Telling Your Career-Change Story

B1 · Intermediate56 minCareer DevelopmentLesson 5 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Answer 'Why the change?' positively using the Present-Past-Future framework

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The Question Everyone Asks

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Framework6 min

    Framework: Present - Past - Future

    Present-Past-Future, 3 steps

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Story Language

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Away From, or Towards?

    Read a 214-word text about Away From, or Towards?

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Turn Negative Answers Positive

    Gap-fill exercise, 7 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Interview Practice: Why the Change?

    Role-play: A first-round interview for a role in your new field (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your Story, Out Loud

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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motivationturning pointmake the most ofbuild ona natural next stepcommittedput off (someone)reassure

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