English Language Instruction

1. On your teaching placement, the pupils are clearly bored by the grammar exercises in the coursebook. What do you do?

2. A learner keeps mixing up past tenses, even though they know the rules by heart. How do you tackle it?

3. Have you already taught English to anyone – as a private tutor, at a language school or on a placement?

4. Classes, methodology reading and lesson observation feedback will all be in English, and you’ll be studying alongside future teachers from different countries. How does that sound?

5. You read a research article about a new approach to teaching pronunciation. What do you do with it?

6. In the same group you have a learner with dyslexia and one who is already fluent. How do you plan the lesson?

7. How do you feel about using technology in language lessons?

8. After observing your lesson, your placement mentor points out a few weak spots. How do you react?

9. Where do you see yourself after graduating?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in English Language Instruction?