Lesson 2 Personalities and Jobs

Teaching Aims:

To practise describing people and talking about jobs.

To practise listening in order to identify opinions.

To get familiar with different ways of giving opinions.

To practise using suitable intonations in conversations.

Teaching difficulties:

To practise listening in order to identify opinions.

To get familiar with different ways of giving opinions.

Teaching Aids: computer cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

T: Do you think there is necessary connection between "personalities and jobs"?

S:

T: Yes, everyone has disadvantages and advantages in personalities, for example, someone is brave, impatient and careless, so they are not fit for...

S: Doctors and nurse.

T: I think some of you who are full of imagination are good at maths and enjoy drawing. What do you want to be in the future?

S: Architect

T: So there is necessary connection between "personalities and jobs". Can you think of some words about personalities?

S:

T: Students have given many words including some unexpected answers. Teachers can add some words, such as: confident, creative, sociable, sympathetic, persistent, patient, selfish, intelligent, independent, communicative.

T: Look at the photographs and guess what kind of job they do. (give some pictures)

Students work in pairs guessing the jobs. The purpose is to ask students to say out their jobs and what personalities they have