首先,知己知彼方能百战百胜,所以一定要提前了解所报考院校历年英语复试的方式或惯例。可以通过已经入学的学长学姐,也可以直接拨打该校招生办电话进行询问,不论怎样一定要尽量多了解一下所报考院校的往年复试信息,这样才能“投其所好”。
一般来说,英语面试分为两个部分,第一部分是口语水平测试,整个测试过程中,会有一名口试教师不参与交流,专门进行评分;另一名口试教师主持口试,随时与考生交谈并评分。专门评分的教师所给分数的权重占考生口试成绩的三分之二,主持口试的教师所给分数的权重占考生口试成绩的三分之一。
而另一部分为专业课英语复试面试,整场考试的内容可能包括:自我介绍(self- introduction); 问答 ( Question & Answer);讨论 (discussion on …);图片描述及评论 (description & comment); 朗读( reading );一般以前两种形式为主,当然也可能同时包含以上其中的两种或两种以上。
其次,提前做好准备。当你了解了英语面试可能的形式之后,就要开始做准备,一般可以分为以下几个方面:
1) 自我介绍:
自我介绍应包含开场白,如Good morning/afternoon. Iam very glad (pleased/happy)/it is my great pleasure to be here for this interview.… 或Firstly , I would like to express my thanks for allof you to give me this chance/opportunity to present myself. Well, … 开场白的存在是一种礼仪,也是引起话题的有效途径,所以不能省略。
除了开场白,最重要的是向导师说明你的个人情况,包括:中英文姓名,专业,毕业院校。如My name is … and I graduated from thecollege of …in …university. Mymajor is… 或I have got the bachelor degree in …(major) from the university of… in (year),也可以是I have been studying …(专业名) in the university of … now myundergraduate learning life is ending and I will get the bachelor degree inthis June or may be July. 这里有一个注意点,请同学们一定要了解所学专业,所在本科院校的英文名字,避免不会说的尴尬。
除此之外,也可以聊一下你的性格,爱好,家庭,家乡等话题。当然不用太长,每个话题两到三句,也不用都说,可选其中一个话题或是两个话题说。
2) 常问问题准备:
自我介绍完毕后,一般会有一个自由问答式的环节,也就是所谓的talking 模式。在这个环节,老师可能问和你学习生活有关的问题,但是也可能问和你专业相关的问题,所以也要适当准备。一般来说,常问问题可能有几下几种:
1)家乡篇:
Where do you come from?
What kind of landscape surrounds yourhometown?
Tell me something about the customsof your hometown.
How do you like it? why?
2)家庭篇:
Could you tell us something aboutyour family?
What does your family usually do forthe weekend?
3) “最”字问题:
What impressed you most when you wereat university?
Which kind of professor do you likebest?
What is the best university in youropinion?
Could you describe the teacher whoinfluence you most ?
In your opinion, what is the mostserious problem associated with modern life?
4) 考研篇:
Why do you choose to study at ourinstitute/university?
Why do you choose this major?
Why do you change your major? (特别是跨专业考生)
5)其他跟考研有关的问题:
What are your plans in the postgraduatestudy?
What are your plans after graduation?
What would you like to be doingwithin five years after graduation?
Should you study more theory or domore practice? Give your reasons, please.
以上是常规性院校英语面试的考查内容和方式,但是也有其他方式,比如上文提到的讨论。也就是可能在自我介绍后,给你一个话题,然后准备几分钟后,让你就这个问题进行一个简单讨论,可能是你一个人的自述,也可能是两个同时面试的学生互相讨论。
在这里介绍一些讨论常用表述:
陈述自己观点常用句型:
You know what I think? I thinkthat...
The point is...
Wouldn’t yousay that...
I’d just liketo say that I think...
I’d like topoint out that...
询问他人观点常用句型:
Could you tell me some more about...
Could you mind telling me moreabout...
I’d like toknow more about...
Something else I was wondering aboutwas...
Something else I’ d like to know is...
Sorry to keep after you, but couldyou tell me...
反驳别人观点常用句型:
Yes, that’strue, but...
I’m not sureif I agree.
Well. You have a point there, but...
Maybe, but don’t you think that...
赞同别人观点常用句型:
That’s a goodpoint.
Great minds think alike.
I am very agree with you in this point.
此外还有图片描述及评论(description &comment)和朗读( reading );前者的注意事项为:不要仅仅拘泥于图画中的内容,尽量拓展和开阔思维,在对图画进行描述后,应该对其中所反映的问题进行评价和阐述,发表客观的看法。后者的训练方式为提前找几篇和自己专业相关的英文原版文章,最好是找有音频的,跟读。
总之,英语面试的形式比较多样化,应该立足于所报考学校的信息,酌情准备。但是在这里还是要特别说一下,无论怎样请同学们应该准备一个和自己个人情况有关的自我介绍,因为自我介绍基本是各个学校英语面试都包含的环节,也是导师了解你的一个窗口。