Oxbridge Modern Foreign Languages Interview Pack
Don’t know what to expect for your Oxbridge Modern Foreign Languages interviews?
Interviews can seem daunting and hard to prepare for as you never quite know what to expect. However, they are extremely important: some candidates are successful based on interview performance alone.
This 42-page guide was prepared by U2's Languages tutors, all of whom graduated from the Oxford or Cambridge course. We walk you through how to prepare to ensure you stand out and increase your chances of success, as well as a number of tips on how to present yourself and communicate during the interview itself. The pack includes accounts from successful Oxbridge Languages candidates, as well as a series of past interview questions, all of which are applicable across Oxford and Cambridge applications, and multiple languages.
Gain insight into what happens when you arrive for interview, the process, and the different formats of interview you may expect, including interviews focused on unseen texts, those based off your personal statement, literature and linguistics interviews. We include Top Tips on how to approach and structure your response to specific past Oxbridge interview questions, including theoretical language interview questions, quick-fire linguistic aptitude questions, unseen poetry / prose analysis in your target language, and theoretical questions on culture & literature. The pack includes example in-depth worked solutions to 1 unseen prose analysis, and 1 theoretical language interview question, and offers over 40 further practice questions to brainstorm, alongside several helpful tips!
Courses Featured:
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Portuguese
Linguistics
Modern & Medieval Languages
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