Preference

Lead-in

  • What do you like to do in your free time?
  • Look at the pictures and say what you like and what you don’t like and why.

Presentation

Pre

  • What is your favourite thing to do? How does it make you feel?

Top Down

  • What is an appropriate title for this text? Read the text and find out!
  • Identifying my Preferences
  • Like x Dislike
  • The importance of making easy choices
  • Identifying my Preferences
  • Like x Dislike
  • The importance of making easy choices

What should I think about when identifying my preferences for work?
Why is “identifying my preferences” important?

Choosing a job is about picking a job that you want. Many of us think we need to get any job that will have us, but taking any job may lead us to work in a job that we don’t like.

Identifying your preferences is a big part of Choosing the kind of work you might want to do.  Identifying your preferences is deciding what you are looking for in a work situation. Identifying your preferences can help you to think about what works for you, and what you prefer in a work environment. It will allow you to avoid working in jobs that don’t “fit” who you are at this point in your life.

Preferences are considerations we use when making a decision. (Cohen, et al., 1991; Nicolellis et al, 2015) When we figure out our preferences when Choosing work, we identify what is important to us so when it’s time to choose, we can pick the job setting that is best.
How do I figure out my preferences?
Your preferences come from your life experiences. Taking stock of your experiences can help you to identify what you want out of your next job or career.

First, take stock of your work and school experiences. These experiences can be jobs, volunteer work, informal jobs, or military service. Write down what you can remember about those experiences, including some of the details such as what you did there, and what role you had.
For each of those experiences, list your likes and dislikes. Likes are those tasks, people, places, and experiences that you enjoyed and might even like to see again. Dislikes are those that you did not enjoy and may not like to see again in a workplace. Examples might be: Likes: Getting good at the tasks and finishing them every day. Dislikes: Having a supervisor breathing down my neck!
Also include what you were good at and what you were not so good at.  Think back about what you got feedback about.  What were you told you did well with?  What did you feel good at?  What did not work so well?
After you’ve detailed your experiences, your likes and dislikes and your strengths and weaknesses, pull out the experiences that are significant to you.  Which likes and dislikes do you think you want to consider when selecting a job or career?  Which strengths or areas to work on stand out to you?

Give a name to what you want to see in the future. What likes do you to consider in the future?  For example, “I liked working on my own when mowing lawns for my neighbors.  My Preference is Autonomy or Working on My Own.”
What dislikes should be in the mix?  Think about what you would like to see instead, such as: “I disliked having a supervisor breathing down my neck. My Preference would be having a Supportive Supervisor.”
What strengths do I want to add to the list?  For example, “I was good at working with my hands. Working with my Hands is one of my Preferences for my next job.”
What “weaknesses” do you want to turn into Preferences when choosing a job or career?  This can look something like this:  “I’m not good at working with numbers. I prefer working with people.  My Preference is “Working with People”.
Make a list of your Preferences.  Having a list of 6-12 preferences can give you a pretty good picture of what you are looking for.  This list can be used for researching jobs and careers, for Choosing between Options, and even for getting more specific about your Preferences, as seen in the question, “How can I make sure I am doing something that makes me happy?”

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Bottom Up

  • True or False?

  1. Making lists doesn’t help you figure out your preferences.

  2. Your preferences come from your life experiences.

  3. Preferences are considerations we use when making a decision.

  4. “Having a supervisor breathing down my neck” is mentioned as a good thing.

  5. You shouldn’t think about your strenghts.

  1. Making lists doesn’t help you figure out your preferences. False

  2. Your preferences come from your life experiences. True

  3. Preferences are considerations we use when making a decision. True

  4. “Having a supervisor breathing down my neck” is mentioned as a good thing. False

  5. You shouldn’t think about your strenghts. False

Post

  • Are you where you want to be in life? What would you change about your life?
    • In my life, I would prefer to …

Target Language

Expressing Preference

In specific situations

  •  Would prefer to + infinitive (Rather than + infinitive / instead of + gerund)

I‘d prefer to run (rather than walk /  instead of walking).

I’d prefer to go to the mall (rather than stay here / instead of staying here).

  • Would rather + infinitive without to (than + infinitive without to)

I‘d rather eat french fries (than drink milk-shake).

I‘d rather listen (than talk).

I‘d rather not travel (than travel to that place).

In general

  • Prefer + noun (to + noun)

I prefer french fries to cake.

I prefer computer to TV. 

  • Prefer + gerund (to + gerund)

I prefer laughing (to crying).

I prefer playing games (to reading comic books).

  • Would rather + infinitive without to (than + infinitive without to)

 

Controlled Practice

  • Complete the sentences according to the Target Language.
  1. I _______ animals to people.
  2. She _______ eat cupcakes than ice-cream.
  3. I _______ to go to the beach instead of staying in the city.
  4. He _______ walking to running.
  5. I _______ to sleep rather than go to this party.
  1. I prefer animals to people.
  2. She would rather eat cupcakes than have ice-cream.
  3. I’d prefer to go to the beach instead of staying in the city.
  4. He prefers walking to running.
  5. I’d prefer to sleep rather than go to this party.

Freer Practice

  • Take a look at the following topics and talk about your preferences.
    • Ice-cream x French fries
    • Go to the movie theater x Watch a movie at home
    • Cats x Dogs
    • Juice x Soda
    • Hot weather x Cold weather

Production

  • Make 5 sentences talking about your preference. Remember to use the Target Language.

Homework

Fill the gaps according to the Target Language.

Example: I ____ chocolate to french fries. < I prefer chocolate to french fries.

  1. We _______ walk 10 miles than run one mile.
  2. I _______ to go to the soccer game instead of talking to her one more second.
  3. I _______ to have fun rather than study.
  4. Carla _______ running from the problem to facing it.
  5. They _______ eating to sleeping.
  1. We would rather walk 10 miles than run one mile.
  2. I’d prefer to go to the soccer game instead of talking to her one more second.
  3. I’d prefer to have fun rather than study.
  4. Carla prefers running from the problem to facing it.
  5. They prefer eating to sleeping.

Put the sentences in the interrogative form.

Example: He prefers chocolate to french fries. < Does he prefer chocolate to french fries?

  1. I prefer talking to you to staying silent.

  2. You prefer watching TV games to playing games.

  3. He’d prefer to wake up at noon rather than wake up early.

  4. We’d prefer to go jog instead of standing here.

  5. They’d rather fight than talk.

  1. Do I prefer talking to you to staying silent?

  2. Do you prefer watching TV games to playing games?

  3. Would he prefer to wake up at noon rather than wake up early?

  4. Would we prefer to go jog instead of standing here?

  5. Would they rather fight than talk?

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: french fries/prefer/to/cake/I < I prefer cake to french fries.

  1. a / I / with / prefer / a / using / to / pen. / keyboard / writing 
  2. I / prefer / would / city / country. / to 
  3. would / She / prefer / to / coffee. / tea 
  4. I / to / than / the / swimming / beach / going / to / a / pool. / prefer / going 
  5. I’d / food. / prefer / at / than / home / go / fast / to / get / eat 
  1. I prefer using a keyboard to writing with a pen.
  2. I would prefer city to country.
  3. She would prefer tea to coffee.
  4. I prefer going to the beach than going to a swimming pool.
  5. I’d prefer to eat at home than go get fast food. 

Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

Example: He prefers/prefer to drink juice. < He prefers to drink juice.

  1. I would rather exercise than sit / siting on the couch all day.
  2. We’d rather ski than snowboard / snowboarding.
  3. I’d rather go / going home than stay out too late.
  4. It would be better to traveling / travel in January rather than in February.
  5. I prefer get / getting up early rather than rushing at the last minute.
  1. I would rather exercise than sit on the couch all day.
  2. We’d rather ski than snowboard.
  3. I’d rather go home than stay out too late.
  4. It would be better to travel in January rather than in February.
  5. I prefer getting up early rather than rushing at the last minute.

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1.  I prefer tea to drink coffee.
  2. I’d rather playing football than golf.
  3. I’d rather taking a nap than go for a walk.
  4. I’d rather to sleep in my bed rather than to stay in a hotel.
  5. He prefers stronger drinks that weaker ones.
  1.  I prefer tea to coffee.
  2. I’d rather play football than golf.
  3. I’d rather take a nap than go for a walk.
  4. I’d prefer to sleep in my bed rather than to stay in a hotel.
  5. He prefers stronger drinks to weaker ones.

Writing

Write a short text about your preferences.

Example: I’d prefer to walk instead of running…