Interview: The only reason I left my last .....

Interview between a boss and a new teacher

11. Why did you leave your last position?

"The only reason I left my last workplace (my last teaching job) was because my contract finished. I have been at Padideh Institute for five years now and I have learned a lot from working with some professors. I decided to leave so that I could focus on finding a position where I could do my best work. Technology was not good in our classes."


Hi,
Most of the blue part is written by me. Is it natural to you?

You don't need "only" in the first sentence. Perhaps:

I left my last job because the contract expired.

Perhaps:

I learned a lot by working with the professors.

And:

I decided to leave so I could focus on my specialty.

I don't know what you mean by "Technology was not good in our classes".

Tarheel said:

I don't know what you mean by "Technology was not good in our classes".

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Here, I want to say that for example the technology inside the class was very bad. For example the TV in the class didn't work very well and I couldn't show some pictures to the students. Or the DVD player didn't work very well in the class and I couldn't play the audio files of the conversations for the students.

Can't I say "technology was not good in our class." in this context?

I think it would be better to say the equipment didn't work well.

The classroom equipments didn't work well at the previous institute I was teaching.

Is this OK now?

Try:

The classroom equipment didn't work well at the place where I taught last.

(The word "equipment" is a noncount noun.)

Tarheel said:

I left my last job because the contract expired.

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Why not "my contract finished."?

xiaoen said:

Why not "my contract finished."?

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I don't have a reason. Except that's an entirely new usage to me. The other one I am familiar with.