AdditionAl lifeSkillS leSSon Unit 3 Work and Career: understanding your learning style Objective

2
Wear the right clothes.
3
Don’t be late.
4
Smile a lot.
5
Don’t cross your arms.
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Check the students understand all the 
vocabulary (demonstrate smile and cross your 
arms; draw pictures to illustrate wear the right 
clothes and be late).
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Encourage the students to look back at their 
notebooks to remind themselves of the 
technique they chose in second place in Ex. A. 
Tell them they are going to learn the procedure 
on the board in this style.
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Regroup the students into the different areas 
as you did in Ex. B and give them about ten 
minutes to learn the interview tips using their 
new learning style.
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Put the students into pairs and ask them to take 
turns testing each other (again with their backs 
to the board or covering the instructions).
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When the students finish, ask how many of the 
steps they were able to remember.
reflect
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Write the following question on the board:
 
Which learning style do you like?
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Give the students time to reflect on the 
questions individually and then elicit ideas. 
Encourage them to give reasons for their 
answers (e.g.
 they like a certain learning style as 
it is interesting
).
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Finish by pointing out that this soft skill can help 
you in your work and career.
eXtra: HOMeWOrK
Ask the students to complete a free online 
questionnaire to learn more about their preferred 
learning style. To find one, they should search for 
learning styles questionnaire in an internet search 
engine. Ask them to report their findings in the 
next class.