AT “THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

OF LANGUAGES”

You decide to go to “The International School of Languages” to ask for some information about their courses

SAY

• Hello , introduce yourself and explain what you want

ASK

• how many languages at the school

• Japanese or Chinese

• Entry test

SAY

• interest Japanese

ASK

• How many students in a class

• evening lessons

• intensive courses

SAY

• interested in private lessons

ASK

• when to start

• Price of the lessons

Suggested interaction:

• Candidate: Hello! (Good morning/ afternoon!)

• Examiner: Good morning/afternoon! How can I help you?

• Candidate: Introduce yourself and explain what you want

• Candidate:My name is ___ and I would like some information about your courses.

• Examiner: Certainly. What would you like to know?

ASK • how many languages at the school

• .

• Candidate: How many languages do you teach at the school?

• Examiner : We actually teach ten different languages.

• ASK : Japanese /Chinese .

• Candidate:Do you teach Japanese or Chinese?

• Examiner: Yes, we have started teaching both Chinese and Japanese this year.

• ASK

Entry test?

• Candidate:Do I have to do/take an entry test? Do I need to do an entry test?

• Examiner: That depends on the language you want to learn? Which language are you interested in?

• SAY

interest Japanese

• Candidate: I’m interested in Japanese / I’d like to learn Japanese.

• Examiner: In that case, there’s no entry test. We are only teaching Japanese for

• beginners at the moment.

ASK

How many students in a class

• Candidate: And how many students are there in each class?

• Examiner: We only enroll 4 students per class in Japanese

ASK

evening lessons

• Candidate: Are there any evening lessons?

• Examiner: Yes, there are two evening groups. One on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the other one on Tuesdays and Thursdays

• ASK

intensive courses

• Candidate: And are there any intensive courses? /Do you have/offer intensive courses?

• Examiner: I’m sorry, we don’t have intensive courses on offer at the moment but you could have some private lessons

SAY • interested in private lessons

• Candidate: Private lessons are a very good idea.

ASK

When start?

• Candidate: When can I start?

• Examiner: We could arrange it for you to start next Monday at 7 in the evening.

Ask

Price lessons

• Candidate:How much is each lesson? / How much does each lesson cost?

• Examiner: They will be €12 per lesson. Is that OK with you?

• SAY

• Ok. Goodbye . Thanks

• Candidate: That’s perfect. Thank you very much.

• Examiner: Goodbye.