Have you ever read an interview?
I am sure you have.
What are the elements of a good interview?
It has to be intersting.
Well. This is your opportunity. Become a journalist for one day.
Think about somebody you like. It has to be somebody famous or well known in some circles.
Find a partner. Distribute roles.
A: journalist from... (People Magazine, The Guardian Newspaper, etc.)
B: somebody you know who can be of interest to other people in the group.
Plan your interview. You'll need an introduction to establish a context for the interview, such as the personality's house (give a description of the place). Give a quick impression of the character. Start the interview.
Key words.
Language you need: wh questions such as when, where, what, how, why; Questions with auxiliaries such as are, have, did, do; Statements of past facts about the character's biography that you want to focus on for him to comment (about three sentences long); Doublle questions; question tags, combination of statement and question that follows it.
End your interview.
Check with a teacher or another student for content and form.
Rehearse.
Be brave!
2 comments:
The etymology of word “interview” comes from Latin “inter-vista”, and in this language it means “those who see each other”; and, more recently, also comes from “entrevoir”, and in the French tongue it means “thing that makes up”. We can say that an interview is a conversation between two people at least, the interviewer and the interviewee, and in which the interviewer make questions about some subjects to obtain information from the interviewee, who answers, and in this way report it to the general public. There are several types of interview, such as journalistic, researching or job interview, but journalistic one requires to be skilled on using question and answer techniques, quite a few interest about the interviewee and a clear wish to spread the obtained information by means of the media. But, furthermore a technique used by professional journalists, journalistic interview is mainly a literary genre.
I THINK HAVING AN INTERVIEW EACH OTHER STUDENT IS A FAST WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
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