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For our interview

26. Check the sentences one more time and put them in order.

• Use connectors to link two or three sentences. Go back to Activity 16 to

review some examples.
• Add some compliments to praise your interlocutor.
• Delete anything unnecessary or redundant, and adjust questions and

answers depending on the interlocutors’ reactions.
• Look at the example of the last part of the interview about movies.

Interviewer: What kinds of movies do you not like?
Interviewee: I don't like comedy movies, especially Adam Sandler’ s.
Actually, I believe Click is the worst movie ever!

Interviewer: Is there an actor or actress who you can’t stand?
Interviewee: I can’t stand Adam Sandler.
Interviewer: Is there a movie that you detest?
Interviewee: I detest Click.
Interviewer: Ok, then. Tell me more about superhero movies. You
are an expert. Do you know any fun facts about a movie?

Interviewee: Yes, I do. The spider used in the 2002 movie Spider-Man was
a Steatoda spider, not a black widow, as was told in the
story. The spider was given anesthesia, and was then painted

blue and red.

Being Through ◗ Empathy is an important attitude to take into account while doing an interview.
Language The interviewer must take it into consideration adjusting the questions and answers
depending on the interlocutor’s reactions. For example, in the
previous activity the interviewee manifests a strong dislike regarding comedy
movies and provides a couple of details. Therefore, the interviewer should change
the course of the questions because there is no point in asking more about that
genre. Since he noticed that she enjoyed talking about superhero movies, he
disregards the planned questions and jumps to the last one linking it to action films.

therefore (adv.):
27. Practice reading the dialogue a couple of times. por lo tanto
disregard (v.):
• Decide who is going to be the interviewer and the interviewee. ignorar
Then switch roles.

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