Teaching Assistant Position in Chinese Language: Audio Recording
This recording is required for all applicants who wish to be considered for a Chinese language TA position. The audio recording may be submitted on a cassette tape or a CD. At this time we cannot accept other formats. Submit the recording together with your application form.
Directions:
- Speak in your best Standard Mandarin
- Do not read from a prepared text
- Answer each question in a single recording session (do not stop and start the recording except between questions)
- Your entire recording should be no longer than 10 minutes
- Do not state your name on the recording. Write your name on the cassette case or CD case. Do not write your name on the cassette or CD itself.
Your performance will be judged on pronunciation (including tonal accuracy), vocabulary usage, sentence structure, and overall substance and organization.
Contents:
- Talk about your education background and plans for your graduate study (about 2 minutes)
- Identify the most serious social problem that your country is facing and provide your comments, opinions, and criticisms (about 3 minutes)
- Give a detailed description of the picture below (about 2 minutes)
