Mock Interview | Modern Languages | Jesus College, Oxford.
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- This is a mock interview for French at Jesus College, Oxford, but is representative of all Modern Languages interviews here*.
** INTERVIEW: 0:00 **
** QUESTIONS WITH INTERVIEWEE: 14:05 **
** QUESTIONS WITH TUTORS: 15:08 **
Passages used in the interview:
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*Interviews do vary from year to year, and from college to college.
I felt nervous for him and it was a mock.
"A really funny film, about a paraplegic." ............" That doesn't sound very funny." .......... I DIED 5 TIMES OVER.
Everyone in France knows about 'untouchables', so I can't believe said that😂. And then she continues to pretend that she's learning about the film for the first time hahaha, scandaleusement hilarante!!
It's actually a very funny movie so he was right
is that all…? confidence booster ngl 😭
Great video see you guys soon‼️
For a "modern languages" degree, there isn't much discussion in foreign languages... I'm a French native, and I was so hyped up by the French part to then realise it was only a series of "je suis allé", "oui c'est beau"...
Haydnz that’s because they are doing a mock and just showing the interview structure for modern languages, in a real interview they may do much more French like the interviewer said later, they just wanted to make the video accessible to more people eg German students or joint degrees with languages
You can't just base everything on conversational ability - otherwise bilingual students would take all of the places. Not to mention speaking in a foreign language can be really nerve-wracking, even when not under interview. It is much fairer to assess his reading comprehension and to ensure he has the necessary level to start with - and they're probably looking for indications that he is around upper B1, lower B2.
The Oxford modern languages degree is heavily focused on literature. There are other measures of linguistic ability used: Oxford's language test, A Level, etc.
@Carl Yelland umm the erasmus scheme means students studying at university spend one year abroad in that country speaking the language so most people are pretty fluent in the end
@@glowy303 do you know if a translation degree has a similar interview structure. Do they ask similar questions?
Hi! from a clueless American, is the English passage given to the interviewee beforehand for them to read?
yes, I think so. maybe before the interview, you have like 10 min to go over the material, but I think it depends because for some subjects you get sent the document like the evening before or something
Was it just me that thought for someone applying for oxford these questions should have be answered potentially in more depth. I am sure he's very intelligent, but as an a level French student I feel I could of had a much more insightful conversation with them and I definitely wouldn't consider myself an Oxbridge level student.
He's never read French before? In front of two people who have been studying French for years? Mikey...one studied German.
At school, you don't read books in French just passages during exams, for example. Of course he has read French in general. I think he may have meant that he hadn't had to interpret French at that high of a level before.
i have a question, for oxbridge if youre applying for a language course, should write on your personal statement about what youve done for other foreign languages even if its not one youre taking at uni. For example, in the future i want to apply for spanish and another european language or a middle eastern one. However outside of school i teach myself dutch and want to do an internship in the netherlands. Would it be useful to write that (once ive done the internship) on my personal statement?
i’m not a oxbridge student so take this advice with a grain of salt, i’m currently writing my personal statement for oxbridge and i am including my additional langauges that i’ve studied to show that despite being interested in the specific langauges i’m also interested in the act of learning langauges and linguistics, i think it also shows good time management that you’re able to study other language outside of your school curriculum !!
Yes you can include them.
I'm sure my answer is of little use now, but as a current MML offer-holder at Cambridge, I briefly mentioned in my PS that I have also dabbled in other languages apart from those I have applied for. I did this as it further demonstrates a linguistic interest and that I've done an array of language-related things outside of my school curriculum. However, due to the word limit, I kept it short and simple so that I still focused on the languages I was applying for.
the french questions seemed really basic considering he is applying to study french at Oxford! Im surprised that the feedback was so positive from the lecturers.
Yeh I thought that 😂 maybe I should consider applying for oxbridge
@@alecneate76 exactly!
Any university will accept you if you have the money. Its all politics and money now.
@@laqueefasteinberg4981 is it heck
@@laqueefasteinberg4981 no way your name is laqueefa
Could you do a law mock interview? :)
If the people in charge have any philosophical questions, go ahead and look it up. You’re all very scared of losing your voices. Here’s what you’ll see: the best writer writing the best characters. The rest of you will get exactly what you deserve or bargain for.
C’etait plutot facile! Oxford j’y viens!
What if we plan on applying for a beginners language how should i prepare for interview
Well I'm a student at Oxford not for language though, but prepare for your interview 2-3 years in advance and try and work on fluent speak with no stuttering of questions about a subject you think you will be picking. I took 10-15 seconds brake in between the questions I was asked to properly conduct myself to answer the questions perfectly. Last tip would be to act like devil's advocate and calmly propose 2 answers to a question, saying why that is the answer and the background and alternative to other answers.
hey! when preparing to apply for a beginners language, the most important thing you can do is look at and practice MLAT/language aptitude admissions tests - the focus will be more on grammar as a whole, rather than the beginners language you're applying for. For more information, please visit our JCR website (there are contact details for our access rep, and tons of resources to help with applying): www.jesusoxfordjcr.com/admissions-tests
I also interviewed for French (and beginner’s German) so if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask :)
Vihan Jain did you have to speak French at all in the interview?
Destinee May yeah a few questions like “why do you want to study French?” and some translation work I think
You can study one language at beginners level and one language at normal university level?
Kirsty yes, at least at Oxbridge!
What were you asked about in your beginner's language interview?
Sam Altman Your sister is in charge of explaining things.
So he got in?
Mikey is a current student at Jesus College!
@@jesuscollegejcroxford9646 wow, he must have been nervous. i was surprised at how basic the interview was, particularly the french part of the interview.
@@hemikiwi817 It's just a basic mock interview, he was acting to be honest.
That interview was fucking piss easy, compared to the grilling I got in PPE
It's a language interview lol
... Probably did not read literature in school (state school?)... I had read Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Tolkien by the time I was 16 and I went to a state school, I went on to read literature and history in Sweden.