Jobs and Careers ROLE PLAYS for Adult ESL

Jobs and careers is a highly relatable topic for your adult ESL students. If your adult ESL students need something a bit more supportive than jobs and careers discussion topics, you've found it.

In this JOBS & CAREERS role-play resource, your adult ESL students will practice using language they’ve learned while acting out role-plays related to the jobs and careers, including resigning from a job, asking for a raise, asking a co-worker to cover for you, getting laid off, job benefits, co-worker conflicts, getting promoted, working from home, and more.

They'll start by rating their level of agreement (or disagreement) with some statements about jobs and careers. From there, try the conversation matching worksheet, introduce job and career-related idioms and expressions with the handout, or go over some essential job and career-related vocabulary.

Try using the job and career role play scripts as a reader's theater, pass out scenario cards to students who are ready to create their own role plays, but above all, dig deep with this!

THEME: Jobs & Careers

WHAT’S INSIDE:

• Teacher Pages: Guide instructors through a comprehensive lesson plan covering introduction, goals, engagement strategies, study sections, previewing, using scripts, and scenario cards.

• Anticipation Guides: Statements related to the theme for your students to reflect upon and rate based on personal agreement (scale 1-5). Designed to encourage critical thinking, stimulate discussions, and prompt students to consider their opinions about the theme.

• Idioms/Expressions Handout: Common idioms/proverbs related to the theme with brief definitions.

• Essential Vocabulary: Covers relevant words and phrases for discussing the theme, script reading, role play creation, and discussion.

• Dialogue Matching: Helps students create smooth-flowing dialogues for two people by organizing scrambled lines.

• Dialogue Prompts: Provide structured ideas/prompts for creating role plays, offering support without scripted language, and encouraging student creativity in developing dialogues.

• Scripts: Use as reader's theater and as guides for students' script writing.

• Scenario Cards: Provide character information for impromptu role plays or script writing (primarily for 2-3 characters).

TARGET AUDIENCE: Designed for adult ESL learners, also suitable for high school students (CEFR levels A2-B2). Some content may intrigue newer-arrival level C students exploring local culture.

BENEFITS:

• Engaging and relatable content
• Facilitates cultural understanding
• Encourages speaking, listening, and creativity

FINAL NOTE: This resource aims to empower adult ESL students to practice language skills in an enjoyable setting, developing cultural understanding and fitting into local contexts.

LOOKING FOR MORE TOPICS?

Role Plays for Adult ESL - Bundle 1

• Getting a Haircut
• Getting an Apartment & more
• Giving Directions
• Going Camping
• Going to the Dentist
• Going to the Movies
• How to Talk to Teachers and Professors
• Living Through a Pandemic
• Ordering in a Restaurant
• Shopping
• The First Few Days of Classes
• Pets

Role Plays for Adult ESL - Bundle 2

• Cultural Differences
• Emotions
• Environment
• Etiquette and Manners
• First Impressions
• Health
• Jobs and Careers
• Money and Budgets
• Music
• Pets