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#1 Parent Sanguine - 2010-10-22
Re interview help

Ever heard the saying "You should never be afraid to ask questions"? Well you have now.

Sounds like you really don't know enough about the students level, age of students, or their current course of study to really know what to do here.

As for getting students to be able to describe in detail, or even not in detail, some experience they had, this could be easy, or quite challenging, depending upon their level.

After many years of teaching I have a wide range of lessons that fit many differing levels. These days I will use them as introduction lessons to measure the level of new students and classes of students so I can create new lesson plans, or recycle them if they fit the classes current level. If you don't have such a large pool of past lessons to draw off of, that can make things more difficult. However without being able to determine their current level and ability, it won't be so easy.

Therefore, ask your contact questions, whatever you can think of. Good teachers are not afraid to show they do not know a thing. You'd have to be psychic to know these things anyhow without asking. Once you find out all you need to know, then you will be more able to design a lesson plan that will fit what they want you to do. If you don't get more information and try to create a lesson plan anyways, you might go in with something too easy, or too hard. Either would not look very good. Get more info, and never ever be afraid to ask more questions. Hope this helps. Bye bye ;)

charlotte - 2010-10-21
interview help

Hi,

I am interviewing for a job in Singapore this weekend and I am looking for some general information and ideas.
I have not taught English language for a while as I teach English literature and language in England and we don't cover ESL in our school.
My problem is I don't know which level to pitch the lesson. I am told they are weak and lack confidence- however in Singapore what does that mean? I have taught ESL in Japan before and I think their experiences with English differ dramatically to children in Singapore.
I have been asked to teach an oral communication lesson where the outcome is that: students have the confidence to coherently describe an experience and express opinions about it in standard English.

I would be grateful for any advice on this and information about teaching English in Singapore.

Thanks

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