(As the candidate is applying for Level 4 – which is a good level, also intends to study Postgraduate, I’ve prepared some quite long questions with the focus on different tenses – past tenses – present perfect etc…These questions could be shorter/ simpler for lower proficiency candidates)

Ice-breakers:

• (How did you travel here?)

• Have you been waiting for long?

• How has your day been? (could expect candidate not giving a very positive answer – which is still fine? They have chance to express their feelings?)

General Information:

• You’ve been living in Australia since 2007. How do you think about living here in Australia and in Japan? (This aims also to check their “sensitivity to the target culture” as stated in Level 4 – Each defined ISLPR level)

• [could follow-up with one question based on their answer, e.g. What is the most difference? – different sentence structure to check their grammar complexity…)

• (Another option: I could see that you’ve participated in different roles in your vocational activities such as language assistant, personal assistant… From your experiences, which role do you like best?

Specific questions:

• You stated in the application form that you work at P-12 private school as a Japanese language assistant. How long have you been doing this?

• Do you think whether there are differences in teaching in Japan and teaching in Australia in general?

• What qualities do you think a language assistant should have when working at school?

• [could follow up with why]

The School Principal has timetabled all the Japanese lessons for your Year 8 class on one day every week.  Write to express your views on this and how you want them to be timetabled. Write about 150 words. 

(taken from the Global Team site for LOTE teachers)

Task 2:

There has been a persistent decrease in Japanese student enrolment at your school. Write an article for a community newsletter discussing what you think about the benefits of learning another language in general, how it contributes to students' development, and why Japanese could be a good option for students. Write about 250 words.

Questions:

• What did the recording talk about?

• What is the role of Derek Scot?

• As mentioned in the recording, how much % of Australian individuals now have a smartphone of some sort?

• Besides the discipline ranking, what are the rankings that they discussed?

• What did they say about what works for teaching literacy in schools?

2. Children's voice:

Kids listening_App tutor.mp4

Questions:

• What did the recording talk about?

• He started coding at what age?

• What are some key features of Kid Calculator APP?

• What is the name of the Youtube channel?

• Why he wants other kids to code?