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SKILLS TO PREPARE:
Maintain a face-to-face conversation over a range of familiar topics such as: family and friends home, school and leisure time activities school, classes, sports town, neighborhood and services employment travel and survival situations Can create with the language using learned and memorized material. Can describe and compare. Can explain and provide detail. Ask and answer simple questions. Speak in sentences and errors not interfere with comprehension. Can use an appropriate strategy in order to communicate. Does not use English as a substitute for an unknown word.
It is normal to feel nervous. Be prepared for a conversation and demonstrate what you can do with the language.
BEGINNER
Language Tasks
understand simple questions respond with simple, memorized words and phrases. SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
What is your name? How is the weather today? How are you today?
BASIC
Language Tasks
ask and answer simple questions give directions or simple instructions deal with simple work related situations
SAMPLE QUESTIONS:
For which company do work you? What is your phone number at the school/ office? How do you spend your free time? How I go from your location to your office?
INTERMEDIATE
Language Tasks give simple explanations describe people, places and things in simple terms narrate events in the past, present and future deal with somewhat complex work related situations Sample Questions Describe your typical day. Tell about a good experience you had lately. Compare two things: cities VS countryside, peace VS war When are your next holidays and which you will make during these holidays? Sample Role Play Cancel an important meeting with a supervisor Explain basic office procedures to a new co-worker (work hours, breaks, location and use of photocopy machine, how to apply for vacation leave...)
ADVANCED:
Language Tasks
give detailed explanations with precision deal with hypothetical issues defend an opinion, convey a point of view or justify an action give advice and counsel deal with complex work related situations
Sample Questions
Tell something about your career until now. Which are personal qualities necessary to do your work? What is your best personality that youd like continue in the future, that is to say for work or your personal development? Which is your opinion on the problem of obesity in our young people?
Convince your supervisor to let you take training that requires a two month replacement for your job. The training is not outlined in current Performance Development plan but you feel it is important for your career advancement. You are a good friend. I confide in you that I am feeling stressed at work and very tired. You know me very well, so give me some advice on what might help me through this situation.
SUPERIOR
Language Tasks Persuade and negotiate tailor language to fit audience (adopt different registers) deal diplomatically with sensitive work related issues represent different points of view convey a specific tone or attitude Sample Questions Which is your greater achievement with work or in your personal life? Why? If you could change something with the public office or with your work, what that would be and which would be the consequences? Which councils would you give to a new employee about the maintenance of balance between work and the personal life? Describe your ideal holidays, the ideal retirement, or your ideal employment. Sample Role Play You are not satisfied with this years performance appraisal because your