hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my interview comm and in this tutorial
I'm going to teach you how to pass an
English teacher interview so it does not
matter which school college or
university you have your English teacher
interview with please do stick around
and watch this tutorial from beginning
to end because I promise to help make
you the standout candidate at your
interview and to achieve that this is
what I am going to cover I'm going to
give you a list of English teacher
interview questions I will give you
suggested answers to those English
teacher interview questions I will tell
you the qualities that you have to
demonstrate throughout your English
teacher interview to impress the panel
and I will also tell you where you can
get access to further helpful resources
to help make you the standout Canada and
pass your English teacher interview so
there's four really good reasons why you
should watch this training tutorial from
beginning to end now before I get into
the English teacher interview questions
and answers a very warm welcome to this
presentation my name is Richard McMunn
that's me there in the center of the
screen I've been helping people for over
20 years now to successfully pass their
interviews and I always do that by
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so let's get into those English teacher
interview questions and top-scoring
answers the first question I want you to
prover prepare for is tell me about
yourself and why you want to become an
English teacher so my tip for answering
this correctly is don't talk about what
you get up to outside of work instead
focus on your passion for teaching and
in particular the skills qualities and
experience
you have there will enable you to be a
highly effective and competent English
teacher here is my suggested answer
thank you for inviting me to be
interviewed for this position today I
have a great passion for the English
language and in particular imparting my
knowledge onto others through effective
teaching methods apart from having many
years experience teaching a variety of
classes the skills and qualities I
possess that will make me a competent
English teacher include excellent spoken
and written skills confidence in my
subject patience clear diction and also
the ability to think laterally to get my
subject across to everyone regardless of
their age background or their level of
ability if you hire me as your English
teacher I can assure you that you will
be getting someone who is professional
self-motivated highly organized and
purely focused on teaching the
curriculum that is set by the school so
that is a brilliant answer it's very
positive in nature and it is confident
and it gives you then that confidence to
move forward for the rest of your
interview and I will give you a number
of questions to work through to help you
prepare now you can either pause the
video and take note of my answers as I
create them or if you want to wait I'll
tell you where you can download my full
set a 21 English teacher interview
questions and top-scoring answers the
next question I would like you to
prepare for is why do you want to work
for our school or college as an English
teacher so my tip for answering this
highly is it is very important you
research the school or college or
educational establishment you want to
become an English teacher at so you can
then talk about some of their strengths
when responding to this question so we
only want to focus on the positive
things about the school or college you
are applying to become an English
teacher with here is my suggested answer
the first thing I did when I saw this
position advertised was to spend some
time carrying out research into what you
are like as a school the standard you
set and also the mission you have in
regard to teaching it quickly became
apparent that you not only have high
standard
but that you also have a genuine desire
to help your pupils and students develop
the necessary skills and qualifications
to succeed in life as we all know
teaching the English language is very
important and it is one of those
subjects that underpins the foundations
for success in other subjects
on that basis there comes a huge amount
of responsibility with the position of
English teacher and I only want to teach
at a school where I will be supported to
maintain the highest standards
achievable once I'd finish my research I
was very excited to submit my
application and I feel strongly you will
be impressed with my teaching abilities
professionalism and strong work ethics
if you hire me as your English teacher
again that is a very very good answer
and it gives valid and genuine reasons
why you want to work for their
particular school college or university
and it shows more importantly that you
really looked into them and you thought
carefully by conducting appropriate
research now please don't go anywhere
but when you're ready if you want to
click that link in the top right hand
corner of the video it takes you through
to my website pass my interview comm
where you can download my 21 English
teacher interview questions and
top-scoring answers in PDF format let's
move on to the next question what type
of English teacher are you describe your
teaching style now the best way to
answer this English teacher interview
question is to consider the level of
ability the pupils or students have at
the school you will be teaching now that
way you can tailor your teaching style
to suit their needs so it's a clever way
of answering this question which is
guaranteed to come up during your
English teacher interview here is my
suggested answer I have a combination of
two teaching styles that I use dependent
on the pupils or students I'm teaching
one of my most effective methods is the
communicative language teaching style
this is where I will teach the English
language based on the types of
situations my students will find
themselves in whilst going about their
general daily lives I find this to be
highly effective because the student can
then put into practice what they have
learnt once they leave the classroom
this
second style I use is a hybrid style
where I will teach the subject using my
knowledge and my life experiences whilst
staying within the boundaries of the
curriculum this enables me to be
flexible based on the educational needs
and learning styles of the students I am
responsible for so I like that answer
because you are saying you are adaptable
and flexible you have a couple of styles
that you use and you are also stating
the fact that we know how important the
English language is so you are using a
style that enables your pupils and
students to learn once they leave the
classroom my next question for your
English teacher interview is what are
the most important skills and qualities
needed to be an English teacher now my
advice is to list a set number of skills
and qualities needed to be an effective
and competent English teacher this then
shows you really know your subject well
and in particular what is needed to
teach in a variety of settings with
differing pupils or students here we go
to be effective as an English teacher
there are nine essential skills and
qualities these are in no particular
order of priority in depth knowledge of
the English language
as I discussed in a previous answer this
is important as the English language is
essential to the teaching of other
subjects you need to be able to create
effective lesson plans based on the
level of your students and also be
highly organized in planning your weekly
work so you do not fall behind you have
to be enthusiastic about your teaching
as this will then rub off on your
students and make it more enjoyable for
them to learn you need patience
flexibility and also an entirely
inclusive teaching style the caters for
all students regardless of their
background or capabilities you also need
to be an effective team worker be
focused on the English curriculum and
also work towards achieving the goal or
vision of the school you are working for
so you will see that that answer showed
you really do know what is required in
terms of skills and qualities to be a
competent English teacher because you
are saying there are nine skills and
qualities
needed now you can either add to those
if you want to but I believe in my
opinion those are the most important
ones and it shows that you are catering
for all of your pupils or students needs
which is important as an English teacher
so the next tough English teacher
interview question I would like you to
prepare for is what's your biggest
weakness this is a difficult question
now we have to be very careful when
answering this tough English teacher
interview question because if we give
the wrong weakness then it is highly
unlikely we will get the job so we have
to be very careful here is my suggested
answer I don't believe I have many
weaknesses however if I am being
entirely honest I would say it's the
fact I find it hard to ask others for
help I take great pride in my work as an
English teacher and if I am struggling
to find out how to do something I would
rather spend time trying to work it out
for myself instead of simply asking
others for help now having said that one
of my strengths is that I take on board
feedback and criticism really well so if
there's anything you see about my work
or my style of teaching that you think I
should improve upon then I would be more
than happy to listen and implement the
suggested changes so that in my opinion
is a relatively safe weakness it shows
that you take pride in your work a
little bit of stubbornness in the fact
that you want to figure things out for
yourself but as you and I know it's
always better to ask for help if needed
so I think that's a safe weakness and it
shows that you are self-motivated and
you are someone who gets up and gets
things sorted and tries to figure things
out yourself so it is a good answer so
the next thing to do is to click the
link in the top right hand corner of the
video go through to my website pass my
interview calm and you can have a look
at my 21 English teacher interview
questions and you also have the
opportunity to download all of the
answers including the five that I've
just run through right here on this
training video thank you for watching I
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