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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

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