Job For You
Ed Edgar
| Level | Aims | Grammar | Time | Materials |
| junior high school | dialogue practice | want to..., enjoy ...ing, jobs | 30 mins | worksheets |
This is a pretty standard pair-work interview game, but the kids seem to enjoy it. I used it with "enjoy ...ing" and "want to ...", but it's very adaptable.
It's very easy to play but a bit hard to explain, so I recommend demonstrating with your JTE using a big (double-A3) copy of the worksheet on the blackboard. (Cheat so the JTE doesn't come out as "sumo wrestler", or they won't want to play next lesson.)
The worksheet has a bunch of questions along the top (eg. "Do you like helping people?"), and jobs down the side.
In the middle are the appropriate answers. For example, doctors, teachers, stewardesses etc all help people as an everyday part of their jobs, so those spaces are marked "Yes". Models, singers, farmers etc. don't, so they're marked with "no". (OK, you could quibble with some of these, eg. farmers help us by making food so we don't die, but the kids don't seem to be bothered.)
Here's how to play:
Ask your partner the first question. Then look down the column for that question and circle all the answers that match. If your partner says "yes", circle all the "yes"'s in the column. If they say "no", circle all the "no"s.
Do the same with each question in turn. Once you've asked all the questions, look along the rows and count the number of circled answers for each job. Write the totals under "score". The highest score is the job for you.
Note: The kids won't know all the jobs I use. "Stewardess" is the same in Japanese, although the textbooks say you should say "Flight attendant". They definitely won't know "burglar", unless they make the MacDonalds Hamburglar connection. I prefer not to tell them until the end.
To view the worksheet on a separate page ready for printing, click here.
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Do you like... |
helping people |
helping animals |
travelling |
being outside |
going to bed late |
being pretty |
having money |
meeting people |
Score |
|
Doctor |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
|
|
Teacher |
yes |
no (?) |
no |
no |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
|
|
Model |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
Singer |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
|
Stewardess |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
|
|
Police Officer |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
|
|
Taxi Driver |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
|
|
Farmer |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
|
Sumo Wrestler |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
|
|
7-11 Worker |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
|
|
Burglar |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
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