This guide was prepared for the ESL teacher to help bilingual students learn the English reading and writing skills necessary to acquire a summer job. These lessons are relevant to students' needs, an important factor in generating interest and motivation. General objectives are: to design a relevant ESL program for teenagers; to help monolingual students become fully bilingual; to teach ESL students how to follow directions; to teach the use of the dictionary, how to fill out forms, and use of the telephone. Units presented here include a welcome to the community; applying for a Social Security number; seeking a job; using the telephone; shopping at a department store, and visiting the doctor. Materials needed include newspapers, maps, telephone directories, catalogues, forms from various agencies - gas company, post office, telephones, and certain books and films. Lesson worksheets are appended. (CHK)