Learning English

Your big chance!

Finally, it's time for Sunny's interview… With your help, we're sure she'll get the job.

Don't be nervous, just sit down, relax, and help her through a few interview questions.

Read the text and complete the activity

To do

Craig said that preparation is very important, so before you do the interview, take some time to read this information about the company and the job:

Company: Big Fun Tours

Big Fun Tours was founded in 2001. We organise travel experiences across Europe and Asia. We believe that the most important part of travel is meeting new people. We want to give you the most authentic experience possible: you won't stay in a hotel; you will stay in the home of one of our network of host families. We hope to see you on one of our tours very soon.

Job description: UK tour manager

• Organising every detail of clients' tours
• Welcoming clients to the UK and taking them to their host families
• Dealing with problems
• Writing reports and maintaining records

Person specification

• Educated to degree level
• Experience in the tourism industry preferred
• Excellent speaker of English and at least one other language (preferably Chinese, Spanish or Russian)
• Experience in leading groups

To do

Imagine you are Sunny. Try to write her answers to the questions in the next activity. You can find the information to put in her answers in these places:

1) Sunny's video blog

2) Sunny's covering letter

3) Craig's interview advice

4) Information about the company, the job description and person specification (all on this page)

Next

So that’s Sunny’s interview. She’s working hard to improve her life - let’s hope she does well! Now let’s cross to another part of the world where this Unit’s News Report brings us the story of a project that wants to help Ghanaian girls improve their lives by getting a good education.