Setting up a good interview implies

Setting up a good interview implies

• Setting up a good interview implies

• a highly motivated and curious interviewer

• thoughtful planning

• the ability to generalise, to abstract and to see relationships between topics

• an open-ended inquiry

you will need good questions!

• you will need good questions!

• good questions you should get new information that adds to the knowledge in any given field.

• Good questions should provoke more questions.

question types

• question types

• Example: le confluent

• The kind of question we use depends on the reason for asking.

• Some of the most common are:

• specific questions

• inquiry questions

• rhetorical questions

• closed questions

• open questions

most of the questions we ask are specific questions and children ask these questions all the time.

• most of the questions we ask are specific questions and children ask these questions all the time.

• These are the questions we ask in situations where we want something we do not have, such as information, directions or food.

• We ask someone who we think will be able to provide what we are seeking.

• The question is closed when the item in question is provided

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• Ex.: Where is the ‘confluence area?

Inquiry questions are different from specific questions.

• Inquiry questions are different from specific questions.

• Inquiry questions do not necessarily assume that the person questioned knows the answer.

• Ex.: Will the southern inner-city peninsula of Lyon car free?

Rhetorical questions are not real questions because the questioner usually knows the answer.

• Rhetorical questions are not real questions because the questioner usually knows the answer.

• They can be usefull for starting an interview

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• Ex.: Does Lyon have an ambitious urban project these days ?

Many questions we ask require only a simple yes /no answer or a brief response. These are usually classified as closed or skinny questions.

• Many questions we ask require only a simple yes /no answer or a brief response. These are usually classified as closed or skinny questions.

• They are usually used to recall information or to assess prior knowledge.

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• Is it true that the new area will be entirely ecological?

Questions which involve complex thinking require much explanation and detail in their answers and probably time to think and reflect.

• Questions which involve complex thinking require much explanation and detail in their answers and probably time to think and reflect.

• These questions are often called open or fat questions .

• They are often used to build up information, to allow for more personal responses and to generate further discussions and questioning.

• Ex: What are the criteria for the further development of Lyon’s public transport to the south?

what?

• what?

• what will the extension of the city to the south cost?

• where?

• where can we meet the planning staff?

• when?

• when will the new area be finished?

• who?

• who are the main actors?

• why?

• why does Lyon want to extend the centre?

• how?

• how do the people react to these plans?

STEP 01

• STEP 01

• write down all the questions you can think of about your topic in five minutes

• STEP 02

• analyse and classify your questions

• STEP 03

• construct your interview in a logical manner