Texas
Adult Education Standards and Benchmarks
for ABE ASE and ESL Learners
Lesson Plan Bank
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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
