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ESL Directions lesson plans and other external resources for your online beginners’ classes (CLB 1-4).

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Occupations

Lesson plans

Learning about work occupations

Learn the names, job duties, and locations of various job occupations.

Resources

Links to useful external resources …

Learning Chocolate: Jobs (Vocabulary and practice activities, including ones related to occupations.)
Marcia Kwok, Margaret Stasiak, Dori Tarjan (note: these resources are on Tutela, which is free, but requires you to open an account):
- Talk about job duties (CLB 1-2)
- Talk about jobs and workplaces (H5P, CLB 1/2)
Petra Middeton: Three people, three jobs (Three short readings describe different jobs and the work associated with them. Available on Tutela.)
Reyhaneh Ghadir Zadeh: LINC 1/2-Jobs Flashcards-Vocabulary writing Skill building H5P (Available on Tutela.)
TCDSB Adult Education: Unit: Talk About Jobs and Workplaces H5P CLB 1/2 (Introduces the names of occupations and workplaces. Available on Tutela.)
Tutela: Employment curriculum collection (“You can find a large range of Occupation Specific Language Training Curriculum and general Employment related Curriculum here.” Tutela is a free resource-sharing site. You will need to create an account to access the resources.)
Discussion questions:
- The TESL Journal Internet Archives: Discussion questions

Finding and applying for a job

Lesson plans

Understanding and filling in job applications

Understand how to complete four main sections of a job application.

Focusing on the “work experience” part of a job application

Understand how to complete the work experience section of a job application.

Resources

Links to useful external resources …

ESL Rural Routes:
- Finding a job: Lesson 1 (Work-related vocabulary.)
- Finding a job: Lesson 2 (Skills required for different types of jobs.)
- Finding a job: Lesson 3 (Understanding job ads.)
- Finding a job: Lesson 4 (Applying for work online and avoiding job scams.)
Jim Edgar (New Media Language Training, Inc.): Looking for a job (“This listening resource introduces learners to different ways of looking for a job. It includes listening comprehension, reading with audio support and audio gap fill activities.” Note: Tutela is free but requires the teacher to create an account.)
Learn2Teach (LINC 2): Employment history
Learning Chocolate: Jobs (Vocabulary and practice activities.)
LINC classroom activities:
- LINC 1: Employment (Print resource. Scroll to page 285.)
- LINC 2: Employment (Print resource. Scroll to page 315.)
TCDSB Adult Education YouTube Channel:
- An application form video
- Employment (A series of videos for CLB 3-4 students on various aspects of employment.)
Tutela (Tutela is a free resource-sharing site. You will need to create an account to access the resources):
- Employment teaching resources collection (“This collection is full of resources for workplace language, finding employment and the world of work.” )
- LINC Works, CLB 3:
  - Part 1
  - Part 2

Job interviews

Lesson plans

Preparing for a job interview

Understand how to prepare for Canadian job interviews.

Resources

Links to helpful external resources …

English Central: Job interviews (Video with common job interview questions and related exercises. You need to open a free account to access resources.)
ESL Learning video: Job interview, I want to learn
Project I-DEA job interview video
Discussion questions:
- The TESL Journal Internet Archives: Job interview discussion questions

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WORK YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

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WORK WORDWALL ACTIVITIES

Wordwall is a very useful interactive lesson-creation site. If you sign up for a free Wordwall account, you will be able to see our “Work” folder, which includes ESL Directions activities that you can add to your lessons.