Students will use the simple tenses to talk about job searching and adjectives to describe personal and professional qualities needed for different jobs. 

Job Qualifications

Personality Traits

Students learn about job postings and practice matching them to appropriate job seekers. They review the infinitive form as well as terms and abbreviations that are common to job postings. 

Job Postings

High Beg

Simple Past

Students will be able to fill out a job application form, role-play the process of applying for a job, and continue to practice the use of the to-infinitive structure.

Job Applications

Students will be able to use adjectives and gerunds to talk about strengths, weaknesses, and interests related to employment.

Strengths & Interests for Job Applicants

Low Int

Gerunds & Infinitives

This assessment can be used after doing lessons 1–4 of the Pre-Employment in the US course. Assessment includes a vocabulary check as well as comprehension of functions related to job qualifications, job postings, job applications, strengths & interests.

Mid-Course Assessment

Students will be able to read and understand a career fair poster and make polite requests for information using “would like.”

Career Fairs

Students will learn about the importance of networking and be able to use the present perfect tense.

Networking

Low Int – High Int

Present Perfect

Students will be able to understand typical interview questions and talk about employment experience and skills in an interview setting.

Interview Questions

Students will learn how to compose a follow-up email to send after an interview. They will also learn about the advantages and disadvantages of two types of interviews.

Interview Follow-Ups

This assessment can be used after completing lessons 5–8 of the Pre-Employment course. Assessment includes a vocabulary check as well as comprehension of functions related to career fairs, networking, and interviews.

Final Assessment 

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