Interviewing Foreigners
1. Things you should NOT do:
- Only one of the students asks all the questions; the others usually stand around grinning or commenting in their own language.
- Students letting foreigners read the questions they prepared for their survey.
- Students asking mostly closed questions (e.g. Do you like Bali?), vague questions (e.g. What do you think about Bali?)
- Talking very quietly - almost inaudibly really - with terrible pronunciation (e.g. You lie ee lai?).
2. Getting started
When students interview foreigners, it is essential that they properly introduce themselves. The introduction needn't be long, but should be brief, clear and honest. It could go like this:
Option 1:
“Good morning, my name is Andi and these are my classmates Bobby, mike, ranti, cici, and Roni. We study English and we'd like to practise our English by asking you some questions. Could you please spare a few moments of your time?”
Option 2:
“Hi, could we ask you a few questions? We are English students at Telecommunication Vocational High School and we are doing a survey to practise our English. Can we ask you a few questions? It will only take five to ten minutes.”
3. Possible questions
This is a short list of questions that might be used for general surveys. You are free to make your own questions. Be Creative!
- What's your name?
- Where are you from?
- Are you on holiday in Bali?
If yes:
- How long have you been here?
- How long do you plan to travel in Bali?
- Where are you staying now?
If no:
- Where do you live?
- How long have you lived in Bali?
- What's you job?
- Where do you work?
- Which parts of Bali have you visited?
- Which place did you like most?
- Do you like Indonesian food? What is your favourite dish?
- What do you like most about Indonesia?
- What do you do to fight global warming?
An effective way to keep a conversation going is by asking follow-up questions.
Example: What did you do yesterday evening? (Answer: I went to the cinema.)
Follow-up questions:
? Which film/movie did you see?
? Did you enjoy it?
? What's it about?
? Would you recommend it?
? Where did you go to see it?
? Who did you go with?
? Did you see the original version or was it dubbed?
? How much does a film ticket cost?
? Who's your favourite actor?
? What kind of movies do you like?
? How often do you go to the cinema?
? How do you get there?
Notes:
- You are free to make your own questions. Be Creative!
- Make sure that your ask questions in correct grammar and pronunciation.
- Don’t forget to thank the foreigners for their time and patience.
CUM ON GUYZ, LET's LEARNIN' ENGLISH with Mr. DJ
This blog is dedicated for STUDENTS OF SKATEL BANJARBARU KALSEL and those who are interested in learning English as one of the International Language.
Monday, February 06, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Calm Djunel Putra, SS, M. Pd.
Contact Info
Address : (Home)
PERUMAHAN BINA MURNI LESTARI
JL. BINA PERMATA BLOK A NO. 5 RT
005 RW 002 GUNTUNG JINGAH, KELURAHAN LOKTABAT UTARA, BANJARBARU 70712, KALIMANTAN SELATAN, INDONESIA.
Jl.
PLER 37 ANTAPANI BANDUNG 40291, JAWA BARAT
Telephone
No. : +62 511- 7300477
Mobile No. : +62 813 48 702777 0R
0852 2000 7548
Email : mr.dj.os@gmail.com or
djunel_os@yahoo.com
Personal Particulars
Age : 41 years Date of Birth : 18 June 1970
Nationality : Indonesian Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Permanent Residence : Indonesia
Educational
Background
Highest Education
Level : Master's Degree / Post
Graduate Degree CGPA: 3.18
Field of Study : Education/Teaching/Training
Major : ENGLISH EDUCATION
Institute / University : Indonesia University
of Education
Located In : Indonesia Graduation Date :Oct
2004
Certification Year Obtained
CERTIFIED PROFESIONAL TEACHER 2009
ACCREDITED NATIONAL ENGLISH ADJUDICATOR 2008
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING AND WRITING TOEIC TEST 2008
MASTER ENGLISH TEACHER TRAINING 2008
INTERNATIONAL LISTENING AND READING TOEIC TEST 2006
Employment History
1. Company Name : SMK
Telkom Sandhy Putra Banjarbaru
Position
Title : -SENIOR ENGLISH TEACHER
-QMR (Quality Management
Representative ISO 9001: 2008
Position
Level : Manager
Specialization : Teaching,
Lecturing, Training & Development
Industry : Education
Date Joined : Dec
2002 Date Left : -
Work Description :
I
have been teaching English in this school since 2002. I started my career when
I was still holding S1 degree. I completed my S2 degree in 2004 and later
appointed as the coordinator of public relation and now named as QMR. I am fond
of teaching especially because it is my life now. I have followed various teachers’
training in my country and some of them are in national level. I have a special
interest of being a coach of English debate. I have brought my team seven times
in national level. That was PKS competition in Jogjakarta (2003), in Bali
(2005), in Malang (2007), in Bandung in (2008), in Jogjakarta (2009), (October
2010), (November 2010) in Bandung. Later, I have a new interest to be the
adjudicator of English debate and I followed national English debate
accreditation and last year I was hired as a national adjudicator of GPBN
1(Gelar Prestasi dan Bela Negara) and the following year, GPBN II in Bandung
(2008) of all Vocational School all over Indonesian’ participants.
2. Company Name : Sekolah
Tinggi Teologia Bethel
Position Title : -SENIOR
ENGLISH LECTURER
Position Level : Supervisor
Specialization : Teaching,
Lecturing, Training & Development
Industry : Education
Date Joined : July 2004 Date Left : -
Work Description :
I
have been teaching English in this school since 2004. The students are coming from many rural areas
in South and Central Kalimantan. They want to be educated as a servant of God
in Christianity field. Their skills of English are many rooms for improvement.
I am challenged to educate and share my knowledge to reach their goals.
3. Company Name : JIWASRAYA
Position
Title : UNIT MANAGER
Position
Level : Coordinator / Supervisor
Specialization : Marketing/Business
Development
Industry : Insurance
Date Joined : Dec
1994 Date Left : July
2000
Work Description :
* Take the lead role in selling Life Insurance
products/services to prospective individual or organizations.
* Responsibility for the sales process from initial point of
contact (lead generation), presentations, proposals, through contract
negotiations and execution. Meet/exceed minimum quarterly and annual sales
objectives.
* Facilitate strategic partners' resources to assist in the
sales process.
* Engage, equip, and lead all sales channels (including
distribution partners) with appropriate training, tools, and strategy
development for Life Insurance products/services.
EXPERIENCES GAINED:
* Experiencing in selling intangible/conceptual
products/services/ in Life Insurance field.
ACCOMPLISHMENT:
* The Best Teacher of Banjarbaru 2010 (gold medal from the
Mayor of Banjarbaru Municipality.
* Grade A - Certified as National English Debate
Adjudicator
* Selected as 'Best Agent' for consecutive 2 years out of 50
Agents in 1994-1995 of Bandung Branch Office.
Top Skills
Skill Years Proficiency
Teaching Skills of English >9 Very Good
Languages
Proficiency
(0=Poor - 10=Excellent)
Language Spoken Written
Bahasa Indonesia 9 8.5
English 8.5 8.5
Additional Info:
My goal is to be a top leader in one institution and able to
contribute my ability and skill in education environment.
I have skills in both productive and receptive skills of
English.
I have been certified by ETS in TOEIC Bridge.
I am easy to cooperate.
I am healthy.
I am the contributor in South Kalimantan English Teacher
Organization
I am a national English Debate Adjudicator.
I have attended local, regional, national and international
seminar related to my education skill.
I am the secretary of Banjarbaru English Teacher
Organization.
Availability : Negotiable
Miscellaneous
Expected Monthly Salary : (Negotiable)
Willing to Travel : Yes
Willing to Relocate : Yes
Possess Own Transport : Motor Cycle, Car.
Banjarbaru, 20 January 2012
Calm Djunel Putra, SS, M. Pd
Please choose the best answer to the following questions:
The Seth Family
Mr. Putra
is an American teacher, but he lives and works in Banjarbaru. He teaches
English at International Vocational School of Telecom Sandhy Putra Banjarbaru.
He is a very first-class teacher. His students like him very much. His wife is
an Indonesian. She comes from Palangkaraya. They have one son and one daughter.
The children go to a primary and secondary school. Mr. Putra’s house is made of
wood. It has five rooms: a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room and two bedrooms.
The Putra has a house maid to help Mrs. Putra to do the house work. The maid
comes from Jogjakarta.
1. Where do the Putra works?
a. In
Banjarbaru
b. In
Bantul
c. In Medan
d. In Jogjakarta
e. In Banjarmasin
2. What does Mrs. Putra do?
She is .... ………..
a. a father
b. a teacher
c. a house wife
d. a house maid
e. a house attendant
3. Mr. Andy :
Ah, Tika, Please comes in.
Tika :
………. I’m late
Mr. Andy :
That’s OK Don’t do it next time, will you?
a. I’m sorry
b. I feel glad.
c. Nice to meet you.
d. See you again sir.
e. I’m pleased
4. Reza :I’ve got a problem with
my computer. ... you repair it?
Rudy : Yes, but have you brought it to a computer technician before?
Reza : Not yet.
Rudy : Bring your computer here and I will check it.
a. Will e. Ought to
b. Could
c. Can
d. Must
5. Ramdan lost her pen and she asks Buni about it.
Ramdan : Do you know where my pen is?
Buni : ……one?
Ramdan : The red one. The one I put on the table.
Buni : No, I don’t know where it is
A. What
B. Where
C. Who
D. Which
E. In Which
6. This house has two bathrooms.
A bathroom is a room where a person
A. irons shirts
B. reads books
C. washes clothes
D. takes a bath
E. leaves things unattended
Mrs.
Abdurrahman is a doctor. She has a sharp nose, wavy hair and creamy yellow
skin. Mrs. Abdurrahman is tall, slim and beautiful. Mrs. Abdurrahman works in a
big hospital in the city. She works from at eight o'clock in the morning until
five at noon. Everyone likes her.
7. What time does Mrs.
Abdurrahman begin to work?
a. At 05.00. c. At 08.00. e. At 06.00
b. At 07.00. d. At 09.00.
8. Mrs. Abdurrahman is a ….. doctor.
a. lazy c. proud e.
desirable
b. kind d. clever
9 Teacher: All right, students
let’s start the quiz. Students: Excuse me, Sir. Can we open our books?
Teacher: No!............are you
ready?
Students: Yes, Sir.
a. Come to me! c. Close your book! e. Bring to me!
b. Explain to me! d.
Open your book!
10. X : I want to take my pill. ......
Y : Sure! A minute, please.
a. Do you want some?
b. Can you get me a glass of water,
please?
c. Can you take me to the doctor,
please?
d. Will you buy it for me,
please?
e. Feels like home!
11 Those …..
books.
a. is c. aren’t e. wasn’t
b. am d. been
12. The woman is a teacher.
The plural form of the sentence
is
.
a. the woman are teachers
b. the woman is a teacher
c. the women are teachers
d. the women are teacher
e. the women is teachers
13. Intan : Mom, can I go to the
zoo next
Sunday?
Mother I’m afraid you can’t We ……
your
grandmother next Sunday.
a. visit
b. visited
c. have visited
d. are going to visit
e. are on
14. Lia is 15 years old. Ami is
16 years old.
It means Lia is
_________ than Ami
a. taller c. older e. fitter
b. shorter d. younger
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15. What is the advertisement about?
a. furniture e. used vehicles appliances
b. car rent service
c. cleaning service
d. car repair service.
16. Arrange the following jumbled
words
into a good sentence
buying - did not - clothes -
money - much - we – spend - for.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
a. 6 - 2 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 8 - 1 - 3
b. 3 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 5 - 2 -
8
c. 6 - 2 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 4 - 8
d. 3 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 4 - 8
e. 4 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 5 - 8
PART II
Complete these sentences with an
appropriate word or expression from A, B or C.
17. Mr
and Mrs Smith live at home with their two children. They are a typical example
of a modern family
A. extended B. nuclear C. compact D. powerful E. safe
18.
Mr and Mrs Popatlal live at home with their aged parents, children and
grandchildren. They are a typical example of a traditional family
A. nuclear B. enlarged C. extended D. powerful E. famine
19. Mrs Jones lives on
her own and has to look after her two children. There are a lot of families
like hers
A.
single-parent B. mother-only C.
mono-parent D. super hero E. faithful
20. Some parents need
to……… their children more strictly
A. bring down B. bring about C. bring up D.
bring home E. bring after
21 When I was a
child, I had a very turbulent
A. upbringing B.
upraising C uplifting D. upholding E. unpretending
22. Mrs Kelly is and
finds it difficult to look after her children on her own
A. divorced B.
divided C diverged D. denied E.
defused
23. Many men believe
that is the responsibility of a woman
A. childhelp B. childcare C. childaid D. childdonation E.
childhood
24. is a particularly
difficult time of life for a child
A. convalescence B. adolescence C. convergence D. copulation E. condemnation
25 A person's
behavior can sometimes be traced back to his/her
A. creative years B. formulative
years C. formative years D. final year E. followed year
26. The country has
seen a sharp drop in the in the last few years
A. birth
rate
B. baby rate C
born rate D. engagement E. cost rate
27. She has five who
rely on her to look after them
A. dependants B.
dependers C. dependents D. defenders E.
defendants
28. is on the rise,
with over 20% of serious crimes being committed by children
under
the age of seventeen
A. junior crime B. juvenile delinquency C. minor crime D. teens stuff E. teens manner
PART III
Look at the
sentences below and fill in the gaps using the appropriate word from
A. B, C, D, or E
29. He didn't get a
good grade the first time he did his English exam so he decided to …… it.
A. reset B. remake C. repair D. rejoin E. remove
30. People who attend
university later in life are often called students.
A. aged B. mature C old D. senior E.
ancestor
31. Although she had
left school and was working, she went to evening classes at the local College
of Education.
A. Upper B. Further C. Higher D.
Taller E. Under
32. After he left
school, he decided to go on to education and applied for a place at Edinburgh
University.
A. further B. upper C higher D. fathered E. furthered
33. He receive a
local government to help him pay for his course.
A. fee B. fare C grant D.
gratis E. garbage
34. Education helps
us to acquire knowledge and learn new ________ .
A. skills B. powers C abilities D.
trick E. phenomenon
35. Although she already
had a first degree from university, she decided that she wanted to work towards
a degree later in life.
A. further B. senior C. higher D.
farther E. lower
36 We should make the
best of every to learn.
A. chance B. opportunity
C availability D. option E.
prospect
37 Nowadays,
education is promoted a lot in schools.
A. body B. health C. vitality D.
prime E.
prospectus
38. A large number of
parents are dissatisfied with the education system, and put their children into
private schools instead.
A. government B. national C. state D.
privacy E. predesigned
39. Because so many
students find exams stressful, some colleges offer a system of assessment
instead.
A. continual B. continuous C. ongoing D. upcoming E. sorting
40. He has read a lot of
books and … a lot of knowledge.
A. acquired B. won C achieved D.
skillful E. proved
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