Topic 3

• Short presentation by Nicole Sibelet [2'] File

  Manage the interview, from your arrival at the meeting place to the closure of the interview.  

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  L1. Opening the interview
  
• Introduction to the lesson [2'] File

  This lesson details how to adopt a professional attitude and establish an appropriate relationship with the person interviewed.

• Presentation of the lesson File

  The art of successfully launching an interview.

• Instructions: staging the interview and adapting one's language File

  How to “stage” the interview, select the information to be communicated, and adapt one's language to the person interviewed.

• Resources and correction exercise "staging the interview and adapting one's language" [7'] File
• Theory: the start of the interview [23'] File

  Correctly manage one’s arrival "onto the stage", the first contact with the interviewee.  Some advice on dressing, choice of transportation to the interview site, presenting oneself and one's work to the interviewee.

• Instructions: presenting the study at the beginning of the interview File

  From among the different ways to present a study at the start of an interview, choose the best one.

• Feedback on field experience: meeting between a researcher and a forestry officer [3'] File

  Madeleine Mutel explains how to transform an interview that has begun poorly by adjusting your language.

• Resources exercise "presenting the study..." [4'] File
• Correction exercise "presenting the study at the beginning of the interview" File
• Forum: staging the interview

  What elements create a context conducive to a successful interview (in a specific cultural framework)?
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  L2. Heart of the interview
  
• Introduction to the lesson [2'] File

  In this lesson, details are provided on the attitudes needed for an interview to proceed well and produce scientifically valuable data.

• Presentation of the lesson File

  Correct conduct of an interview: assessing replies, follow-up questions, managing time...

• Instructions: the nature of the questions File

  Spot poorly formulated questions.

• Resources and correction exercise "the nature of the questions" [11'] File
• Instructions: rephrasing the questions File

  Correctly formulate open questions.

• Correction exercise "rephrasing the questions" File
• Instructions: attitudes and note taking File

  Adjust one’s attitude to the context and maintain the attitude of an interviewer.

• Resources and correction exercise "attitudes and note taking" [7'] File
• Instructions: the attitudes File

  Correctly use  follow-up questions during an interview.

• Correction exercise "the attitudes" File
• Theory: attitudes in an interview [18'] File

  Description of the different attitudes that an interviewer can adopt. Empathy and attentive  listening are the attitudes best suited to semi-structured interviews.

• Theory: conclusion of the lesson on attitudes [3'] File
• Forum: attitudes

  In a context outside France, how may one illustrate the different attitudes of an interviewer?
• Instructions: different steps involved in closing an interview File

  Identify the steps involved in closing an interview.

• Resources and correction exercise "different steps involved in closing an interview" [3'] File
• Instructions: closing an interview / participating in the Forum File

  Know how to close an interview.

• Resources and debriefing exercise "closing an interview / participating in the Forum" [7'] File
• Forum: closing an interview

  How may the end of the interview presented in the video be improved?
• Theory: closing an interview [3'] File

  Correctly closing an interview: ask the interviewee if s/he would like to add something, and then if s/he has any questions. One must maintain a professional attitude to the very end and remain vigilant to ensure that the interview ends in a timely fashion.

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  L3. Cleaning up notes and on-the-spot auto-evaluation
  
• Presentation of the lesson File

  Cleaning up notes and the self-assessment of interviews to improve quality.  

• Instructions: taking notes during an interview File

  Practice directly taking notes during an interview.

• Resources: interview [4'] File
• Correction: taking notes during... File
• Instructions: taking notes with a tape recorder File

  Take notes with a tape recorder: assess the advantages and disadvantages.

• Resources: interview for tape recording [3'30] File
• Correction: ...tape recorder File
• The interview auto-evaluation forum

  Develop a grid for the self-assessment of interviews that can be used on the spot by the interviewer.
• Correction: forum File
• Theory: interview guide [2'30] File

  To assess and improve interviews.

• Conducting an interview : Keep in touch!! File 269.6MB
• About translations [8'] File

  Ensure that you and your interviewee understand each other well. Three steps must be taken to formulate a question correctly: translate scientific language into everyday speech, then this into the language of the interviewee, and lastly verify that the words have the desired meaning through a reverse translation.