Jobs in your Free Time A2 – Activity 4

Jobs in your Free Time A2 – Activity 4

Aim of Activity

30 minutes

To raise students’ awareness of issues related to finding a summer job for teens, develop their listening and speaking skills within the context, and provide additional practice opportunities for the target language.

Steps for Students

Click the link: Activity 4

Watch the video and answer the questions:  

  1. What advice is given to teenagers looking for a summer job? 
  2. What are the summer jobs mentioned in the video? 
  3. What is the best way to get a real-life experience? 
  4. How to find a summer job? 

Click the link: Activity 4

  1. Start by asking students if they have ever considered doing a summer job. Ask why/why not. Ask what advice they would give to other teens looking for a summer job.  
  2. Play the video and get students to answer the four questions.

    • What advice is given to teenagers looking for a summer job? 
    • What are the summer jobs mentioned in the video? 
    • What is the best way to get a real-life experience? 
  3. Have a whole class discussion about the benefits of doing a summer job and how difficult it may be to find one.   
  1. Decide what you want to do (work at school/at home; something related to your major/ just to earn some extra cash;)
  2. baby-sitting; retail; restaurants; life guards; camp counselor; local parks; recreation
  3. To find an internship
  4. Look online; look at the place where you shop and/or eat