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twilightstar83
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 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: interview question |
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| when you are interviewing for a job in russia with BKC for example...what exactly do they ask you? Do they ask you any Grammar questions that you have to explain? |
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PeterBar
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Location: La France profonde
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:53 am Post subject: |
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One fairly standard question is to ask you about the Present Perfect - how/when it's used,
give an example
and explain how YOU would explain it to students/trainees. |
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ytuque
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| I have had a number of interviews at language schools in the Ukraine. Every local teacher with a CELTA makes some comment about how you would teach the present perfect and modals. Since I know quite a bit about these two topics, the local teachers quiet down rather quickly. |
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Kootvela
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: |
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In IH Vilnius I was asked how would I teach Present Continuous to a group of bricklayers.  |
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scot47
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course there is a constant stream of brickies at IH Vilnius demanding English lessons ! |
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Kootvela
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Of course there is a constant stream of brickies at IH Vilnius demanding English lessons ! |
Or giving them, for that matter.  |
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Red and white
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Of course there is a constant stream of brickies at IH Vilnius demanding English lessons ! |
Given the number of Lithuanian registered BMWs I saw in the East End of London a few years ago you may not be far wrong. Though I can't imagine anyone choosing to drive from Vilnius to London, with or without a boot full of bricks!
Mind, I saw a car with Lithuanian plates here in Baku yesterday. Clearly a bunch of devoted motorists |
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Sef
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| When I interviewed for BKC there was a pre-interview task which involved outlining some tasks to practise a couple of different language points. I was asked about those in the interview but I don't remember any other grammar questions. |
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twilightstar83
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Sef wrote: |
| When I interviewed for BKC there was a pre-interview task which involved outlining some tasks to practise a couple of different language points. I was asked about those in the interview but I don't remember any other grammar questions. |
what kind of tasks exactly? my grammer terminology is terrible i think i have to memorize all the terms. |
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Sef
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I can remember, the three scenarios were:
1) Teaching elementary 7-9yr olds the numbers 11 - 20.
2) Teaching 12-15yrs olds 'how much' vs 'how many.'
3) Teaching pre-intermediate adults the passive form.
The first one just seemed to be about finding a task that kids would find fun but would also make them use the numbers. The second one wasn't mentioned in the interview but I guess they would have asked me about countable and uncountable nouns. The third one was the one I was asked about the most. Stuff about the object becoming the subject and how I would explain it to students and then something about when the passive form is usually used.
Hope that helped. |
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Kootvela
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| As if they are ever going to use the passive! Most of them learn through levels but remain elementaries. They just don't see the poit in saying 'I am seeing my dentist tomorow' if they can say 'I go at dentist toorrow', they are udnerstood and happy about that |
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Sef
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Huh?
'I am seeing my dentist,' is active. |
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Kootvela
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Sef wrote: |
Huh?
'I am seeing my dentist,' is active. |
Just the point to illustrate the level the students hardly ever rise above and not to illustrate any gramamr point. Please read posts carefully! |
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PeterBar
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Kootvela is asserting Lithuania's right to independence against Sef's Moscow interference.  |
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Kootvela
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| PeterBar wrote: |
| Kootvela is asserting Lithuania's right to independence against Sef's Moscow interference. |
No. No politics implied. I'm anti-political. I don't even vote. |
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