SESSION 4 · CAREER ADVICE
NEED
ADVICE?
Describe what a job involves and give useful career advice.
💬 Give advice⚙️ Job actions🔎 Ask questions🎯 Find a match
CAREER ADVICE DESK 💬
Teenager profile
Web designer card
Architect card
ASKADVISEJUSTIFY
SESSION 4

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50 min · demi-groupe · I can describe a job and give career advice.

CAREERS ADVISER MODE

Step into the careers adviser’s office

This session is all about listening carefully, asking useful questions and giving smart career advice.

1guess a job from clues
2use involves / consists in + V-ing
3interview a teenager and suggest a job
Teenager meeting a careers adviser
1

Warm-up · Guess My Job!

5 min
Student giving clues and classmates guessing a job

MY JOB?

Use the job you researched for homework. Give 3 clues — but never say the job!

LISTEN · GUESS · SPEAK
Give clues about the place, the activities or the qualities needed.
I work…
I need to be…
I am good at… / I like…
“I work outdoors. I work with animals. I need to be patient.”
Can you guess the job?
ASKAre you a…?
REFORMULATETry to answer with a complete sentence.
2

What Does the Job Involve?

8 min
BUILD THE SENTENCE
Choose one or more actions. Watch what happens to the verb.
Being a teacher involves …
What comes after involve / consist in?
Look at the action words you created.
3

Job Factory

8 min
JOB + ACTION Choose a job, then choose its action.
Make your first match 👈
A …'s job involves …ing…
4

Meet the Careers Adviser · Lesley MacCallum

8 min
Careers adviser talking to a teenager
Before you listen: What do you think a careers adviser does?
🎧 Official audio · Lesley MacCallum — First listen = identify her job and the general idea. Second listen = find precise activities.
MEET THE CAREERS ADVISER
Her job involves helping young people, asking questions, giving advice and talking about skills and interests.
5

The Careers Adviser's Office

12 min
Students doing a careers adviser roleplay
ROLEPLAY MISSION

Use your printed Teenager Profile, Job Card and Action Card. The screen only reminds you of the speaking routine.

①Ask 3 or 4 questions.
②Suggest a possible job.
③Justify with because and involves.
STUDENT A · TEENAGER
STUDENT B · CAREERS ADVISER

💬 Ask 3 or 4 questions

🎯 Give your advice

You could become …
You'd be good at this job because …
The job involves …ing…
You could become a wildlife ranger. You'd be good at this job because you are patient and you love animals. The job involves working outdoors and protecting animals.
Teenager: answer from the profile. Careers Adviser: listen, ask, advise and justify. Then swap roles.
6

Career Prescription

6 min
Careers adviser discussing a career prescription
WRITE ON PAPER

Students complete the printed prescription sheet. Use the prompts below to prepare a neat and convincing final recommendation.

⭐strengths
❤️interests
💼career suggestion
💬because + justification
⚙️involves + V-ing
CAREER PRESCRIPTION
Follow this structure on the paper document.
LANGUAGE BOOST
You could become … because …
This job involves V-ing
7

Exit Ticket

3 min
TRANSFORM
A photographer takes photos and edits pictures.
Complete with involves.
Being a photographer involves taking photos and editing pictures.
What comes after INVOLVE?

⌂ Homework · My Job in Action!

Choose the job you researched last lesson. Write 3 sentences about what this job involves.
1 · A …'s job involves …ing…
2 · It involves …ing…
3 · It also involves …ing…
Student handing in an exit ticket

One last check!

Can you describe a job with involves / consists in + V-ing and give career advice with You could… because…?