The OLOA Project
An interview is an oral text but with some characteristics of a written text. It's not spontaneous because the questions are previously prepared.
Some tips
- For safety reasons, use the person's first name only.
- Ask open questions. (W's and H's) and avoid yes/no questions.
- Consider the formality of the interview (teacher, friend, father,...) and adapt the language.
Interested responses
- When the person interviewed is speaking, you can make some interested responses:Yes, I see, Really?, Go on
Useful language
- Sorry to interrupt, but...
- Anyway
- By the way
- I bet you...
- That´s absolutely true
- What do you think about...? (More formal) What´s your opinion about...?
- Well, I´m not too sure but my opinion...
- You´re right / You´re wrong
- I agree / I don´t agree / I disagree
- Really ? I didn´t know it
- I would like to thank you...
- I ´d like to take this opportunity to...
Interview recommendations
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