I'm feeling so nervous about tomorrow's interview
I mean I've prepared but I don't even know what they're gonna ask me I don't
even know if they're going to like me what if I make a fool out of myself wait
a minute did in the language lady doing a video on this topic yeah that's what
I'll do I'll just watch and I'll be prepared hi my name is dr. Kempe and
welcome back to the language lady channel if you're new here I want to let
you know that I post weekly videos on tips strategies and resources for
teachers all around the world to meet the needs of the English language
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you're preparing for your first ESL interview what I have done is I compiled
five most popular ESL related interview questions for teachers and their answers
so that you'll feel more prepared and confident for your ESL interview after
you watch this video make sure you go to the description below and click on to
other videos that I've made one is called how did I become an ESL teacher
and how to become ESL certified so that you'll feel more prepared for your
upcoming ESL interview
okay so what makes my classroom different from other classrooms this is
like a trick question this is a trick question is there like a hidden camera
somewhere around here like I mean kind of obvious what makes my classroom
different is that I have students that don't speak English okay where where's
the hidden camera so here where is it so what your interviewer is trying to
understand is your working knowledge of what sets your classroom apart as
opposed to a monolingual classroom so mentioning things like that your
classroom is rich print and you have a lot of vocabulary words on the wall word
families any content academic vocabulary that you're covering and but that not
only is the vocabulary on the wall but there's a picture in there sentences and
also the type of leveled texts that are in your classroom so that it meets the
needs of all the language proficiency levels in your classroom and if you need
ideas for different types of level text I have linked in the description below a
video that I did on free resources for level text for your students they're
also looking for how you're going to set up your board in terms of how you're
going to lay out the objectives are you only going to list the content
objectives or you're also going to include the language objectives because
in an English language learner classroom students are learning how to speak
listen read write and so it's very important that you spell out how the
students are going to meet the content objectives through the four language
domains of listening speaking reading and writing you also want to talk about
grouping that students will be sitting in cooperative groups and not
necessarily isolated by themselves and also that you want to mix up the
language proficiency level so that a student who is at a higher level of
English can help students who are at the intermediate and beginning language
levels of their language learning journey also talking about games that
you're going to incorporate a lot of games
in your classroom because Games's has been shown through research helps to
lower the effective filter and help students feel more engaged and more
willing to speak and write and all the things that you want them to do in your
classroom if you're looking for more games I've also linked in the
descriptions below some popular games that you can use for students that can
be impacted for any language level and age level qualities you're looking at it
right here this is quality effectiveness this is a quality educator writer one of
the qualities that defines an effective ESL educator is being an advocate for
their students whenever I receive a student that is from a foreign country
one of the first things I make sure I ask them is do they have a winter coat
some of them are not accustomed to the winters here if they come from a country
that is primarily hot so that's one of the first questions on my list and also
a NASA advocate you're also looking out to defend students in different
situations in regards to the law and a lot of teachers have misconceptions
about students and whether or not they're allowed to be in a school if
they don't have a social security number because some students do enter illegally
but they do have the right to be fully part of the education experience many
ESL teachers share their students with content teachers that don't necessarily
have a comprehensive background and ESL education and training and professional
development so one of the roles of an effective ESL teacher is one who is
willing to share that knowledge through professional development or smaller
professional learning communities or even just simply collaborating with
other teachers and sharing data on students so that the teachers know more
of the resources that they can provide for students in the classroom
how do I lesson plan that is not the question that's in your hand you made
that up that that's not in the script so let's pass let's go on to the next
question lesson planning is not an easy skill and
it takes time and it takes practice now wait for new teachers but all teachers
are always trying to refine their lesson planning skills but when it comes to
English language learners in the interview you want to mention that in
your lesson plans you're going to be listening listing the content objectives
which is the what and the language objectives which is the how the how that
helps them to understand what the content is so are the students going to
list something are they going to share or discuss it with a partner and what
I've done is I link below the different types of language activities or
functions that are appropriate depending on whether the student is a beginner
intermediate or advanced student also in your lesson plans you want to mention
that you're going to give students ample opportunities to engage with the content
that also that you're going to make it comprehensible and that you're going to
provide a lot of supports and that you have a working knowledge of the
different type of supports that students will need to be able to access that
content
okay here you go again with the trick questions again I mean kids nowadays
they're on their Playstation they're on their telephone I mean who needs
technology we don't know we we need to move away from the technology okay so no
I I'm not going to be I'm not for that I'm against technology all the way
technology is a wonderful tool that can be used in the classroom to help
students to increase and get better at the four language domains of listening
reading and speaking and writing and if you're not customed to using different
apps in your classroom at least this is a time where you can play around with
different apps and talk about how you would use them in your classroom and one
of my favorite apps that I have used that I have done a video on is called
padlet and I'm gonna link it in the description below so that you can take a
look at it and get familiarized with it but it's a great collaborative tool
so the accommodations that I would use in my classroom can pretty much be
summed up in two words google translate google translate hashtag google
translate and that's my final answer for 400 Alex what is Google Translate did I
win did I am I the winner one of the things that interviewers are going to
want to know is how you're going to accommodate for the needs of the
students in your classroom in a nutshell what are you going to do to help make
the content accessible for them and you can say things like that you are going
to read aloud questions to certain tasks read them aloud to them that you will
give them extended time then instead of giving them open response that maybe
you'll give them multiple-choice questions that you'll also give them
word to word dictionaries but if you need more ideas on accommodations I have
done a video on the same topic for not only in the classroom but test questions
and I will also link that in the description below thank you so much for
sticking towards the end of my video and as I promised last week I was going to
share details regarding a subscriber giveaway which is my simple way of
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for watching this video please like comment and subscribe and share it with
anyone that you know that is also an ESL teacher whether in the United States and
abroad thank you so much and I'll see you next week
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