FCE Practice Tests-62

TEST 3 PAPER 1: READING Part 3 (questions 16-30)
A Career in Teaching
A Anna с Sally
I first got into teaching 4 years ago when I decided I have been teaching for 3 years now and decided
to quit my office job and do a bit of travelling. I’d to train to be a food technology teacher after
heard of the CELTA qualification to teach English working in the food industry for 5 years. I was fed
to adults and thought it would be a great way to up with working long hours, knowing the end result
see the world. I’d also been interested in teaching was making profit for the company I was working
since I was at school and with the CELTA thought for at the time rather than giving me satisfaction. I
it would be a perfect combination - teaching and have also always loved my subject - Home
travel. Since completing the course I’ve spent time Economics, Food technology and Cookery - and
teaching in the UK, Austria, Poland and Spain and wanted the opportunity to use my experience and
have loved every minute. I’ve taught people of all knowledge to inspire and help others. Friends had
ages and levels. I’d say the main thing I enjoy about put me off going into teaching previously due to the
teaching is the fact that you’re able to engage with notorious heavy workload. It has been the most
people from different countries, all of whom have rewarding and challenging job of my career and I
different backgrounds and experiences, and I feel now couldn’t imagine doing anything else. I am
that this therefore makes teaching an interesting, lucky with my subject because progress and
varied profession. I think the thing I found the most success are instant in practical cookery lessons;
frustrating was probably going into different giving plenty of opportunity to praise pupils and
schools and trying to teach children and teenagers raise their confidence.
who were not interested in learning English and There have been very difficult times in my teaching
only there because their parents had made them. career, especially the first year, when learning the
However, this meant there was always a challenge work life balance was impossible to grasp; this in
in trying to find material that these students would conjunction with challenging behaviour issues was
be interested in and a job where you don’t have a steep learning curve, but I am pleased I
challenges I imagine would be rather boring. I’ve persevered. Over time teaching got easier and I
recently started working as a primary school think it is the most fulfilling, satisfying profession I
teacher, which I’m really enjoying. I look back on could do. The odd pupil that walks out of the class
my time teaching abroad with a lot of fondness and and says ‘thanks for a great lesson, M iss’ or the
for this reason it is something I would definitely like look on a pupil’s face when his bread comes out
to do again in the future. the oven, makes the hard work worth while.
в Valerie D I Joanna
I love teaching because it is never boring. I have After studying languages at university, I was unsure
been a teacher for over twenty years and I stilt what I wanted to do for a living. I worked for a year in
enjoy my day to day work. I teach Science to a nursery school and. in my spare time, volunteered
students aged eleven to sixteen. This sometimes for a charity that sends people on projects in
involves explaining d ifficult concepts and developing countries. I put together a programme of
examining ethical questions which some students i induct on for the volunteers, to prepare them for going
find very difficult. It is very stimulating working with on tne r projects. I soon decided that I would like to
young people and their enthusiasm and optimism do this as a full-time job, but I needed to get a
can be quite infectious. To be a good teacher you qualification in education and some more experience.
need to be very knowledgeable about your subject. I took a postgraduate teacher training course and
You must have a good sense of humour and be fair worked for three years teaching languages in a
and consistent in your dealings with other people, secondary school. During that time, I got very
but most of all you must be a good communicator. involved in global education - teaching school
There are lots of teachers who know their subject children about global issues and how they affect
very well but unless you can enthuse your students people in developing countries. After three years of
and build their confidence and self-esteem you will teaching, I got a job managing a global education
never be an inspirational teacher. centre. I co-ordinated and contributed to a
programme of workshops for children and training for
teachers. A further three years later, the charity I had
volunteered for could afford to give me a full-time job,
and I’ve been working there for two years now.
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