How to teach vocabulary (PPP) TESOL / CELTA

hello everyone how are you today good um what's my job you're a teacher why do you think so you're here that's good you're learning that's good okay um it's not my first job had a lot of other jobs actually um actually I've got a list here of jobs um some of them I really have done and some of them I haven't done um in case you can't see it is teacher Pizza Chef salesman doctor and Nursery nurse so I want you to try and um speak speak with me now as a group and just tell

me which ones you think really were my jobs and which ones are not my job any want to make a comment yeah doubt that you a doctor I've never worked as a doctor that's correct yes a nursery nurse I've never worked as a nursery nurse that is correct I can see you as a Salesman well I have worked as a Salesman I don't think you were a pizza ship pardon I don't think you were a pizza sh in fact I have worked as a pizza chef okay so this is what I would like you to

do take a piece of paper write down a few jobs um a few jobs that you have done and a few jobs you haven't done and then speak with your partner just to show show your partner like that and then partner you should say if you think she has done the job or she hasn't done the job it's for a few minutes so um is everyone going to write a list yes okay um is it just going to be jobs you have done no no okay and uh what will you do when your partner shows

you their list yes which on they done okay that's great I'll I'll start off when I can see everyone's got the list but you can plan it now hey are you ready you only need a few so when you're ready speak together show your list and just uh decide together if you if you think he's done that job or she's done that job or not [Music] oh my God you make it really [Applause] okay let me interrupt you there I was say so I'll just come to one or two group sorry so um how about

this which job has done which job so he has the in traffic counter traffic counter click click click on the card okay he has been a stamp licker he has not been a toad Handler and he has been a copy sub journalist okay thank you very much um okay thank you very much um I'm going to teach you some more words connected with jobs now um do you know what this man is doing what's his job he's Neil Armstrong okay what does Neil Armstrong do he an astronaut yeah listen astronaut say together Astronaut Astronaut Astronaut

Astronaut Astronaut good astronaut good astronaut good okay so does an astronaut fly a normal plane or does he go into space he go in space do you need your normal clothes or a special suit special suit okay that's good this is how you write the word astronaut three syllables where's the stress the beginning astronaut astronaut good okay now can you see what this lady's doing cashier or tell cashier tell I'm thinking of uh word beginning with shop assistant yes listen shop assistant assistant shop assistant shop assistant shop assistant shop assistant shop assistant good shop assistant

good shop assistant good now does a shop assistant buy things from customers or sell things to customers sell things good um is she the manager normally not write it like this first word is stress shop now the second word has three syllables where's the stress assistant good assistant um listen listen sh persistent shop assistant say shop assistant the p and the a make a syllable shop assistant now what does this man do yeah listen farmer Farmer farma Barm good Barm good Barm good okay now does a farmer work in a factory or does he grow

food grow food okay does he often work indoors or often work Outdoors Outdoors this is how you write it okay where's the stress firstable or a second syllable yeah can you see this one could be painter yeah I'm thinking of the word artist okay use a painter as well say Artist Artist Artist Artist Artist Artist Artist Artist Artist good you write it like this where's the stress artist sorry the bus driver yeah listen bus driver bus driver bus driver bu driver say bus driver good bus driver bus driver good now um now does a bus

driver normally drive a very small car or a bigger vehicle bigger vehicle only his family or also the Public Public good yeah two words there's a stress on Plus and then where's the stress on the second word driver yeah bus driver ow don't worry doctor the doctor yeah listen doctor doctor doctor together doctor doctor doctor doctor doctor good so um does the doctor work to improve your health or to improve your money situation your heal your health yeah that's true yeah can you help with money no you can help spend it yeah spend it want

this what's the stress do do doctor doctor on the whole syll doctor to be or not to be sh that is the question someone say actor yeah actor together actor actor actor actor actor good actor good actor is Tom Cruz an actor yes okay um does an actor only show you real life or do they sometimes show you other stories Other Stories on television maybe yes in the theater yes good it's written like this where's this dress actor first who's this denst dentist yeah this a dentist dentist dentist dentist dentist dentist good dentist good um

does a dentist work on your teeth or on your hands teth teeth yeah is it painful or enjoyable okay yeah me too I find it painful it's written like this where's the stress yeah dentist now in a minute you're going to practice these words so um you can learn them um and remember them words that we learn together you're now going to use them in an activity I'm going to give you this paper and you need to read um a sentence like this one a something is a person who goes into space and you need

to remember or from your notes what is the correct answer so what is the correct answer yeah good astronaut so um so you need to read the sentence and then are you just going to say the word or write the word in here is there only one answer or more than one answer okay and I'd like you to do this by yourself please so um um can you tell me what you have for number two please a dentist is a person who fixes dentist that's correct yeah and what do you have for number three um

a bus driver as a person who drives a bus great that's correct yeah what do you have for number four a farmer is a person who grows vegetables and other Foods excellent good what do you have for number five a shop attendant is a person who works in a shop could say attendant yeah today we said shop assistant shop assistant thank you what do you have for number six a doctor is a person half sick people right what you have number seven an artist is a very creative person who paints and makes other beautiful things

than that's true correct what you have about eight a doctor is a person oh an actor is a person who performs in movies or in theaters great thank you well done that's true we're going to do one more practice now um you'll find the language on the back of this ha so um can you see the questions on your paper they're here as well um for example um is anyone in your family a an an astronaut is anyone in your family an astronaut yes yes really that's amazing okay ask me a question choose any question

from the list and what are you going to put in here yeah one of the eight words that we learned today put in here you can choose so ask me a question uh would you like to be a doctor not really it's very good profession but um I think the hours are long who wants to ask a question one of these questions yeah is it difficult to become an I think it's very difficult yeah from so I hear very difficult ask a question how long does it take to become an actor uh well some people

are born like it other times so in your pairs ask and answer these questions together um is there only one correct answer here no can you choose which one are you going to tell the truth about yourself and your belie your opinions yeah tell the truth speak together for a few minutes [Music] now would you like to be a bus driver okay is it difficult to become IND how does it okay um let me just hear one or two let me hear one or two things your partner told you can you remember something your partner

told you you tell me something yes uh would you prefer to be an actor or shop assistant and what did she say absolutely act her okay wow cool interesting choice anyone else yeah what did you he uh asked would you prefer to be a bus driver or a dentist you said dentist because he's ruled by money he's ruled by money and very interesting okay thank you very much very disappoint yeah okay now imagine you you're a student you finished your your studies and you're your mom saids to you I want you to go to the

job there um why does she want you to go there do you think get a job okay what what what happens at a job there y you have several jobs and then you look and see which one suits you B your personality and things you're willing to do you get more detail exactly yeah you talk to people don't you we find out about a job okay so imagine you go to the job fa you look around everywhere and you come back and you speak to your your mom or your dad so you you're my son

and I'm going to ask you what jobs you saw and you know what jobs you think you like which jobs you think you don't like and again you can use the eight words we learned today and other words for jobs if you know them so Astronaut Farmer s assistant all those so now how was the job fair tell me did you see some jobs you like that yes which ones I L to be a dentist really why just to inflict PE okay you know dentist is a great career I see you more as an astronaut

I don't really like the space really yeah okay have you been there before no thank you very much so um is this a real life or are you going to imagine something imagine are you going to talk to yourself or to your partner are you at the job fair or have you come back from the job fair one of you needs to be parent one of you needs to be a recent graduate okay after a few minutes change over so both people do both jobs okay got about five minutes for this oh my God had

this one guy in a helmet okay so now come back together now parents tell me something about your son and your daughter do you think they did they find out something interesting or were you disappointed how'd you feel I was disappointed really why my son has no ambition after everything you told everything I've taught him oh my goodness well it's not too late some people are like developers someone else disappointed anyone or were you proud Disturbed Disturbed what is that that was a very strange profession wanted to pursue perhaps are we should we say it

right now or may not okay we'll talk we'll talk to him later um which words did you use and which words did you hear words for jobs Che Chef Astronaut Astronaut yeah engineer engineer good mechanic mechanic doctor specialist doctor specialist okay that's fine so some of the words were from the lesson and some you you already knew well that's great so thank you very much for that and um um see you tomorrow