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Texas Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners

esl LESSON PLANS

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Texas Adult Education Standards
Lesson Plan

Before you begin

Title: Basic Job Interview Skills

Setting: ESL

NRS Level(s): Level 4: Low Intermediate
Level 5: High Intermediate

Open entry/exit: No

Context: Workplace

Standard(s): Speak So Others Can Understand

Benchmark(s): 1.4,1.5

Objective: To educate students on basic job interview skills and etiquette

Materials: Sample application forms, reference form, flash cards, newspaper employment ads, newspaper article on employment trends, Camcorder, employment agency brochures, guest speaker, list of employment web sites, interview dialog sample

Estimated time needed to prepare for this lesson plan: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Estimated time needed to complete this lesson plan: 6 – 8 hours

The Lesson Plan

Introduce the lesson:
Use vocabulary list and flash cards along with the projector to review job application vocabulary and proper attire. Review brochures from employment agencies.

Teach the lesson:
Discuss descriptive materials on approaches to job interviews. Utilize dialog sample in role-play. Alert the speaker to interview etiquette needs of the students. Introduce the speaker for a 20-30 minute presentation to students. Allow time for a question/answer session guided by student concerns. Help students formulate questions an interviewer might ask in an actual interview.

Practice the lesson:
Students will come to class dressed for an interview. Each student will select a job category and three students to be the “interviewers”. The mock interview is conducted and recorded with the camcorder.

Assess the lesson:
The remaining class members (observers) critique the recorded interviews.

Apply the lesson to the real world:
When students go to actual interviews, they could report back to the class the types of questions asked, expectations of the employer, etc.

Submitted by: Yolanda Spencer, Sam Brijalba, and Jeff Kelly

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