ESL Lesson Plan A Perfect Resume / Cv

Level
C1-C2
Time
90 min
Media
Video + Article
A Perfect Resume / Cv

Lesson Overview

This ESL resume lesson plan begins with a fun warmer which challenges students to think of reasons why people leave jobs before opening up a discussion. Next, quotes taken from an intriguing video are analysed, containing a series of vocabulary exercises at each stage and discussion questions. 

This is followed by a series of fun true or false…

This ESL resume lesson plan begins with a fun warmer which challenges students to think of reasons why people leave jobs before opening up a discussion. Next, quotes taken from an intriguing video are analysed, containing a series of vocabulary exercises at each stage and discussion questions. 

This is followed by a series of fun true or false questions, and thought-provoking questions. Afterwards, learners can use their knowledge to annotate and review mock resumes. Then, there are two super useful exercises which relate to the topic of the class. Finally, the lesson culminates with a synonyms task. Exercises:

Activity Layout

  1. Warm Up.
  2. Video Quotes analysis.
  3. Video Discussion. 
  4. Resume Analysis.
  5. Idioms. 
  6. Idioms: Activities.
  7. Debate.
  8. Synonyms task. 

Homework

As with all adult lesson plans on ESL Pals, there is a homework task to supplement this B2 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to complete a series of exercises which follows on from the lesson.

  1. Article. 
  2. Writing task. 

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