OK, I realize this being one of my threads, it'll probably just devolve into fart and dick jokes, but here's what I'm looking for:

Background: I need to come up with a list of questions aimed at non-native English speaking teachers, who will be teaching English (don't ask, and I won't tell).

My questions are basically introductory questions to gage the speaker's motivation. I would also like to be able to find ways to access their grammer capabilities during the interview.

I'm looking for a list of questions that will allow me to come up with a throrough understanding of the instructor's attitudes and motivations.

So, go!

Are you interviewing them for jobs?

1. Do you drink?

2. What do you like to drink?

3. How often do you like to drink?
4. Have you ever seen a child you thought was sexy?

5. Why did you leave your last teaching post?

I think you need to ask them why they feel learning English is an important skill. Have them elaborate on the usefulness of having that skill.

Let me think about it some more, tho....

If this thread hasn't devolved by the morning (it's midnight here), I'll respond again in the morning.

(and I like your voice! )

TheVoid said:

OK, I realize this being one of my threads, it'll probably just devolve into fart and dick jokes, but here's what I'm looking for:

Background: I need to come up with a list of questions aimed at non-native English speaking teachers, who will be teaching English (don't ask, and I won't tell).

My questions are basically introductory questions to gage the speaker's motivation. I would also like to be able to find ways to access their grammer capabilities during the interview.

I'm looking for a list of questions that will allow me to come up with a throrough understanding of the instructor's attitudes and motivations.

So, go!

tinaz said:

Are you interviewing them for jobs?

Actually I'm assessment their job needs.

They already work for Universities and companies. It's part of a program in which several of the top Univerities in the country are looking to improve their language skills and teaching programs. So they're coming to my Uni (which is considered the best) and having us meet with their teachers.

These Unis have English departments, but their English departments are being taught by non-native English speakers....much like in the USA when your'e French or Spanish teacher was just some American dude who loved the language---he may be really good at what he knows, but it's not the same thing as a native speaker.

Anyways, the Unis that are our clients have enlisted our help, and they will be sending up to 150 of their teachers to Chianmai where I will be assessing their skills. Over the last 6 months, despite my deplorable spelling, I actually have become very good at picking out patterns in a person's speech and determining what their deficiencies are.

But the questions I need to come up with involve motivation and attitude, since many of these teachers are being forced to attend by their Unis and companies.

Fauxie said:

TheVoid said:

OK, I realize this being one of my threads, it'll probably just devolve into fart and dick jokes, but here's what I'm looking for:

Background: I need to come up with a list of questions aimed at non-native English speaking teachers, who will be teaching English (don't ask, and I won't tell).

My questions are basically introductory questions to gage the speaker's motivation. I would also like to be able to find ways to access their grammer capabilities during the interview.

I'm looking for a list of questions that will allow me to come up with a throrough understanding of the instructor's attitudes and motivations.

So, go!

I'm so tired I didn't even notice!

(shakes head in disgust at the negligent English teacher )

chocolate1 said:

I think you need to ask them why they feel learning English is an important skill. Have them elaborate on the usefulness of having that skill.

Let me think about it some more, tho....

If this thread hasn't devolved by the morning (it's midnight here), I'll respond again in the morning.

(and I like your voice! )

Hey, this is great. I'll just need to find a way to phrase it in a way that it is both challenging and requires a detailed response.

And, thanks! It's like so smooth and shit, isn't it?

Fauxie said:

TheVoid said:

OK, I realize this being one of my threads, it'll probably just devolve into fart and dick jokes, but here's what I'm looking for:

Background: I need to come up with a list of questions aimed at non-native English speaking teachers, who will be teaching English (don't ask, and I won't tell).

My questions are basically introductory questions to gage the speaker's motivation. I would also like to be able to find ways to access their grammer capabilities during the interview.

I'm looking for a list of questions that will allow me to come up with a throrough understanding of the instructor's attitudes and motivations.

So, go!

What?

Did I misspell them or something?

It's cool you're going to Chiang Mai. I've never been!

Re the other stuff, I'm just not sure I can get my brain 'there' again. Um, so you can ask them what they think they can get out of the program. Could you ask them what they themselves think might be their deficiencies? i.e. do your job for you. But no, um... ask them how much English they already use and in what settings? Situations where they would like to be able to use English more? I don't know.

There are key themes that likely need to be covered:-

• Ask about any additional subjects they can teach and the extent of their knowledge
• How would they deal with certain hypothetical situations?
• What attracts them to the school.
• Why they believe learning English is important
• What have they contributed to the profession until this point
• What has given them the most personal satisfaction in their job.
• Their hobbies and outside interests
• Their career aspirations, motivations and ambitions
• Their work ethic

In an ESL school you'd probably also likely to want to establish:

• Their grasp of grammar
• Their sense of sentence structure
• What they intend to contribute to the school
• Evidence that they have a thorough understanding of what is required to learn English as second language.

JDInteractive said:

There are key themes that likely need to be covered:-

• Ask about any additional subjects they can teach and the extent of their knowledge
• How would they deal with certain hypothetical situations?
• What attracts them to the school.
• Why they believe learning English is important
• What have they contributed to the profession until this point
• What has given them the most personal satisfaction in their job.
• Their hobbies and outside interests
• Their career aspirations, motivations and ambitions
• Their work ethic

In an ESL school you'd probably also likely to want to establish:

• Their grasp of grammar
• Their sense of sentence structure
• What they intend to contribute to the school
• Evidence that they have a thorough understanding of what is required to learn English as second language.

Thanks JD!

I'm hoping to get to Korea sometime soon. I absolutely LOVE my Korean students. They're a bit more mature than my Thai and Chinese students.