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What are your greatest
strengths?
6. As students are working, walk around to monitor the
Aims activity and help as needed. Encourage students to
Practice interviewing for a job. listen carefully to what their partners say and respond
accordingly. Tell them to look at the role card, think about
Language focus what they need to say, and then look at their partner and
Interactions speak. Make note of any errors or problems to review
Interviewing for a job later.
7. After about 10 minutes, collect and redistribute the role
Set-up cards. Students who had Situation 1 the first time should
Pair work now have Situation 2, and they should change roles so
that both practice interviewing and being interviewed.
Lesson link 8. As a follow up, have one or two pairs act out their
For use after Unit 11, Lesson B conversations for the class.
Time
25minutes
Preparation
Duplicate the worksheets and cut the role cards
apart. Make enough for each student to have one
role card.
Procedure
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Student A Student B
SITUATION 2 SITUATION 2
You are the director or principal of a high You are a teacher. You are
(subject)
school. You are interviewing a candidate to interviewing at a school to be a teacher there.
be a teacher.
(subject) Tell the interviewer about your education. (Use
Start by saying that you are looking for a full- your own ideas.) Then say that youve been
time teacher. Ask about the teaching for seven years.
candidates education and experience. Tell the interviewer that your greatest strength is
Say Great! in response to the candidates your ability to work with teenagers.
reply. Then ask about his / her greatest Thats you favorite part of teaching.
strength. Tell the interviewer that you havent had much
Ask about the candidates greatest weakness. experience working with computers.
Tell the candidate about how important Say that you would be willing to get more
experience with computers is for the job. (Use training if thats necessary.
your own ideas.) Take a few seconds to think. Use a phrase to fill
Ask the candidate if he or she has any the time. (Um, let me see...) Then ask about the
questions about the job. benefits that come with the job.
Tell the candidate that there is an excellent Respond positively to the interviewers information.
health plan and a retirement program. Say thank you and that it was nice to meet the
Tell the candidate youve enjoyed talking with interviewer.
him / her.
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