Employment

Living in English

Int
Teens & Adults

In this unit, English learners explore occupations and job search techniques. Students read help wanted ads, fill out application forms, and learn personality adjectives to use on resumes. This lesson includes an optional assessment task that requires teachers to share a real page of help wanted ads from a newspaper or Internet listing.

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Focus

life skills
4-skills
personality adjectives
job applications
abbreviations
interpretive

Vocabulary

mechanic
real estate agent
accountant
administrative assistant
tailor
plumber
nanny
carpenter
receptionist
architect
waiter
journalist
social worker
teller
electrician
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane