Interview

1. Talking to the examiner
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a. greetings and general conversation
good morning/afternoon/evening
-----Examiner-----------------------student
--- Please sit down ---------------Thank you
---What's your name? --------------
---How do you spell ()? -----------
---How are you ? ------------------ Fine thanks, and you
---How old are you? ---------------I'm ()
---have you ever taken one of these exams before? --- ()
---Can I have your topic form? ----Yes, of course. Here you are. I've chosen .... for my topic
b.discussion on your topic
-Remember you must prepare a Topic form with 4 main topics
--To download a topic form, click here
- Give the topic form to the examiner at the beginning of the exam
- The examiner will decide which main topics to discuss with you and the order in which you will talk. You must ask the examiner a question at some stage.
-- Topic presentation: Do's and Don'ts
a. Don't choose a topic you are not interested in or don't know much about
b. Don't prepare a monologue for the presentation. The examiner doesn't want you to just repeat a speech you've learnt
c. Don't expect to be asked about your topic in the order of the points on the topic form
d. prepare enough material to talk up to 5 minutes
e. ask the examiner at least one question on the subject of your topic (example: what about you, have you...................... like this?)
f. bring pictures, photos, diagrams, models, maps or other suitable objects to the exam if you think they will help the discussion
g. Don't bring anything that's alive to the exam, e.g. insects or animals!!
c. conversation on subject areas/portfolio
- ISE 0: one subject area will be selected by the examiner from the list below:
Holidays- Shopping- School and work- Hobbies and sports- Food- Weekend and seasonal activities
- ISE I: one subject area will be selected by the examiner from the list below:
Travel- Money- Fashion- Rules and regulations-Health and Fitness- Learning a foreign language
- REMEMBER: ISE I candidates should not select their topic from the list of subject areas above
d. ending and saying goodbye
Example:
-Examiner: That's the end of the exam. thank you very much. Goodbye
- Student: Thank you. Goodbye.
2. TALKING ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO
In the ISE I exam, you have to answer questions about the tasks you chose for your Portfolio.
Example:
- Why did you choose this question?
- Why did you choose to write a () ?
- Now, which task did you enjoy doing the most?
- Why?
-Tell me, how many drafts did you do for the tasks, before the final version?
- Did anyone help you improve the first two drafts?
- So how long did it take you to do the tasks?