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When you do research, you can get two kinds of resources: primary resources and secondary resources Secondary resources are things like books, CDROMs, websites, things that are not from the actual source Primary resources are things like interviews and letters and first-hand observation Today we will talk about one kind of primary resources: INTERVIEW!!!!! Does anyone know what an interview is??????? (1) you will interview of me to try and find out something interesting about me: work in groups at your table, and every table will get a chance to ask one question ---- (little time elapse) ---- OK GO!!!!! ------ give short, undetailed answers, non-descriptive ----- (2) how do you feel about how the interview is going?? It sucks!!!! Why??
Well, interviewing isn’t just asking questions, its about asking questions in a structured way, it’s a process, and a formula that you must follow PAGE #1 ---- ---- we are going to be doing an imaginary interview!!!! |
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The Interview Process An interview involves a person asking questions
(interviewer), a person answering questions (interviewee), and sometimes an
audience. Interviews can be used to meet a person. They are also one way of
introducing a person to others. Last, you can use interviews as a way to do
research, or collect information. There are 3 parts to the process of interviewing.
These 3 steps are: preparing for the interview; conducting the interview; and
after the interview. To help you remember, you could think of the process as:
PAA (Prepare, Ask, After).
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(a) Research Before an interview, you have to have some background
knowledge about the person, and/or the topic you are going to talk about.
Why? ·
you will be able to ask less simple, more detailed questions ·
you will earn their respect by showing that you know something about
them or their work Write down everything you know about the topic. Then, try to put the things you know into groups. For example, if you know your teacher likes cake, is 180cm tall, is scared of spiders, and weighs 210 kg, you could group the facts like this:
Grouping the facts will show you what you already know - you don’t need to ask these questions - and what you don’t know. (b) Questions Before the interview, you must prepare questions that are related to the person- topic. If you ask good questions you will get good answers. Some
good ways to get good answers are to: ·
ask questions using the 5 Ws and 1 H - avoid asking YES/QUESTIONS ·
ask easy questions first, and more complicated ones later Put these questions in the groups you made above.
If question doesn’t fit, create a new group. For example, if I wanted to know
why my teacher liked teaching, I could put this question into the, “like and
dislikes” group. But, if I wanted to know where my teacher was born, I could
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(a) Greet Be
approachable with your interviewee. Introduce yourself, and let them know
that you appreciate them doing the interview. Don’t start the interview right
away! First have some small-talk; this will help the both of you to relax. (b) Record Because you taking up someone else’s time, you cannot spend a lot of time writing long answers. You need to be able to make jot-notes next to the questions in your list. Jot-notes are 1-3 word summaries of the main idea of a sentence. Write
a jot-note in as few words as you can for each statement: Brown-haired
cats like to hunt at night. --- Many
people watch up to 7 hours of TV a day. --- Only
a few of the plates were broken by the earthquake. --- (c) Close You
have just interviewed someone who has spent their time and knowledge with
you. As a show of respect and thanks, you should allow them a final word
before you end the interview. Some
good closing questions are: ·
Do you have anything more that you’d like to say before our time here
is finished? ·
Is there anything more that you’d like to share before we go? After
this, express gratitude to the interviewee for doing the interview. |
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(a) Thanks Make
sure that you send a thank-you note to the interviewee. The note does not
have to be long. A simple expression of appreciation for them spending time
with you, and sharing their knowledge with you makes anyone feel good. (b) Expand Now
that the interview is complete, you have to use the information that you
gained. Take the knowledge that you already had, and expand on it using your
jot-notes. Because the jot-notes contain the main idea of a statement, you
will be able to create sentences about the notes. Can
you write a sentence using these jot-notes? Scott
(dog/yes, cat/no) Emma
(TV – 7hours) Callum
(guns/bad, poems/good) (c) Share Bring
all of the information together in some kind of way to present in some kind
of way (oral presentation, dramatic representation of interview, addition to
a written report, etc…..) |
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IMAGINARY INTERVIEW For
this assignment, you will choose 1 person to be the interviewer, one to be
the interviewee, and the remaining group members will introduce and conclude
the interview. You will present your interview to the class. In addition, you
must follow the steps below to conduct your interview.
P:
Prepare Write
down as much about this person as you know (this is your research). Put
these into groups. Make
a list of at least 10 questions to bring to the interview Put
these into the groups above, or make a new group. *****(RESEARCH) *****(QUESTIONS) A:
Ask Take
short notes *****(JOT-NOTES) A:
After Use
your notes, your memory, and what you already knew create a summary of the
information. *****(WRITTEN
SUMMARY) The
parts with *****( ) must all
be handed in, and must all be done by a different group member. |