TPO 11　Conversation2

　　Narrator :Listen to a conversation between a student and a Professor.

　　Student: Hi professor, I guess you want to see me.

　　Professor: Hi Bill thanks for coming. I want to talk to you about …..

　　Student:  Is there something wrong with my research paper?

　　Professor: No, not at all, in fact it's very good. That’s why I want to talk to you.

　　Student :Oh, thanks.

　　Professor: I think you know that the department is looking to hire a new professor, are youfamiliar with our hiring process.

　　Student :No, but what is that got to do with me.

　　Professor: Well, Bill, we have several qualified applicants for serious about and this partof this interview process we have to meet with the committee of the professors and students in our department. They also have to give a talk.

　　Student :You mean like a lecture?

　　Professor: Yes, like a sample lecture on one of their academic interests.

　　Student: Oh, see you can see their teaching style.

　　Professor: Exactly.

　　Student: Hah…Make sense.

　　Professor: So I’d like to know if you be willing to join us as the student’s representativeson the interview committee. It’ll be a good experience for you. You could put it on your resume.

　　Student :Oh… better looks good for my graduate application, I guess, so, what do Ihave to do .

　　Professor: The department's secretary will give you a schedule of the applicant’s thesis ifyou are free, we’d like you to attend our talks and then later you can give us your opinion. Oh and we usually serve lunch and snacks depending on what time the talk is.

　　Student: Cool, that’s another good reason to do this. Um… when is the next talk?

　　Professor: We actually haven't any yet, the first one is next Friday. It’s 10 AM, then lunch,then the formal discussion with the applicant right after.

　　Student :Oh well, I’m free on Fridays if all the talks are on Fridays, I will be able to makeall of them.

　　Professor: That’s great, now you should know this job candidate is interested in the lifecycle in the forest.

　　Student :That’s what my research about.

　　Professor: Yes, I know that’s why I feel necessary to point out that even though theseapplicants’ research interests were similar to yours; we want you to tell us what you think about the teaching of all these applicants. Your perspective is as a student, how the applicant teaches in the classroom that was important to us.

　　Student :I understand so how many applicants are there?

　　Professor :Let’s see, we have 4, all very good candidates, that we will be looking at overthe next few weeks. It's going to be a tough decision. But it'll be a good experience for you, especially if you’re going to graduate school.

　　Student: Thank you. It’ll be cool to do this. I’ll get the copy of the schedule from thesecretary on my way out.

　　Professor :You’re welcome, seeing you in class this afternoon.