INTERVIEW QUESTION TYPES

I went hanan kindergarten to

in Ajman teaching practice. I

Professionalism and Understanding:

observed and tought the

Please give a brief description of the school, i.e.

students age 5 which is kg2.

boys/girls, size, location. Curriculum and texts used

There was 24 students. I

What different subjects are taught?

tought two subjects which

What did you enjoy most about your practicum?

are 3 lettaracy lesson and 3

What challenges did you face?

math lesson.

What did you do to show your commitment to your

I enjoy during my practicum

job as a teacher in the school?

how the teacher deal with

How did you collaborate with your MST and other

students their behavior.

teachers in the school?

Describe a typical day in your school. Morning

assembly, They made the two lines, boys and
girls line so they know and they went with the
teacher to morning assembly. Take attendanc,
They took their name from box put it in
basket. Choose helper hand, The helper hand
job is help the teacher and count the student.
Start the lesson,They did routines in circle
time. Exercise jump 20 times, welcomed them,
choose helper hand, count the student, take
attendance, what is today, what the weather
out of today. Breakfast time, They follow
teacher instructions in right way. Because the
teacher repeat the instructions every day
during the breakfast time so they followed her
instructions. Play ground, they make line and
went to play ground and when they finish from
playground they went to path room to wash
their hand and went to class drink water. And
when teacher count from 1 to 10 they sit in
circle time. Start English lesson, They answer
with teacher when she asked them about
absent students, data, weather, how are you,
movement exercise. Go to home, The students
took their homework and file. Then they made
line and said for teacher bye. Then, they went
to bus.

Teaching English because

some of the students dont
know English will.

went to school on time.

prepare the lesson before 15

minutes of the lesson to
start.

Attend

the

morning

assembly.
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help the teacher in snack

time.

Put their homework in file.

When she finish her lesson I

asked her some questions to
do. For example, how deal
with

children

who

misbehave. As well, take

lesson and appointment to
teach them.

First I searched from the

net about the activity the
lesson I will teach. my
MST liked my lessons but
she gave for me some
advice to do the activity
better. I asked my MST to
ensure is worked within
the curriculum.

It helps to time management.

as well, it helps to organize of
teaching students.

I face how give the

different activities for low,
medium, high level.

Telling them the story to

listening and ask them some
questions about the story.

Planning for Learning

Talk about the process of planning for lessons. How
did your MST go about this? How did you plan to
ensure you worked within the curriculum?

What did you learn about planning during the

practicum?
What challenges did you face when preparing your
lesson plans?
Explain how you planned for teaching speaking and
listening.

Praise them, give for them the

reward which is sticker star.

give for them the reward which

is sticker star.

I tought them the lesson about

number 5. So first open the
song about number five and I
asked them some questions
about it and give for them
activity on screen to answer
the questions that class work,
give for them small paper so in
small paper have picture they
should count the picture and
clip the number that related to
it that group work, give for
them apple tree and apple
picture so they should glue the
five apple on tree that
individual work. This lesson
was successful for me
because the childrens were
acceptable of my teaching and
activity.

Low level I read the story for

them in clearly and act for
them to understand more,
medium level, when finish of
reading story I asked them
some questions. High level,
before and after of reading
story I asked them questions.

I employed listening activities.

Are they listen to me, are they

involve and like the listening
activity.

Implementing and Managing Learning

What strategies did you use to manage the children?
Which were the most effective strategies you observed
your MST using in the classroom?
Describe a lesson you taught and the way in which you
implemented the lesson class work, group work, and
individual work. How successful was this for you?
Explain the stages and how you taught listening and
speaking as an integrated process.
What strategies did you employ to teach speaking
/listening activities?

What do you have to take into consideration when

teaching speaking/listening activities?

Organization

What did you do to appear well organized when in the

schools? (refer to organizing your time, portfolio, tasks
etc).

Why do you think its important to be well organized

when in the school?

Have your organization and planning skills improved?

Yes - in what way? No - what steps can you take to
improve in this area?

Know classroom routines,

Prepare activities for kids to
teach them, time
management.
Because I think when I have
time management. So I feel
confidence.
Yes, in time management way.

Reflection
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How manage the time, how

deal with students who are not
listening during the listen, how
know the students understand
the lesson.

How the MST deal with

children who misbehave, what
the MST do when they have
enough time of teach the
lesson so she review for them
or teach them how should you
write name.

I faced when wrote the

reflection what we should
focus to do on next lesson.

Yes, I learnt in collage how

manage the student in class
and use the different activities
for low, medium, high level
students.

Yes because if we dont know

what we should do in tasks so
we will ask the MCT, and ask
her about deadline.

What has been your most powerful learning throughout

the practicum?
What was the most helpful feedback you received
during the placement?

What challenges did you face when writing your

reflections?
Were you able to make links between what you did at
college and what you observed or experienced during
TP? Give an example.
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What do you think are important things to study at

college to ensure that you are well prepared for TP?

Communication

Did you face any problems or challenges in dealing

with _____________ and how did you manage these?
Refer to one of following:
MST
Other staff
Administration
Students
What skills do you think are important for trainee
teachers to have when dealing with _______
MST
Other staff
Administration
Students

If I didnt see her at the end of

day I will contact with her on
whatsapp to ask her some
questions I want to know.

Portfolio and Observation tasks

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Reading a Story in the local

UAE School, I learn from this
task how to read the story for
the children to be more active
and interested of story.

I would change in this

observation task the
reflection because some
questions is repeated.

The interesting journal last day

because I felt comfortable in
this kindergarten, I learnt
many things during my TP
which are know how did with

Show how your portfolio is organized.

Choose one task that you found interesting and tell
about it. What did you learn from doing this task?
What changes would you make to the observation
tasks?
Refer to one artefact / other task / journal you found
interesting and tell about it.
Portfolio-Assessment Criteria to be completed post
interview.
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children daily routines,

how do a challenging
behavior, time
management, how to
know the childrens
understand the lesson.

ASSESSMENT COVER PAGE

Course Name: Practicum 2a

Course Code: EPC 2401

Instructor
Antoinette Wiseman
Name:
Task Title: Coursework Interview
Due Date: Nov 21, and Nov 24, 2016

Instructor
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Date
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Antoinette Wiseman

Student Name: Fatima Nadel ALI Almandoos

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H00279154

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