Teacher Interview Reflection
• You will write a reflection after your interview with an English Teacher.
• You need to choose ten of the questions stated below. The interview could be semi-structured,
which means you may generate your questions during the interview according to the responses
you get from the teacher. At the beginning of the reflection, add the questions you chose from the
list or you generated.
• By combining your thoughts with answers you collected during the interview, you need to write
the reflection.
• At the beginning of the reflection, please provide information related to the teacher and teaching
context, such as the teacher’s background, experience, the current proficiency level of the students
that the teacher teaches, etc.
• As writing your reflection, you need to add quotations from the interview on the related parts. You
may check the sample below:
For the display questions given in the excerpts, the teachers stated that they used this kind of
question to review the previous lesson, to check their comprehension, to elicit their background
knowledge, and to illustrate the rationale of doing things during the lesson.
“Sometimes, I start my lessons with a revision of previous
lessons. I ask many questions to help them remember what we have
covered so far. This helps them to connect lessons.” (Teacher 1)
• Your reflection is expected to be about 600-750 (single-spaced) on a word document page.
• The font should be Calibri - 12 puntos.
• You need to upload your reflections to METUCLASS by 9th February.
Teacher Interview Questions
1. What inspired you to become a teacher?
2. What is your teaching philosophy?
3. Which aspects of being an English teacher do you like the most? Which aspects do you dislike?
4. What kind of challenges have you faced in the classroom?
5. Why do you think they are helpful?
6. How do you handle behavioral issues?
7. What major challenge did you face during your classroom interaction? How did you handle it?
8. How do you build relationships with your students?
9. How do you make sure your students understand you?
10. How do you motivate your students?
11. In your opinion, what qualities and skills should an effective English teacher possess?
12. What time management strategies do you use?
13. What teaching methods do you use?
14. What methods do you use to evaluate your students?
15. Is Grammatical correctness important for your lessons?
16. Do you use group/pair works in your class?
17. How do you promote the autonomy of your learners?
18. What do you think about learner-centered and teacher-centered classroom interaction?
19. How do you react to your students' errors?
20. Do you think fluency and accuracy are significant for language learning?
21. What is your overall attitude towards CLT?
22. The teacher has several roles, including "participant" and "facilitator." What do you think about
this statement?