1. What kinds of different tests do you know?
2. Are you good at taking tests? Describe a time when you had an excellent/terrible result.
3. What UK cities do you know? Which ones are famous for their academic rigour?
4. When driving, which do you prefer: a roundabout, a set of traffic lights, or a give way junction?
5. What are the advantages/disadvantages of travelling on rural roads?
6. Where did you pass your driving test? Was it easy/difficult? Did you pass first time? Did you choose a particular test centre? Why? Did you pass at first attempt?
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7. What is your reaction? Does a pass rate of 86.5% in Gairloch surprise you or not?
8. Are candidates right to look for towns/cities where variable standards might get them an easier test/exam? Is that something you would do yourself? What is Kenny Tallach's attitude to people who "parachute" themselves into Gairloch village?
9. What makes someone a good driving instructor? How would you describe Kenny Tallach?
10. Who taught you how to drive? What vehicle did you use?
11. What is the best strategy for passing the driving test?
12. Are there towns/cities/regions in your country where it is easier to get a pass?
13. Should driving licences bear the name of the test centre where the test was taken?
14. Where in your country/rest of the world would I be most likely to succeed in obtaining a language degree, or a vocational qualification which would allow me to have a career?
15. Are you thinking of doing any professional development/training that involves tests?
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Situation
You are a driving instructor in ................ Your town/city/ region has an extremely high driving-test pass rate. You believe it is because of your skills as an instructor - your professionalism, and your teaching ability. Take a phone call from a potential candidate (your teacher). He wishes to take his driving test in your area.
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Discuss quotes
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
"I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand."
--- Leonardo da Vinci
"Mistakes are their own instructors."
--- Horace
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