gnotes Unit5 Speaking Worksheet 2: Interview This worksheet relates to the unit theme of studying and working abroad. Students will role-play ajob interview fora ‘summer job at Sun Adventure Camps. You will need: ‘One copy of the Speaking Worksheet per student 1. Brainstorm summer jobs. Why are they a good idea? Have ‘any students in the class worked during the summer? What did they do? Was the experience positive or negative? Divide the class in pairs and give students a copy of the Speaking Worksheet. 2. Students take a few minutes to study thei role and to consider additional questions to ask during the interview. In pairs, they simulate a job interview situation 3. This can be developed intoa group activity by having a panel of interviewees interview a selection of candidates. They could choose the best one and explain their criteria to the unsuccessful candidates. © EXTRA ACTIVITY © ‘Students workin palrs and write a lst often pieces of advice for someone going to an interview.Work in pairs. Hold job interviews. Sun Adventure Camps are looking for enthusiastic summer staff | Would you like to spend a month or two at our camp in Arizona? | | Weare looking for catering and cleaning staff, | office staff and sports monitors to work | ‘with children aged eight to twelve. We are looking for enthusiastic people / with initiative to join our team. | Experience is an advantage, but full raining will be provided. | We offer full board and accommodation, competitive salaries, monthly contracts and full meical insurance. We wil fully reimburse your travel costs Student A You are the interviewer. Consider what kind of answers you will be looking for from your ideal candidate, Prepare more questions to ask. Student B You are the interviewee. Consider what kind of answers the Interviewer will be looking for from the ideal candidate. Prepare questions to ask about job conditions. Interview questions ‘Tellus about any interests or hobbies which are relevant to your application, 2 What has been your most rewarding achievement at school? 3 What special skils can you bring to our summer camp? 4 What do you know about our adventure camps? 5 Why do you want to work with us? 6 Have you worked anywhere else? 7 Have you got any kind of ind of experience wit children? cen 8 | see you have applied forth the position of, Why is that? 9 Would you be interested in any other Position? 10 Are you looking for full-time or parttime work? re eurtie lam currently Lenjoy... enthusiastic initiative / easy-going / hard-working Thisis the best summer camp because. lid lke Jd love / wouldn't like. Id rather / prefer to /not to. wouldn't mind (going)... I would be interested in knowing..Communication | answer interview questions Job hunting Target language: answer interview questions Activity type: roleplay When to use: Use this activity after Unit 9 Communication. Time taken: 30 minutes Photocopy one worksheet for each group of three students in the class. Prepar Procedure Divide students into three groups ~ interviewers, interviewee A and interviewee B. If there are any extra students, ask them to join the group of interviewers. Distribute copies of the job advertisement among the students. Ask them to share and read the ad. Give students in each of the three groups the appropriate role card. Ask them to read it and check if they have any questions. {Ask students to work with someone within their group and either prepare questions (interviewers) or prepare answers (interviewees). When they have finished, ask one student from each group to sit together so that there is an interview, an interviewee A and an interviewee B together. If you have extra students, create one or two groups of four, with two interviewers and two interviewees. {Ask students to roleplay the interview. Monitor and note down any errors. When they have finished, invite each interviewer to say which interviewee he/she would employ and why. Deal with any errors on the board.Job hunting | Happy Holidays | for Kids Activities Assistant required for July and August at a summer camp for 8-12 year olds from all over Europe. tants, taking the children on You will work with five other \ sightseeing trips and helping with activities such as tennis, volleyball, swimming and karaoke nights. You will be expected to work 40 hours 2 a week, including evenings and weekends. The salary is £400 per [ week, including accommodation and food If you are interested, please call Matthew Stone on 06623 756903. Interviewer You work for Happy Holidays for Kids as their general manager. You have advertised for the position of Activities Assistant and today you are going to interview two people for this job. Prepare your questions. Interviewee A You are looking for a summer job and have applied for the position of Activities Assistant at Nappy Holidays for Kids. Today you are going to be interviewed for the job by the general manager. In the interview, there will be two interviewees - you and another person ~ so you must do your best to present your best qualities to the manager. Think about what questions he/she might ask and prepare your answers. Interviewee B You are looking for a summer jab and have applied for the position of Activities Assistant at Happy Holidays for Kids. ‘Today you are going to be interviewed for the job by the general manager. Think about what questions he/she might ask and prepare your answers. In the interview, there will be two interviewees - you and another person ~ so you must do your best to present your best qualities to the manager. Think about what questions he/she might ask and prepare your answers.vvevo. Vv Ww Ww TEACHER'S NOTES Aim ‘To practice asking and answering questions in an interview Language focus ‘Tag questions Materials and preparation Each student will need one copy of the page. Student organization Pairs Suggested time 10-15 minutes Procedures + Read through the instructions with the students. Brainstorm a list of interesting jobs with the students and write them on the board. ‘ Put students in pairs and indicate who is A and B in each pair. ‘+ Have them choose the jobs they will be interviewing for. * Have students individually complete the job application forms. Encourage students to invent interesting information about themselves. * After students complete their forms, have the A’s give their forms to the Bs. During the interview, the BS should ask questions to check their partners’ information. Remind the students to use tag questions to check information. For example, You're applying for the job of teacher, aren't you? '* Encourage the students being interviewed to add more details when they answer. * After a few minutes, have the A’s and BS switch roles. ‘+ Follow up by asking how many students got the job they had applied for.Students A and B Work together to decide what jobs you will apply for, (The jobs don't have to be the same.) Student A Imagine you are applying for the job you agreed on with your partner. Complete the form below: Invent as much information as you like. Answer your partner and add more details as he or she asks questions to check the information on your form. Student B Imagine you are the boss and your partner has applied for a job in your company. Look at your partner’ form and ask questions to check the information. Use tag questions. Are you going to employ your partner? loB APPLICATION FoRM Application for the position of Name: Experience: Languages you speak: Countries you have visited and when: Hobbies and interests: OO a ee16 Inter Revision A pairwork roleplay. Copy one sheet per pair and cut into a and B, “LANGUAGE General revision of Files | and 2 | ‘accommodation, candidate 7 eee) ‘© SS in pairs. Give out the copies to A and B. Focus on the advert and explain that SS are going to roleplay a job interview. Make sure SS understand what a ‘summer camp’ is (=a holiday cannp for children, with stalf employed to look after and entertain then) © read their instructions 1-3. Check they understand ‘© Give As and Bs three minutes 10 memorize their questions. As should also try to memorize the information in Conditions. ‘* When they're ready 8S roleplay in pairs. $$ should try 10 ask as many of the questions as they can from memory. Remind SS to ask follow-up questions when they can ‘* Monitor, but don't interrupt interviews. Make a note of any common errors and deal with them later ‘* When the interviews are finished, tell the managers to decide if they are going to offer the candidates the job. If they do, tell the candidates to decide if they want the job. '* Feedback. How many candidates were offered the job? How many accepted? Why (not)?Summer camps | _ The manager j You're interviewing candidates for a job as a in Britain summer camp assistant. Can you speak English? Interview the candidate (Student B). Would you like to work in You start: Good morning, please sit down, a summer camp? ; : s Bi Find out B’s name, address, nationality, and age Find out what qualifications B has. Ask: Can you...? drive | swim speak English quite well cook | play a musical instrument For an interview write Have you...? (work) with children before [to this address: (be) abroad before Summer Camps in Britain Doyou...? smoke Sandalwood Park like sports avid games | Essex EXS 2DU like meeting people ~ Ask B Why do you want the job? ‘Ask B Do you have any questions? ‘Answer B's questions about conditions. Conditions + £550 a month for 55 hours a week * weekends are free, but some evenings you have to work until 10.00 p.m. + a free uniform {_* free meals and accommodation Decide if you are going to offer B the job. | The candidate i You're going to an interview for a job asa in Britain | summer camp assistant in Britain. A starts. | Can you speak English? | aaaee Would you like to work in BB Answer the manager's questions (Student A). a summer camp? BI ‘Summer camps | ‘Ask some questions. You want to know: DoT have to ...? pay for meals and accommodation wear a uniform work at weekends (you don't want to) How many hours do I have to work? How much is the salary? Ifthe manager offers you the job, decide if you | For an interview write want to accept it. to this address: | ‘Summer Camps in Britain Sandalwood Park Essex EXS 2DU13 What would you do if you got the job? Learner objectives By the end of this lesson, learners will have practised reading job advertisements and asking and answering the kind of questions (in the second conditional) asked at job interviews. Materials ‘One worksheet for each learner One set of interview questions per pair Vocabulary reliable, enthusiastic, creative, dishonesty, Special Educational Needs (SEN), apprehend, search, severe, mild Procedure TASK Pre-teach / elicit vocabulary, spending some time on SEN, which can cover: behavioural issues, attention deficit literacy, or language needs. Class read all the adverts quickly (set time limit of two minutes) and answer the questions in pairs. Get feedback from around the class. Tell learners they will work with the interpreter advertisement first — ask for ideas about the kind of ‘qualities and skills an interpreter needs, and write their responses on the board, Ask learners to read the advert again, and discuss whether they could do this kind of job, and why or why not. Feedback, and lead class discussion of their responses. TASK 2 Give out one set of interview questions per pair. Pairs discuss how they would respond to questions if being interviewed for the interpreter job. “Monitor, assisting the learners in formulating responses in the correct form. Swap partners, and learners take it in turns to ask and, answer the questions. Monitor, and feedback at the end of the task, on errors of form in questions and responses. TASK 3 Divide class into A, B, C, and D groups. Group A prepares to interview candidates for the security officer job. Group B prepares to be interviewed for the security officer job, Group C prepares to interview candidates for the teaching assistant job. Group D prepares to be interviewed for the teaching assistant job. ® Instruct groups A and C that they should read the relevant advert again and make six questions, at least three of which should be in the second conditional. Instruct groups B and D that they should read the relevant advert again, and discuss what questions might be asked at interview, and how they would respond, ‘© Monitor, checking the accuracy and appropriacy of the questions. = A learners interview B learners, C learners interview Dlearners. |= Monitor, and note errors for a correction / feedback slot at the end of the lesson. 1 Repeat the whole process, reversing the roles and changing the jobs. Differentiation ~ Write examples of second conditional on the board for learners to use as a model. ~ Give topic-type cues for the conditional questions, (ie. evening work, child — naughty), then build-up questions, asking first for appropriate verb, then form. — Allow less-developed speakers to be interviewers first. Extension ~ Learners do a similar activity, based on their research for jobs they are interested in. om Interview questions ‘The Benefits Agency asks you come and interpret fora lien who does nt speak any English i You ave atthe Benefits Agency. What would you doit: | 1 You saw the cent was your frends son? 2 You di not know how to translate the name ota benefia 3 You thought your dent was not ling the rath? 4 Your cent was ging 2 lot of unimportant information? 5 Your cent was swearing? 6 The Benefits Officer was being very rue to your client? |” ESOL Curriculum Reference | Sd/B3.1d_ Express views and opinions RUE3.7a_Scan different parts of texts to locate informationWhat would you do if you got the job? Read through these job advertisements quickly, and answer the questions: a) What are the jobs being advertised? b) What kind of experience is necessary for each job? c) How do you apply for the jobs? Ca ata ast) TEACHING ASSISTANT OAKWOOD SCHOOL (6 posts) 4 ¥ REDFORD TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICE is looking for people who are fluent Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in English and another language. £12.50 an hour 1 You must be reliable and enjoy 2 hours per week working as part of a team The school is looking for an enthusiastic, am You must be willing to study for creative person to join our te the Certificate in Bilingual Skills No experience necessary ~ full training available for the right applicant. fm You must have some experience You will assist a range of SEN children ranging of translation and interpretation from mild to severe learning difficulties. (formal or informal) You must be able to work with children from @ You will be working mainly with ages 5-8. clients of the Benefits Agency For further information and an application form visit the school websit Gosche! ‘wwwoakwoods Ie CCE reer} SecuRITY OFFICER — ASCO SUPERMARKET £16,000 inc pension Job Purpose: To detect customer or staff dishonesty Key Responsi 1 Apprehend / search customers or staff involved in dishonesty 1 Contact and give information to the police 1 Write reports about security incidents We are looking for a person with at least 5 years experience in security who is a good communicator and able to work under stress. Please e-mail a letter of application to sec@asco.co.uk