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Learning About the Members of the Class
Duration: 
Print50 minutes
Objectives: 
  • The Learner will
  • practice the technique of interviewing as a means of getting acquainted. 
  • introduce someone to a group of people.
Materials: 

paper and pen

Home Connection: 

Write an introduction for yourself as if you had interviewed yourself and were making the presentation in class.

Instructions: 
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  1. Introduce the topic. Tell the students they will be paired off to interview each other, then present the person they interviewed to the class in a 1- to 2-minute speech. Interviewers should take notes.

  2. Discuss the technique of interviewing. Ask the students:

    • What are some different kinds of interviews? ( job interview, interview for TV or a newspaper, oral history interview, interviewing prospective college roommate)
    • For an interview designed to help people get acquainted with one another, what are some important facts to look for?
    • What kinds of questions elicit important and appropriate information about a person? ( List them on the board so students can refer to them.)

  3. Ask students to pair off, and each interviews the other. Interviews should last 3 to 5 minutes. Interviewers should take notes.

  4. Discuss the art of introducing someone to a group. Ask the students:

    • How does one stand, look, speak, act? What things do you say, what things do you not say?
    • Students present one another to the class. Presentations should last about 1 to 2 minutes.