V3d Project Lesson 3: London Interviews / Writing questions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

London

project groups

Project Lesson 2

Narrowing down your topic

Creating an introduction

Writing questions

You will be conducting an interview in London about the topic you chose.

- First we will narrow down your topic

- Then we will look at what to put in your introduction

- Finally we will start writing the questions for the interview!

- Minimum of 10 questions per group

- Each person will ask at least 3 questions during the interview

- Questions need to be handed in and approved before departure.

Before we start, write what topic you have selected:

Narrowing down your topic

Narrowing down your topic

Discuss with your group:

- What interests you about your topic?

- What are you hoping to learn about in your interviews?

- What specific aspect of your topic do you want to focus on?

Decide on a narrowed down topic and write it on the next slide.

Our narrowed down topic:

Introducing a topic:
what would be important?

Introductions

Watch the following three introductions, which why do you like best and why?

Which introduction did you like best and why?

Video introduction to topic

Requirements

• Each group prepares a short introduction video to the topic
• The video should be around 1 minute (20-30 seconds of speaking time per person)
• The video and script must be handed in on Thursday 4 April.
  

What to include in the Introduction video

• A hook to capture the listener's attention (something that gets them interested)
  
• Background information on the topic (based on your research in class)
  
• A short, clear statement or point of view and how you plan to tell the listener what's coming next to prove/disprove your statement
  

Creating your own introduction video

Deadline for sending in your introduction:

Monday 08 - 04

Next... what makes an interview good?

What makes an interview
interesting to you?

Your interview questions must:

- be open ended (no 'yes' or 'no' questions)

- be relevant to your topic

- give the person you are interviewing the chance to share something interesting about the topic and themselves

Think first: What do you want to know/learn about your chosen topic?

Your interview questions must:

- be open ended (no 'yes' or 'no' questions)
- be relevant to your topic
- give the person you are interviewing the chance to share something interesting about the topic and themselves

Think first: What do you want to know about your chosen topic?

Now.... Start writing your questions!  You have 15 minutes to work on this. When the time is up, write down the questions you have so far on the next slide.

Use the interview questions template that is in Som!

Best two interview questions you have so far:

Ladies and gentlemen... onward! 

Now, read the article on the next slide about conducting good interviews (5 min.).  Be ready to answer some questions and discuss which tips are the most important for you to keep in mind for your London interviews.

www.writersdigest.com

Write down the three most important tips you learned from the article

Coming up soon...

We will discuss how to interact (have a conversation) and adapt and learn how to speak/behave during the interviews (British politeness!)

Time left?

Watch the video (8 min. 30) on the next slide with good examples of how to interview people on the streets of London!