First Language English IGCSE: Interview Writing
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers a comprehensive guide on writing six main text types for IGCSE English, focusing on the interview format. It emphasizes the importance of voice, audience, register, purpose, and format, using a fictional scenario involving Elmwood High's Headmaster. The lesson provides tips on creating a formal yet conversational tone, using spoken language techniques, and directly addressing the interviewer. It includes an example interview, showcasing how to handle questions and maintain a realistic dialogue, all aimed at informing and engaging the local radio audience.
Takeaways
- 📚 The video is a lesson on writing six main text types for IGCSE English.
- 🔗 The full video, along with additional resources like worksheets and quizzes, can be found on the presenter's website.
- 📖 The lesson is based on a specific story that is flashed on the screen for reference.
- 🎙 The first text type discussed is 'interviews', focusing on voice, audience, register, purpose, and format.
- 🗣️ The interview prompt involves imagining being a radio presenter interviewing a headmaster about events at a school.
- 📻 The audience for the interview is local radio listeners, suggesting a more formal and polite register.
- 📝 When writing an interview, the interviewee should do most of the talking, and the interviewer's questions are provided by Cambridge.
- 📋 The interview should be laid out like a script, with responses to the given questions forming the main content.
- 💬 Spoken language elements like filler words and punctuation that indicates pauses or changes in thought should be included to make the writing sound more natural.
- 🤝 Personal pronouns should be used to create a realistic conversation between the interviewer and the interviewee.
- 🌟 The example interview provided demonstrates a tone that is both formal and patronizing, with the headmaster using phrases like 'my dear'.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video lesson?
-The main focus of the video lesson is to teach how to write the six main text types for IGCSE English, specifically focusing on the interview text type based on a given story.
What are the components of the 'V' in the context of writing an interview?
-The 'V' stands for voice, audience, register, purpose, and format, which are essential elements to consider when writing an interview.
What is the role of the presenter in the interview scenario presented in the script?
-The presenter is imagined as a local radio station host who interviews the Headmaster of Elmwood High about the events of a particular day.
Who is the intended audience for the interview in the script?
-The intended audience is the local listeners of the radio show, including parents or potential parents of students at Elmwood High.
What tone is suggested for the interview between the presenter and the Headmaster?
-The suggested tone is slightly more formal due to the presence of the Headmaster and the radio format, but it also incorporates a spoken element for a conversational feel.
What is the purpose of the interview in the script?
-The purpose of the interview is to inform the audience about the events of the day at Elmwood High School, specifically the incident involving a fire alarm.
How should the interview be structured in terms of writing?
-The interview should be structured like a script, with the person's name followed by a colon and then what they say, similar to a dialogue in a play.
What is the significance of using filler words or thinking words in the interview?
-Filler words or thinking words are used to make the written interview sound more natural and spoken, reflecting the conversational tone of a real interview.
How does the script suggest using punctuation to enhance the spoken tone of the interview?
-The script suggests using dashes to indicate a change in the speaker's direction, parentheses for stage directions, and exclamation marks to add emphasis or show excitement.
What is the role of personal pronouns in making the interview sound like a real conversation?
-Personal pronouns like 'you', 'your', and 'yours' are used to create a sense of direct address and interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee, making the conversation sound more authentic.
What is the Headmaster's perspective on the incident involving Miss Salmon and its impact on Elwood High School?
-The Headmaster views the incident as an opportunity for fresh ideas and a renewed sense of dedication within the staff, suggesting that the school's future will continue to shine brighter.
Outlines
📚 IGCSE English Text Types: Interview Writing
This paragraph introduces a video lesson focused on writing the six main text types for IGCSE English. It mentions the availability of a full video, worksheets, PowerPoint, a review quiz, and exclusive content on the instructor's website. The main theme revolves around the interview text type, with an example prompt provided. The speaker, presumably a teacher or presenter, guides the audience through understanding the key elements of an interview, including voice, audience, register, purpose, and format. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of adhering to the given questions and maintaining a semiformal tone in the interview script, with the interviewee doing most of the talking.
🎙️ Crafting an Interview Script: Tone and Techniques
This paragraph delves deeper into the specifics of writing an interview script, particularly for the IGCSE English exam. It provides an example of an interview with a school headmaster about an incident at Elwood High School. The summary highlights the importance of creating a voice for the interviewee, considering the audience, and maintaining a formal yet conversational tone. The paragraph also discusses the use of filler words, thinking words, and punctuation to mimic spoken language. Additionally, it offers a list of useful phrases for interview writing and an example script that demonstrates these techniques, showcasing a patronizing tone from the headmaster and a reassurance to the local audience about the school's situation.
👋 Conclusion and Resource Invitation
The final paragraph serves as a conclusion to the video script, thanking the audience for their attention. It includes an invitation for the audience to visit the instructor's website for additional study materials, such as PowerPoints, worksheets, quizzes, and other resources for both teachers and students. This paragraph emphasizes the availability of further assistance for those preparing for their exams, encouraging viewers to explore the provided resources for a comprehensive study experience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡IGCSE English
💡Text Types
💡Voice
💡Audience
💡Register
💡Purpose
💡Format
💡Interviewee
💡Reading Marks
💡Spoken Language
💡Stage Directions
💡Personal Pronouns
Highlights
The video provides a comprehensive lesson on writing six main text types for IGCSE English.
A full video lesson, worksheet, PowerPoint, and review quiz are available on the instructor's website.
The text types are based on a story presented in the video, which viewers can pause to read.
The 'V' in interviews stands for voice, audience, register, purpose, and format.
The audience for an interview is typically local listeners of a radio or TV show.
The register for an interview is usually more formal and polite, with a spoken element.
The purpose of an interview is to inform, often about events of the day.
Cambridge typically asks for radio or TV interviews, not job interviews.
Interviewees should do 95% of the talking to maximize reading marks.
The interview format should be laid out like a script with person's name and dialogue.
Stage directions can be added in brackets for a more realistic interview tone.
Spoken language should include filler words and punctuation to reflect natural speech.
Personal pronouns should be used to create a realistic conversation between the interviewer and interviewee.
Useful phrases for interview writing are provided to engage the audience.
An example interview is given to illustrate the application of the discussed techniques.
The headmaster's tone in the example is patronizing, which adds character to the interview.
The headmaster reassures the audience about the school's situation and future after the incident.
The instructor emphasizes the importance of not admitting blame and maintaining a positive image for the school.
Additional resources and materials for teachers and students are available on the provided website.
Transcripts
this is an excerpt from a longer video
Lesson about how to write the six main
text types for IGCSE English if you
would like to watch the full video
Lesson which is 1 hour and 1550 minutes
long you'll find it linked below get the
worksheet PowerPoint and even take a
review quiz as well as find more
exclusive content to help you with your
exams on my website whether you're a
teacher or a student you'll find
something over there that can help you
now all of the text types are based on
this story right here I'll flash it up
on the screen if you're not familiar
feel free to pause and read but
otherwise let's get into it moving on to
interviews now here is our interview
prompt think about the V that's voice
audience register purpose and format
imagine you are a presenter at a local
radio station you interview the
Headmaster of Elmwood High about the
events of that day write the words of
the interview take a look at this prompt
what is the
V the voice on is Headmaster this is the
main thing that you're going to have to
write as yes that there's a presenter
but Cambridge will give you those
questions so you are not the presenter
who is the audience well the audience is
people who listen to the local radio
show so local listeners is your
audience therefore the register well
we've got a Headmaster we've got radio
and we've got local audience well
together I would say that's more formal
more polite but then there's also this
spoken element right of two people
having a conversation which might make
it slightly more semi-formal it depends
on what kind of voice you want to create
for the Headmaster like what sort of
character he would appear to be in the
extract now obviously for this one we
haven't got an extract so you can make
that up the purpose is you're talking
about the events of the day so the
purpose is to inform and the format is
an interview so overall we have got like
a slightly more formal tone but it is
spoken so we can have a little bit of
ban back and forth between the
interviewer and the interviewee now for
Cambridge when they ask you to write an
interview that is nine times out of 10 a
radio interview or a TV interview that's
what you're going to be asked to write
they won't ask you to write a job
interview so it tends to be that you
will interview a character in the text
that you've been given and often that
isn't the main character so make sure
you check carefully who you're writing
up
essentially you're thinking about a
podcast tone it's a talk between two
people on a given topic and so the
formality will vary it will depend on
the text the characters that you're
being asked to write about and the topic
that you've been given but because it's
spoken interviews do tend to be more
often than not a semiformal type of text
for interview writing Cambridge will
give you three questions so they will
give you the questions that the
interviewer will ask and then your job
is to write the responses those three
questions are your bullet points so
they're very important for your reading
marks therefore you should copy down
those questions exactly don't change
them right don't add in your own
questions because then you're going to
go off topic and you're going to get a
lower reading Mark and your interviewee
should do 95% of the talking because
that's where you're going to pick up
your reading marks how should you
actually write it well you should lay it
out like a script like this so you'll
put the person's name and colons leave a
little bit of a space and then write
down what they say example Andy so Kayla
tell me why do you love English so much
Kayla well because of Miss Rook of
course so this is how it should look
like this like a speech if you want to
you can also add in stage directions but
it's not needed if you don't want do
this by using brackets like laughs nods
claps something like that again you
don't have to do it but it does sound
quite nice it does sound quite realistic
for an interview tone now because it's
spoken you should use spok broken
language so you can use filler words or
thinking words like well I guess huh I
hadn't thought of that before but don't
do that too much or it will start to
sound weird and you can also use
punctuation to make your writing sound
more spoken for example you can use a
lipes to show a pause or a dash to show
that the speakers changed the direction
in their sentence for example Mark drank
was accused well let's not bother with
that and you put the dash in between to
show his changing the topic you can also
use an exclamation mark to place
emphasis or show excitement but again
don't use these punctuation marks too
much or it will start to sound a little
bit strange as with speech writing don't
forget to use personal pronouns because
the interview and interviewer they're
speaking to each other right it's two
people in conversation so you should try
to make it sound like a real
conversation by using you your and yours
have your interviewee speak directly to
the interviewer for example you really
can't imagine don't look so surprised
surprised right so two people talking to
each other here are some useful phrases
that you can use for interview
writing for those tuning in I want you
to consider listeners keep this in mind
as we discuss to all of you out there I
encourage you to think about if you're
listening right now I want you to
imagine to everyone joining us I'm sure
you'll find this interesting I'm sure
many of you can relate to as you're
listening you might be wondering I want
to share a perspective with you that
could resonate with some of you you
might be surprised to learn that
consider this a takeaway for each and
every one of you that's an excellent
question here's my take on it to answer
your question let me explain your
question really touches on something I'm
very passionate about funny you should
ask because the idea actually came to me
when now let's take a look at an example
interview interviewer good afternoon
ladies and gentlemen we have a rather
intriguing story for you today fresh
from the halls of Elwood High School
joining us is the school's head teacher
Mr Reginald Wellington welcome Mr
Wellington so remember for Cambridge you
just copy out their questions but I
couldn't resist I I had to create my own
voice Mr Wellington thank you thank you
my dear it's always such a pleasure to
share my wisdom and insights with the
public Mr Wellington the incident that
unfolded at your school has everyone
talking could you shed some light on the
events that transpired during the fight
alarm incident ah yes the fiery Escape
as they're calling it you see my dear it
all started with our darling Miss sammon
a teacher who seemed to have lost her
way in the Labyrinth of classroom
management she was facing a rather
daunting observation and well I suppose
she thought pulling the fire alarm was
the best way to avoid the impending
scrutiny quite the audacious move I must
say it certainly was a dramatic turn of
events speaking of which the blame
initially fell on a year n student Mark
Jang how did that happen and what does
this incident tell us about the school's
disciplinary
measures Mark J poor lad it was a
classic case of misunderstanding I
assure you in the chaos that ensued the
poor boy found himself in the spotlight
not for his own doing mind you it's a
reminder that we must always be thorough
in our investigations a lesson we should
take to our heart in our ongoing efforts
to maintain discipline and Order within
our beloved institution of course of of
course and who was it that accused Mark
then never mind that now all water under
the bridge as they say it was him and
finally Mr Wellington the resignation of
Miss sumon was a surprising development
how do you see this incident affecting
the future of Elwood High School well my
dear I believe that every cloud has a
silver lining and Miss Salmon's
resignation while abrupt may offer an
opportunity for fresh ideas and A
Renewed sense of dedication within our
staff it's crucial that we strive for
excellence and this instant has
certainly provided us with a moment for
reflection the future of Elmwood High
School rest assured will continue to
shine brighter than ever before thank
you Mr Wellington for your insights into
this fascinating tale from Elwood High
School it seems the dramatic world of
Education always keeps us on our toes
now if we take a look and have a think
about it who's the local audience well
is probably going to be parents or
potential parents so obviously Mr
Wellington has to make the instant seem
less serious than it was and reassure
the local listeners our school is still
great still send your kids here right so
we've got kind of like an ulterior
motive from the head teacher and so over
here he doesn't want to admit blame
right that he was him that unjustly
accused a
student and he's saying the future of
Elwood High School is going to shine
brighter than ever before so we've got
this kind of reassurance to the audience
I wanted to create like a slightly
patronizing tone like for the head
teacher um so we can see the whole way
through he's referring to the
interviewer as my dear which is quite
patronizing and a bit sexist and we've
also got these filler words like well
well he thinks of what to say we can see
that the interviewer is referring to Mr
wellon by name which creates a sense of
relationship between the two speakers
and again this spoken tone here in of
course of course and ah Mark Jang poor
lad and again here we've also got the ah
the thinking word ah yes the fire
escapers they're calling it here talking
to the interviewer directly again you
see my dear another thinking word here
with the well um she was facing a rather
daunting observation and well I suppose
as he thinks and again we've got an
exclamation mark here to add a more
spoken tone to it as well if you liked
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