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    The document provides guidance on discussing your education in both informal and formal contexts. It lists sample questions that may come up in informal conversations about college education with friends or family. It also lists interview questions about educational background that may come up in formal situations like internship or job interviews. The document emphasizes keeping education discussions relevant and recent, relating education to work experience, avoiding simply repeating one's resume, and including extracurricular activities and certifications. It provides examples of informal contexts like friends talking about education and formal contexts like internship interviews. Finally, it instructs readers to practice conversations about education in pairs and provides criteria for grading the conversations.

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    The document provides guidance on discussing your education in both informal and formal contexts. It lists sample questions that may come up in informal conversations about college education with friends or family. It also lists interview questions about educational background that may come up in formal situations like internship or job interviews. The document emphasizes keeping education discussions relevant and recent, relating education to work experience, avoiding simply repeating one's resume, and including extracurricular activities and certifications. It provides examples of informal contexts like friends talking about education and formal contexts like internship interviews. Finally, it instructs readers to practice conversations about education in pairs and provides criteria for grading the conversations.

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    Discussing Your Education

    5th Meeting

    Riana Permatasari, M.A., M.Pd.


    Talking about
    your education

    Informally Formally
    Some questions about college education (informal conversation)
    • What do you study? What's your major?
    • Why did you choose that major?
    • What is the average age of a high school graduate?
    • What is your favorite class?
    • What was (or is) your favorite subject? Why do you like it?
    • Who selects the college you will attend -- you or your parents?
    • Why are you studying a foreign language?
    • Why is it helpful to learn a Second language ?
    • Why is it sometimes very difficult to speak another language?
    • Would you consider studying abroad?
    • What subjects are you good at?
    • What subjects are you bad at?
    • Was it harder to study in college than in high school?
    • How does college compare to high school? What advice would you give a hig
    h school student who is about to go to college?
    • Do you live in a dormitory while you went to college? Etc.
    • Once you graduate from a university should you stop learning?

    http://iteslj.org/questions/education.html
    Interview questions about your educational background (formal
    contexts)

    • How does your education relate to your career?


    • Why did you choose your major?
    • How does your major relate to this role?
    • What classes have you taken that relate to this internship/job?
    • Why did you choose to attend [name of school]?
    • Tell me about a course or project that helped you succeed
    professionally.
    • What types of extracurricular activities do/did you participate in? Ho
    w do these relate to your career goals?

    https://www.internships.com/career-advice/search/educational-background
    Tips on talking about your education:

    Keep it relevant and recent

    Education=work

    Don’t repeat your resume

    Extracurriculars and certifications count

    https://www.internships.com/career-advice/search/educational-background
    Examples of informal situations for talking about education:

    Friends talking about their education

    Parents and a son/daughter talking about his/her education

    Etc.

    Example of formal situation for talking about education:


    An internship interview

    A job interview

    Etc.
    Let’s Practice!
    • Please work in pairs in constructing and practicing conversations about
    education.
    • Make an informal conversation about education.
    • Make sure your conversation should last at least 3 minutes.
    • Your conversation will be graded based on these following aspects:
    content (20pts)
    grammar (20pts)
    intonation and pronunciation (20pts)
    cultural appropriateness and gesture (20pts)
    fluency (20pts)
    THANK YOU

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