Happiness is a snip away BBC lesson

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Happiness is a snip away

Aims of this lesson:

• To practice and expand jobs vocabulary
• To develop reading and speaking skills
• To identify and exchange information
• To allow learners to give their own opinions about what makes a good or bad job 

In pairs

Talk about these questions

What is your job? If you don't have a job, what job would you like to have?

Teacher

Waiter

Doctor

Hairdresser

Marketing manager

Chemical engineer

Managing director

Police officer

Sort these jobs into 3 or 4 categories. 

Ambulance driver

Soldier

Bee-keeper

Chef

Property investor

Farmer

Nurse

Do you want a job that brings you happiness? If so, you might want to consider _____ as a career. A new league table has said that ____ are the happiest workers in the UK.

In two groups - assignment 1

One group is going to make worksheet A, the other worksheet B.

Do this on your own.

Finished? Discuss your answers with someone in your group.

After, you are going to discuss it with someone in the other group.

Assignment 2

Now do this in pairs. Match the jobs with the things people might work with.

Assignment 3

Read the piece of text on the back of your paper.

Which jobs are happy jobs?

Which jobs are unhappy jobs?

In pairs or with three people

Do assignment 4. Try to answer in English. 

Homework

Hand in a piece of writing. Write about 200 words. The subject is:

My dream job.