MFL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 2011 VERSION

1. Are you still a frm candidate (if we ofer you the post, will you accept
it)?
2. What are your impressions about the school after your mornin tour?
!. Why did you decide to become a teacher?
". Why ha#e you decided to become a teacher of $rench%&panish%'erman
in this country rather than teach (nlish in your own country?
). What *ualities do you possess and are you loo+in in others for an
efecti#e ,$- team?
.. What is your biest strenth? Wea+ness?
/. What is your opinion about the ,$- department0s accommodation and
resources?
1. 2hin+ of a ood lesson you ha#e tauht in the recent past3 describe it
(years /, 14, 12).
5. 2hin+s of a lesson you ha#e tauht that didn0t o so well. 6escribe it
and analyse causes and possible remedies (78f 8 tauht this lesson aain,
8 would90)
14. 8maine a ,$- classroom which is a model of ood practice. What
does it loo+ li+e and what sort of acti#ities ta+e place?
11. Why do you thin+ ,$- has a #ery important place in the curriculum?
12. &hould $rench be the main lanuae tauht?
1!. 6o (uropean lanuaes still ha#e a place still at the centre of the
curriculum?
1". $rom 241", all primary school children will ha#e to learn a ,$- at :&2.
What is your opinion of this initiati#e?
1). What lanuae should a . year old learn and why?
1.. 8maine 80m a parent tellin there is no point in studyin ,$- 9 What
would you say to me?
1/. What are the main issues facin ,$- teachers, do you thin+?
11. What is your opinion of the role of taret -anuae?
15. 6o you thin+ that a teacher can teach ,$- lessons solely in the taret
lanuae?
24. At the end of :&!, most pupils are e;pected to be at le#els )%.. What
does this tell us?
21. <ow often do you mar+ boo+s?
22. <ow do you assess classroom learnin?
2!. What is the place for new technoloies in ,$-? 'i#e e;amples.
2". <ow would you use computers to moti#ate yr 5?
2). What are your #iews on pupil=centred approaches such as resource=
based learnin % >e;ible learnin % carousel acti#ities % supported=self=
study?
2.. What are the main problems a comprehensi#e school faces when
teachin lanuaes?
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2/. What strateies would you employ to enhance the imae of ,$- in
this school and the community it ser#es?
21. What would you say to a pupil who says lanuaes are useless?
25. <ow important are lin+s, study #isits and e;chanes?
!4. 8n your opinion, what is the best way to introduce ,$- in the
curriculum?
!1. 2en years ao, new A&%A2 e;aminations were introduced. 2hey ha#e
?ust been re#ised. What is your opinion about them?
!2. 6o you subscribe to a communicati#e or rammatical approach to
lanuae teachin?
!!. Would you teach rammar in the taret lanuae?
!". 6o you thin+ literature has a place in the new post=1. courses?
!). What do you thin+ of the new (2445) '@&(s e;aminations for ,$-
(fourth #ersion since '@&( was launched in 151.)?
!.. ,$- are no loner compulsory at :&". What is your opinion about this?
!/. What strateies do%would you employ to moti#ate reluctant learners?
!1. What strateies do you employ to control poorly beha#ed pupils?
!5. <ow would you deal with a pupils who stops your from teachin
efecti#ely%the others from learnin?
"4. What strateies do%would you use to support the teachin of pupils at
both ends of the ability rane?
"1. <ow would you ma+e pro#ision for ifted and talented pupils in a
class? What type of e;tension tas+s would you utilise?
"2. What do you percei#e, as a ,$- teacher, as the main pros and cons of
,ichael 'o#e0s (AA@ proposals?
"!. 2ell us about 7(#ery @hild ,atters0.
"". What is a ood scheme of wor+?
"). What is the ood thin about wor+in with teenaers9 and what is
the bad thin?B
".. Can+ yourself on scale 1 to 14 on how strict you are and why.
"/. 8f a pupil +eeps tal+in what do you do?
"1. 8f a pupil +eeps roc+in on their chair what do you do?
"5. What are the diferent roles and responsibilities of a form tutor?
)4. What *ualities does a ood tutor possess?
)1. <ow is the role of the tutor diferent from that of the teacher?
)2. <a#e you e#er had any contact with parents?
)!. 2his is a community school%collee. What ma+es it so?
)". What constitutes a ood secondary 11=11 curriculum model
nowadays?
)). What +ind of e;tra=curricular acti#ities would you be in#ol#ed in?
).. <ow would you be in#ol#ed with lin+s abroad?
)/. 8f you could o anywhere in the world, where would it be?
)1. <ow would your pupils describe you?
)5. <ow would your colleaues describe you?
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.4. <ow do you thin+ those teachers who can0t or won0t should be
handled by the school0s manaement?
.1. What ma+es you anry?
.2. 8f you were a biscuit, what +ind would you be?
.!. 8n your opinion what is not neotiable?
.". <ow do you rela;?
.). What are your needs%areas for de#elopment as a trainee teacher?
... What are the frst three thins you will do if we ofer you this post?
./. What will your main ob?ecti#e be by @hristmas if we ofer you the
post?
.1. <ow%where do you see yourself in !%) years0 time?
.5. 8s there anythin you0d li+e to add in support of your application?
/4. 8s there a *uestion you0d li+e us to as+ you?
/1. Are there any *uestions you would li+e to as+ us?
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Bernard Lien, University College Plymouth - St Mark & St John