考官在第一阶段最初的1-2分钟大致有三个目的:
1.有些比较随合,善解人意的考官会尽量帮助考生放松情绪,克服紧张心理。在请考生坐定后,他们问考生的第一个问题很可能不是我们所期待的:Whats your name?或 Where are your from?之类的正式问题,而是一个似乎与考试无关的非正式的轻松话题。比例他/她会象接待来访客人一样轻松地来一句:Its a nice day today, isnt it? Your T-shirt looks beautiful! How did you come here today?等等,跟你闲谈上一两句,待你放松之后,再进入正式的面试话题。而我们有些中国考生被这突如其来的生活话题搞得不知所措,有的竟然哑口无言,目瞪口呆,连一个善意的微笑都没有回应,心里怀疑自己是不是走错了房间要记住雅思口语考试的目的是考查考生在英语国家用英语与人交流的能力或者说考官看重的是你的生存英文而不是你的学术英文。所以这时考生的正确做法应该是顺其自然地与考官交谈充分展现你与人顺畅自如的交流能力,既放松自己,又给考官留下一个良好的初步印象。比如:
Interviewer: How did you come here today?
Candidate: I came here by bus/taxi/bicycle.
I: Its a nice day today, isnt it?
C: Yes, it is. Its the best season of the year.
I: Your T-shirt looks beautiful!
C: Thanks. This is my favourite one.
当然,不要期待每个考官都会千篇一律地用这种方式开始面试,正像不要期待每个考官都用非常正式的问题开始提问一样,要准备迎接各种不同的面孔和问题,考官毕竟是人,不是机器。
2.考官的第二个目的,同时也是一个顺理成章的结果,是得到有关考生英语水平的初步印象。这一印象对于考生的最后得分至关重要。因为根据心理学测试的结果,一个有经验的面试官可以在面试开始后1-2分钟之内得出对考生评判的结论,而无需等到面试结束。在余下的时间里,考官多半都在按照自己初步结论的惯性思维,从考生的回答中有意无意地寻找符合自己所做结论的证据来进一步证实自己的结论是正确的。其实这种思维方式不仅体现在各种面试中,也普遍存在于社会生活的方方面面,我们对于一个人或任何事物在最初接触时形成的第一印象往往是很难改变的,除非发生什么戏剧性的情况,这种印象经常是占据主导地位的。
这就意味着我们应该特别注意对第一阶段最初几个问题的回答,尽管它们都是非常简单的问题,考生绝不能掉以轻心,忽视对这些简单问题的回答。有些考生在回答这些简单问题时甚至会犯一些低级错误,给考官留下不好的第一印象,也影响了自己后面的正常发挥。
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