Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

Lesson Title Class Time Preparation Needed Curriculum Standards
Lesson 4:
Career and
Job Fairs
6 hours
2–3 hours • Assist students in preparing for interviews
• Encourage students to consider their long-term goals
• Improve listening comprehension
Lesson 5:
Career Ladders
2 hours 1 hour • Practice future tenses (I’m going to be a cashier, then I’m
going to be a manager…)
• Setting career goals for motivation
Section IV: Career Planning Skills
Lesson 1:
Reality
Checking
2 hours 1 hour • Practice modals “Can you…?”
Lesson 3:
Overcoming
Obstacles
2 hours 1 hour • Practice past tense questions “Did you…?”
Lesson 4:
Decision
Making
Lesson 5:
Setting Goals
Lesson 6:
Support
Systems
Lesson 7:
Problem
Solving
2 hours 1 hour • Higher levels practice past continuous (When I made
the decision to come to America, I was working in a
supermarket)
2 hours 1 hour • Practice “going to” and future tense
2 hours 1 hour • Past, present and future tenses review
2 hours 1 hour • Present unreal conditional (What would you do if your car
broke down?)
• Future unreal conditional. (You have a job interview next
week. What will you do if you get lost on the way?)
• Past unreal (You had an interview yesterday. What would
you have done if the interviewer hadn’t come?)
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