What Are Your Weaknesses?
WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES?
What are your weaknesses?
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever been asked about your weaknesses in a job interview? How did you answer?
면접에서 본인의 약점에 대해 질문을 받아 본 적이 있나요? 어떻게 대답했나요? - Do you think it's better to be honest about a real weakness or give a "safe" answer in an interview? Why?
면접에서 실제 약점을 솔직하게 말하는 것과 "안전한" 답변을 하는 것 중 어느 쪽이 낫다고 생각하나요? 이유는 무엇인가요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
What are your weaknesses?
(A "good" weakness might be that you have trouble leaving the office behind when you go home in the evenings.)
This is a very difficult question that is not asked often, but it's one you should prepare for anyway. If you talk about your temper, your tendency to gossip or the fact that you're lazy, you may as well pack up and go home right then. If you mention a weakness such as your lack of patience with people who don't do their share of the work, you should also mention that you keep this impatience to yourself and try very hard not to express it toward others.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어의 '성실하다'를 직역해서 "sincere"라고 말하는 경우가 많습니다. 하지만 영어에서 sincere는 '진심 어린, 거짓 없는'이라는 뜻이라 약점으로는 어색합니다. 면접에서 약점을 말할 때는 "too detail-oriented(지나치게 꼼꼼한)"처럼 긍정적으로도 해석될 수 있는 구체적인 표현을 사용하세요.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- How would you apply what you learned today?
오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요? - What was the most useful part of this lesson?
이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요? - Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요? - What would you like to practice more?
더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Level: Interview (ITV)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!