schedules, using the grammar and vocabulary introduced in the lesson. They will talk about whether they work on weekends, prefer morning or evening work, and what their dream jobs were as children, among other topics.

Vocabulary: The lesson introduces vocabulary related to various types of jobs, work schedules, and time expressions. This includes job titles like "nurse," "firefighter," "lawyer," and phrases related to work hours like "regular working hours," "work at night," and "work on the weekend."

Homework: Homework tasks are designed to reinforce the lesson's focus on prepositions in time expressions and vocabulary related to work and jobs. Students will fill in blanks with the correct job titles, use words from a given box to complete sentences about work, correct bolded phrases with time expression errors, and fill in blanks with the correct prepositions related to time.

Audio

                                                Listen to the audio to learn about people’s jobs and work schedules. Some employees have regular working hours during the week, and others work late evenings or on the weekends. This can differ between jobs and people. Whether you are an early bird or a night owl, everyone must work sometime! 
												
                                            