LANGUAGE
Asking/talking about abilities using the potential form of verbs.
 
PREPARATION
Making copies of interview sheets A and cards B according to the number of times students will role-play.
 
PROCEDURE

Pair work

Students role-play in pairs, with one student acting as a part time job seeker and the other as an employment agent.Job seekers pick up a card B and take a job interview based on the information on the card. The agents ask questions using the interview checklist, (interview sheet A) filling in it as they go.
The agents then suggest the best job for the job seekers from the job advertisements next to the checklist, and give the conditions. Roles can then be reversed, or job seekers can take a new card with different information.

 
TEACHING TIPS

Formation for potential form of verbs.

u-verbs はなす
hanas u
はなせる
hanas eru
(can speak)
ru-verbs たべる
tabe ru
たべられる
tabe rareru
(can eat)
irregular くる
kuru
こられる
korareru
(can come)
  する
suru
できる
dekiru
(can do)
 
Sheet A (PDF:1.13MB)
 

Cards B (PDF:764kb)
 
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