In this part, the students will read a CV from Gao Jian. Students are expected to use the skill they learned in Skills building 2 to take notes and then work in pairs to practice explaining why they think this person fits the headmaster’s requirements. When they are ready, ask some students to present their speech.

T: There is a CV from Gao Jian. You are expected to prepare a short presentation for your headmaster. Read the CV first and list the information you get from it.

Students work individually to make notes.

T: Let’s check your work together. Attention, please. Western people usually use Mandarin instead of Putonghua when referring to the Chinese language. Do you still remember the headmaster’s requirements? Do you think GaoJian fits for the requirements? Why or why not? Work in pairs to practise what you should say to the headmaster about the candidates. You can start your speech like this: I think we have got a good person to speak to the whole school. Her name is ...