Activity Procedures:

Activity One:

• ask student to name places they might refer to when looking for a job
• once a list has been developed discuss the advantages and disadvantages for each location
• provide any places which might not have been mentioned by the student (See Background Notes for Example)

Activity Two:

• provide student with three or four job advertisements from various newspapers
• ask student to read the job ad silently
• as they read the ad ask students to highlight, underline, or circle any words they are unclear of (either pronunciation or meaning)
• once student has read the ad silently, read the ad aloud (check for pronunciation of words)
• discuss the meaning and pronunciation of any words the student has experienced difficulty with
• student should record these words on index cards and look the meaning of the word up in the dictionary and copy this onto the index card
• once the word and meaning have been written on an index card the student should then use the word in a sentence

Activity Three: (Alternative Exercise)

• provide your student with the vocabulary list found at the end of this unit along with a copy of the classified section of various newspapers
• have your student read the vocabulary list and identify the words he knows and the ones he is having difficulty with (either pronunciation or meaning)