Speed Interview/TOEFL speaking prep Unit 9 – Job Interview Speed Interview/TOEFL speaking prep

Today’s Agenda Warm-up “Work preferences” (p. 81) Challenge Preview Listening (p. 82) Speed Interviewing Rounds 1-4 (p. 85) Providing details & Mirroring lesson (p.85) Speed Interviewing Round 5-8 (p.88) Homework

Today’s Objectives Expanding our answers by giving details and explanations Mirroring a speaker to request more information Increasing our speaking speed (1 minute responses) TEACHER’S NOTES: The Speed interview was designed to have a limited time limit to meet the needs that students requested for more TOEFL speaking prep.

Let’s move! Outer circle Inner circle TEACHER NOTES: Standing in circles worked really well for the fast nature of this activity.

Speed Interview Procedure There are an inner circle and outer circle group. Inner circle will not move! Outer circle moves to the left after each round.

Speed Interview Procedure Outer circle moves left Inner circle does not move

Speed Interview Procedure Outer ring moves left Inner ring does not move

Speed Interview Procedure Every round is only 1 minute. There will be 3 beeps 1st Begin thinking (15 seconds) 2nd Begin speaking (45 seconds) 3rd - Round finished (60 seconds total) Each round has an interviewer and an responder. Responder must answer the question Interviewer will help the responder by asking for more information. TEACHER NOTES: Use egg timer or stop watch. Can set it to 1 minute

RECAP 1st beep – get the question 2nd beep – answer the question 3rd beep – finish!

Test Round Talk about your favorite food. Interviewer – Inner Circle Responder – Outer Circle Talk about your favorite food. Describe the food and explain why you like it. Provide details and explanations.

Test Round Sample response: “My favorite food is samgyeopsal. It is a Korean dish made from pork belly. It is the same meat as what is used in bacon. The meat is cut into small pieces, grilled on a grill plate, and usually eaten with a lettuce wrap or other vegetables. I really like this food because it was one of the first Korean dishes my husband introduced me to. I could not believe the taste – it was too good! Now whenever I eat this, I feel really happy and always think about that time.” http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-interval-timer/?c=lopisres7

Round 1 Talk about a class you enjoyed. Interviewer – Inner Circle Responder – Outer Circle Talk about a class you enjoyed. Describe the class and explain why you liked it. Provide details and explanations.

Round 2 Talk about a person you like. Interviewer – Outer Circle Responder – Inner Circle Talk about a person you like. Describe the person and explain what you like about him/her. Provide details and explanations.

Round 3 Talk about a job you had. Interviewer – Inner Circle Responder – Outer Circle Talk about a job you had. Describe the job and explain what your responsibilities were. Provide details and explanations.

Round 4 Talk about a hobby you have. Interviewer – Outer Circle Responder – Inner Circle Talk about a hobby you have. Describe the hobby and explain why you started doing it. Provide details and explanations.

BREAK!!! New Information for Responder New Information for Interviewer Being specific Providing Examples New Information for Interviewer Mirroring

Reminder!! (Being Specific) BE SPECIFIC I like dancing. I have been dancing since childhood.  I like to dance salsa and hip-hop. I’ve been dancing for since I was 6 years old. I worked in a bank  I was a bank teller at ABC Bank for 5 years. I worked retail  From 2011-2013, I worked in retail at 2 different stores.

Reminder!! (Providing Examples) PROVIDE EXAMPLES I think dancing is fun  Dancing is exciting to me. For example, whenever I dance, I feel like I have no worries in the world. It gives me energy. I didn’t enjoy working at the bank  Banking wasn’t enjoyable to me because I had to stand for long hours, so my back hurt a lot. Also, I like talking to different people, but I worked drive through, so I didn’t get to interact with customers that much. I did different things in the store  Even though I sold clothes, I had different duties. For example, I rang up customers on the cash register, but I also organized the displays. That part of my job was really fun.

New Information!! (Mirroring) Mirroring means to repeat the last few words someone said. Use MIRRORING when: You are surprised by something someone said You want someone to explain more You don’t understand something fully

New Information!! (Mirroring) Example 1 - Person A: My friends say I’m a pretty logical person. Person B: Logical? Person A: Well, I like solving problems, and I’m good with numbers. Example 2 - Person A: I got A’s and B’s in all my classes, but I got straight As in my computer classes. Person B: Computer classes? Person A: That’s right. My school offered several classes in computer programming. I took them all.

Round 5 Talk about the first job you ever had. Interviewer – Inner Circle Responder – Outer Circle Talk about the first job you ever had. Describe the job and explain how it has impacted you today. Provide details and explanations.

Round 6 What was the best job you ever had? Interviewer – Outer Circle Responder – Inner Circle What was the best job you ever had? Describe the job and explain why it was the best. Provide details and explanations.

Round 7 What was the worst job you ever had? Interviewer – Inner Circle Responder – Outer Circle What was the worst job you ever had? Describe the job and explain why it was the worst. Provide details and explanations.

Round 8 Talk about the job you would most like to have. Interviewer – Outer Circle Responder – Inner Circle Talk about the job you would most like to have. Describe the job and explain why you want it. Provide details and explanations.

Recap In interviews, you must be specific by providing details and explanations for everything you say. If you are the interviewer, you can ask for more information by using the Mirroring technique. This activity is similar to the speaking part of the TOEFL test.

Homework Pg. 83 A Pg. 84 A Read pg. 85 “Critical Thinking” box for tips how to make better questions. DON’T FORGET CLAs!! Speaking Challenges!!