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[luvz_teaching]

Hello there veterans and "veterenessess",
What can one expect on the first interview via telephone?
What type of questions?

note: This is for a university in KSA

[cmp45]

Hi There,
These are some possible questions that I have been asked?

How do you handle classroom disruptions? (Classroom Mangement)

What are your teaching strengths? (Teaching Abilities)

How do you feel about sharing your resources with other teachers? (Cooperation)

[Mia Xanthi]

Many of the questions you will be asked will be details about your experience that are easily available to them from reading your CV. What they really want is to hear your accent to know where you are really from, and to hear whether or not you sound like a sane and reasonable person.

Do be prepared to answer questions about why you left a particular position. Obviously, you want to avoid long, negative answers that put you in a bad light. Have quick and simple answers at hand.

[luvz_teaching]

I am very happy that just from two posts I got this much information and no snappiness, bitterness or funny remarks

So grateful Mia and CMP

[NYCESOL11211]

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[teflerlifer]

Another tricky one is 'What's your teaching methodology?'

Sounds easy on paper but if you don't have an answer prepared you can easily find yourself drowning in a sea of 'student centeredness, em blah blah, making classes fun and interesting, em....having empathy with your students....em just being me!

[Sheikh N Bake]

Yah...that last one can be tough. I suppose one acceptable answer might be "blended" methods...i.e. you like to use both interactive classroom activities and technology--giving examples of what you've done with computer-led instruction and anything you might have created using listening lab equipment such as recorded role-playing so students can listen to themselves afterwards etc.