AGE: 14-18 years, High school (In China, class of 45 students)

LEVEL: Intermediate-Advanced

TIME: 30 minutes

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Interview questions and Replies

SKILLS: listening, speaking and writing

MATERIALS: Multimedia computer with projector capabilities, one copy of the ‘Mock
Interview!’ worksheet, a timer

OVERVIEW Snapshot: to encourage students to think about how to interview for future
scholarship/university opportunities in the US

STUDENTS WILL: understand the interview process for scholarships/universities in the US, and
how this may differ from interviews for Chinese universities

Procedure (30 Minutes):

•   Ask students what they think a scholarship interview looks like. Ask them if they’ve ever
been interviewed before or have had their family members interviewed before (5
minutes)
•   Go over some body language that an interviewer may do (such head nodding, smiling,
arm crossing, poker face, etc.) (5 minutes)
•   Will show students a video on how to do well in an interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHDrj0_bMQ0 (5 minutes)
•   Ask if the interview process is different in China than their idea of an English interview.
Introduce students to mythical scholarship that they will be conducting their interview for
in the US context. Pass out attached worksheet and ask students to get in pairs (5
minutes)
•   Have the students conduct interviews with each other, practicing being the interviewer
and the interviewee, and rating each other from 1(needs some work)-5 (did really well).
The interviewer must write their interviewee’s answers, then must justify their ratings in
writing by writing down areas for improvement in their partner’s answers. (10 minutes)
Mock Interview!

Question #1: Tell Me a little bit about yourself.

Question #2: Using three words, how would your friends describe you?

Question #3: Why are you a good candidate for this scholarship?

Question #4: How will this scholarship help you achieve your goals?

I rate my partner (circle one): 1 2 3 4 5

Why?

1= I think my partner needs to work on answering these questions.

5= I think my partner did really great! I would give them the scholarship.