The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:
- – practice upper-intermediate level vocabulary,
- – watch a video about taking smart career risks,
- – develop the skill to express opinions in a concise and convincing manner.
This B2-level lesson explores the topic of taking smart career risks and pursuing alternative paths beyond the traditional corporate ladder.
Warm-up:
Students discuss whether they agree or disagree with certain opinions and explain why.
Video:
Students watch an informative video titled “Forget the Corporate Ladder — Winners Take Risks.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise, connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.
Exercises:
Language skills are reinforced through various activities. Students complete the gaps in sentences with the correct words. In the second exercise, they complete sentences so that they have a similar meaning to the original sentences.
Writing:
Together with the teacher, students create two dialogues between a mentor and a mentee discussing risk-taking in professional situations.
Reading:
Students read a text about taking smart career risks and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.
Discussion:
Students rearrange the words to form questions, then answer them.
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