The Power of the Spoken Word · Speaking & Listening

The Art of the Interview

Developing active listening and questioning skills through professional and ethnographic interviewing.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do open ended questions elicit more complex and nuanced responses?
  2. 2What is the relationship between active listening and effective follow up questioning?
  3. 3How does the interviewer's bias affect the narrative produced by the interviewee?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: The Power of the Spoken Word
Period: Speaking & Listening

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