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Role-Play Party:
Talking about Jobs
LEVEL: Upper Beginner or Low Intermediate
PREPARATION:
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Police officer
lawyer singer
engineer shopkeeper
astronaut hairdresser/barber
tour guide
flight attendant
travel agent
zookeeper
If you like, you can customize the jobs to
make them specific to your local environment:
English teacher at [the name of your school],
clerk at [the name of a local hotel], and so on.
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Character name
(Example)
Carlo
Frank
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Firefighter
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Job: Firefighter
Character description: grumpy [or shy, sad, very
happy, tired, nervous, etc.]
Small talk
Acknowledgement
Statements Keeping the
Conversation Going
Taking Leave
Ending the Conversation
Note: This chart does not cover all small-talk functions; a limited number of examples are
provided here for upper-beginner/lower-intermediate learners.
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Hotel clerks
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Astronaut
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