How to… conduct an interview

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By Teresa Saunders — Educational Consultant and Writer

This instruction text, the last in this year’s How to… series, covers planning, conducting and writing up an interview.

Before reading

Discuss famous people and list those you would like to interview, giving reasons for your choice.
Show interview clips – eg, from ‘Newsround’. Comment on the most entertaining or informative features.
Experiment with different question types. Evaluate which question word or type elicits the most useful information.
Introduce the poster as a piece of instructional writing which could help improve the quality of an interview.