Brainstorming Your Options

B1 · Intermediate53 minCareer DevelopmentLesson 2 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Generate career possibilities and weigh them up using speculation language

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Opening Up Your Options

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Language for Possibilities

    8 items

  2. Reading10 min

    Reading: Twenty Ideas Before One Decision

    Read a 205-word text about Twenty Ideas Before One Decision

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: Weighing Up an Option: Pros and Cons

    Pros and Cons, 4 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Speculating About Your Future

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Sentences About Your Options

    Word-ordering exercise, 6 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Weigh Up Your Own Ideas

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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optionconsiderexplorerealisticsectorretrainrule outshortlist (verb)

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