INTERVIEWS

•What doyou thinkof/about...+ing/noun?

•What's your opinionabout...?

•What doyou reckon?•What is your point ofview?

ASKINGFOR

OPINIONS

• Ithink that...• Ireckon that...• Ibelieve that...• Iguess/suppose that...• Inmy opinion,...• From my point ofview,...• The way Isee it,...• Tobehonest,...

GIVINGOPINIONS

•Doyou agree with me?•Doyou sharemy opinion?•Doyou see my point?•Doyou see eye toeye withme?

•Don't you agree that...?

ASKINGFORAGREEMENT

•Itotally agree with you.•Ishareyour opinion.•Isee your point.•Isee eye toeye with you.•You have apoint.

EXPRESSINGAGREEMENT

•Iagree with you tosomeextent.

• Ishareyour opinion but …•You have apoint but…•Ipartially agree with you.• Iagree with you uptoapoint.

EXPRESSINGPARTIAL

AGREEMENT

•Itotally disagree with you.•Idon’t shareyour opinion.•Idon’t see your point.•Idon’t see eye toeye withyou.

•Idon’t think the same.

EXPRESSINGDISAGREEMENT

FUNCTIONALLANGUAGE – INTERVIEWER• Intoday’s programme we areinterviewing areally famouswriter/footballer/singer…• Please,welcome our guest.• Good morning,Ms.Rowling.• Have aseat,please.•We arevery pleased tohave you here today.• Thank you somuch for being here today with us.• Iwould like tostart this interviewby thanking you for being here.• Iwas wondering whether…

FUNCTIONALLANGUAGE – INTERVIEWEE• Good morning,(name).

• I’m delighted tobehere today.

• Icouldn’t bemorepleased tobehere today.

• I’m glad toanswer your questions.

• Oh,that’s adifficult/tough question.• That’s agood one!

Watch the following videoofarealinterviewtoKateWinslet.

•https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/film-uk/kate-winslet-strong-women-and-learning-lines

§ USEFUL IDEAS FOR YOUR INTERVIEW

• CHILDHOOD

• HOWTHEYSTARTEDINSHOWBUSINESS

• EARLYCAREER

• GREATESTSUCCESSESVSBIGGESTFAILURES

• PERSONALLIFE

• BESTTIMESVSWORSTTIMES

• MONEY

• THEJOYSOFFAMEVS/THEDRAWBACKSOFFAME

• CREATIVITY/TALENT

GRAMMAR THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR INTERVIEW:

• AT LEAST:

• 2differentexpressionstoaskforopinions

• 2differentexpressionstogiveopinions

• 2differentexpressionstoagree

• 2differentexpressionstodisagree

GRAMMAR THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR INTERVIEW:

• Presentperfecttogetherwithalready/never/ just.

• Presentperfecttogetherwithforandsince.

• Presentperfectandever.

• Pastsimple.

• Pastperfect.

• Passivevoice(presentsimple/pastsimple).

• Futuretenses(will,begoingto,futurecontinuousandpresenttenseswithfuturemeaning).

Now,let’s practise!