Career paths: apprenticeships

Andromeda | Sep 28, 2026Sep 25, 2026

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss career paths and apprenticeships;
• review apprenticeship vocabulary;
• watch a video about an apprentice who became a certified electrician.

In this lesson, students think of professions people can enter through an apprenticeship and review apprenticeship vocabulary (e.g. mentor, aptitude test, on-the-job training, certified) through example sentences. They discuss different professions in their own country and watch a video about a real apprentice’s journey to becoming a certified electrician. Students also take part in a role-play as a careers advisor and someone deciding on a career path.

WARM-UP AND VOCABULARY

This lesson starts with a warm-up in which students read a definition of ‘apprenticeship’ and think of three professions a person could enter through one. Afterwards, they choose the correct synonym or definition for apprenticeship vocabulary (e.g. career path, on-the-job training, aptitude test, mentor, certified, trade). Then, they say whether the sentences might describe two given professions. Moving on, students complete further sentences using this vocabulary and discuss questions about the professions mentioned.

VIDEO AND ROLE-PLAY

In this part of the lesson, students watch a video about an apprentice who became a certified electrician and choose the correct purpose of the video. They then watch it again and decide if statements about the video are true or false, correcting the false ones. Students go on to discuss broader questions about attitudes to apprenticeship, including whether young people are interested in trade jobs and why someone might choose to do an apprenticeship later in life. Finally, in pairs, students do a role-play in which one student picks a career role and the other, as a careers advisor, asks questions to help them decide on a career path.

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students revise apprenticeship vocabulary and complete the words with the first letters provided. Then, they choose the sentences that describe their own experience. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it, cut it up and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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