Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES
Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES
Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES
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Sample <strong>ESOL</strong> Lesson Planning Template<br />
Class Type: <strong>ESOL</strong> Level: Beginner/High Beginner<br />
Total # hours of instruction or counseling/week: 8 Total # of weeks: n/a # of hours for ICA: ________________________<br />
Lesson Title Class Time Preparation Needed Curriculum Standards<br />
Section I: The Cultural Context for <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong><br />
Lesson 1:<br />
Icebreaker:<br />
Who Did What?<br />
Lesson 2:<br />
Looking at How<br />
We Get Jobs<br />
Lesson 3:<br />
Job<br />
Qualifications<br />
2 hours 1 hour • Learning job related vocabulary<br />
• Practice past tense (Did you work as…)<br />
• To begin speaking about <strong>the</strong>ir experience in preparation<br />
for interviews<br />
4 hours 1–2 hours • Learn/review job related vocabulary<br />
• Practice present tense (This is my friend. He lives in Puerto<br />
Rico. He is a mechanic…) For beginner levels<br />
• Practice past tense. (This is my friend. He lived in Puerto<br />
Rico, he was a mechanic…) For intermediate levels<br />
• Increase students’ awareness of <strong>the</strong> job application process<br />
4 1–2 hours • Work on present tense ‘to be’(He is hard-working) beginner<br />
level<br />
• Discuss soft skills and hard skills<br />
• Work on gerunds (I am good at fixing things) Intermediate<br />
level<br />
• Work on have to/must in connection with job descriptions.<br />
(candidate must have a driver’s license) Intermediate level<br />
• To create an environment where all students feel comfortable<br />
sharing concerns about discrimination <strong>the</strong>y may<br />
experience<br />
Section II: The Self-Exploration Process<br />
Lesson 1:<br />
The <strong>Career</strong><br />
Planning<br />
Process<br />
2 hours 1 hour • Learn/review job titles<br />
• To encourage students to think of <strong>the</strong>ir long-term career<br />
prospects as a motivational factor for getting a job now<br />
• To personalize <strong>the</strong> job search process<br />
• Tenses review (I was a housekeeper. I am a student. I will be<br />
a childcare worker)<br />
Section III: The Occupational Exploration Process<br />
Lesson 1:<br />
Using <strong>the</strong><br />
internet to<br />
learn about<br />
occupations<br />
Lesson 2:<br />
Labor Market<br />
trends and<br />
information<br />
Lesson 3:<br />
Informational<br />
Interviews<br />
4 1–2 hours • Improve students’ reading ability (students read<br />
profiles of people in this job)<br />
• Learn <strong>the</strong> duties of jobs that are relevant to students (read<br />
online about <strong>the</strong> daily tasks of a childcare worker)<br />
2 hours 1 hour • Learn present tense “wh” questions.<br />
• Study comparatives and superlatives. “This job has higher<br />
pay. This job has <strong>the</strong> highest pay.”<br />
2 hours 1 hour • Tenses review. Review superlatives. “Job X has <strong>the</strong> highest<br />
pay. Job Z has <strong>the</strong> longest hours.”<br />
• Review and practice job duties<br />
<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABE</strong> & <strong>ESOL</strong> <strong>Classroom</strong> | Appendix A | 186