UNIT FOUR Special EducationSpeaking

We are going to watch a video clip. Tell me what the teacher and student is doing.

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Interview

What is an interview?

An interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked by the interviewer to get facts or statements from the interviewee.

Interviewer- a person who asks, takes down

important notes and information from the person being interviewed

Interviewee- a person who is interviewed, answers

the questions asked by the interviewer

interviewer

interviewee

-a person who asks, takes down important notes and information from the person being interviewed

-a person who is interviewed, answers the questions asked by the interviewer

WH-questions

Now, we will have an actual interview!You may ask me anything about myself. I am going to be the interviewee and you are the interviewers.

Let us do

this!

Task 1. The questions in the following interview have been left out. Fill in the blanks with the right question.

1.What were your subjects then?2.What was your timetable?3.What about homework?4.Which lower-secondary school did you go to?5.What part of school life didn’t you like then?6.Can you tell me about the tests and examinations

at your school then?7.What did you like best about your school then?

Interviewer: (A) _________________________________________Hanh : I went to Long Bien Lower-secondary School in Gia Lam, Hanoi.Interviewer: (B) _________________________________________Hanh : My subjects were Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Biology, History, Geography, English, Information Technology and Physical Education.Interviewer: (C) _________________________________________Hanh : Well, I went to school in the morning and I often had five classes.Interviewer:(D) _________________________________________Hanh : Well, we had different kinds of tests, you know. Oral tests, fifteen-minute tests, forty-five minute tests and the final examination at the end of the semester.

Which lower-secondary school did you go to?

What were your subjects then?

What was your timetable?

Can you tell me about the tests and examinations at your school then?

Interviewer : (E)_______________________________________Hanh : It’s different with every teacher. Some liked to give a lot of homework and others didn’t.Interviewer : (F) ______________________________________Hanh : To be honest, I liked my school a lot but if I could change one thing, it would be the breaks between the classes. They were too short.Interviewer : (G) ______________________________________Hanh : I liked everything in my school, you know. Well, of course, not the breaks as I’ve said. I liked my teachers, my friends and the different activities at school then.

What about homework?

What part of school life didn’t you like then?

What did you like best about your school then?

Interviewer: (A) Which lower-secondary school did you go to? Hanh : I went to Long Bien Lower-secondary School in Gia Lam, Hanoi.Interviewer: (B) What were your subjects then? Hanh : My subjects were Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Biology, History, Geography, English, Information Technology and Physical Education.Interviewer: (C) What was your timetable? Hanh : Well, I went to school in the morning and I often had five classes.Interviewer:(D) Can you tell me about the tests and examinations at your school then? Hanh : Well, we had different kinds of tests, you know. Oral tests, fifteen-minute tests,

forty-five minute tests and the final examination at the end of the semester.Interviewer : (E) What about homework?Hanh : It’s different with every teacher. Some liked to give a lot of homework and others didn’t.Interviewer : (F) What part of school life didn’t you like then? Hanh : To be honest, I liked my school a lot but if I could change one thing, it would be the breaks between the classes. They were too short.Interviewer : (G) What did you like best about your school then? Hanh : I liked everything in my school, you know. Well, of course, not the breaks as I’ve said. I liked my teachers, my friends and the different activities at school then.

INTERVIEW. . . Elsa, an elementary pupil asks a Grade 10 High School student

of Tra Vinh University Laboratory School about his school. Her

questions are:

a. What is your name?

b. What is the name of your school?

c. What grade are you in?

d. What time does your class start? What time does it end?

e. How many subjects do you have in your school? What are your subjects?f. What sports do you play at school?

g. What do you like best about your school?

h. Is there something you don’t like at your school?

Time is up!

How important is asking correct questions in order to get correct answers?

It is important to ask correct questions to the interviewee in order to get the right information we need. When we happen to ask wrong questions, the interviewee might be confused and might give incorrect information instead.

Thank you!