29 Interview Presentation Assignment

Interview Presentation Assignment

General Information 

The goal of the Interview Assignment is for students to improve their ability to ask for and acquire information orally, synthesize the information they receive, and present their findings in front of a group. The assignment has five parts: 1) select the topic for the interview, 2) prepare appropriate questions, 3) interview two native English speakers, 4) synthesize their answers, 5) give a presentation that explains what was learned about the topic and reflects on the student’s interviewing experience. If there are multiple interviewees, students can conduct interviews separately with each person or interview them at the same time. Students should plan to spend around 15–20 minutes with each interview subject. Students should record the interviews for analysis purposes. The presentation is worth 20% of the final grade.

Topic

Topic A — Create interview questions and conduct an interview focused around the subject of food and nutrition. Students should try to utilize relevant vocabulary words from food and nutrition chapter in this unit.

Topic B — Create interview questions and conduct an interview focused around the subject of Sports and Achievements. Students should try to utilize relevant vocabulary words from the sports chapter in this unit.

Presentation Requirements

Students must prepare a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation to accompany their spoken presentation. The presentation must be submitted to Canvas before class when presentation is scheduled. The PowerPoint or Prezi should be professional looking and utilize appropriate fonts, colors, and visuals.

Presentation Outline Guide –Order of Information

• Introduction
  • Introduce the interview topic – Announce the focus of the questions
  • Introduce the subjects – Names and titles/relationship to the presenter
  • Introduce the thesis – A general statement about what was learned

• Body (example)
  • Interview question 1
    • Introduce the question
    • Compare and contrast the subjects’ responses
    • Discuss what was learned in any follow up questions

• • Interview question 2
    • Introduce the question
    • Compare and contrast the subjects’ responses
    • Discuss what was learned in any follow up questions
  • Interview question 3 & 4
    • Introduce the questions
    • Compare and contrast the subjects’ responses
    • Discuss what was learned in any follow up questions

** The remaining interview questions should be handled the same way. It is all right to discuss the findings from more than one question at the same time if the topics are connected. **

• Conclusion
  • Summarize what was learned about the topic from the subjects
  • State your own opinion/thoughts about the topic
  • Conclusion sentence – End the presentation strongly