Notes for February 26, 2008
· Go over the reading assignment due for today. (pg. 237-257)
o Conducting Interviews and what to do while conducting interviews.
§ What do you get from interviews?
· When to interview
· Be a good listener
· Learn terms
· Take notes
· Have questions planned out
· Pick a convenient, comfortable and quiet location to interview
o How do you prepare for an interview?
§ Write out questions
§ Research the group
§ Know what you want to learn from the interview
§ Spend some time in the group first before the interview
o What are closed questions?
§ One word answer
§ Gives you what you are looking for
o What are open questions?
§ Trying to find more answers
o What do good listeners do?
§ Listen to what interviewer responds with and has a question to respond to their response
§ Tips: taking notes, wait till the person finishes, record the information, use recording equipment from the library, and know the topic so you can better understand the information.
o What are other ways of recording responses for people who have already interviewed?
§ Maybe use a handheld video camera from library or use scanner to scan brochures or other important information wanted.
o Transcriptions and Dialects from the book. (pg.237-257)
§ Dialect: How people speak and how things are pronounced
§ Different Dialects: Southern dialect, Northern dialect, R-less style or New York dialect, New Jersey dialect, Chicago dialect, Indiana has many different dialects – 3 shits: Northern, middle and southern.
o Get partners and do box 19 (pg 240) – 8 steps: type out and turn in
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