Interview Checklist
Interview Checklist
Interview Checklist
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Bring this checklist with you when you do the interview
and self-evaluate afterwards.
Check each box, if you used the technique
Checklist of Ethnographic Interview Techniques
□ Start with open or grand-tour questions
□ Allow time for interviewee’s responses
□ Listen interactively
□ Focus on the speaker
□ Ask for clarification when necessary
□ Rephrase the questions when necessary
□ Be patient exploring the information beneath the surface
□ Show appreciation
Excerpt from From the Inside: Ethnographic Interviews in the
Foreign Language Classroom (National Language Resource
Center, 1997)
Interview Checklist


Bring this checklist with you when you do the interview
and self-evaluate afterwards.
Check each box, if you used the technique
Checklist of Ethnographic Interview Techniques
□ Start with open or grand-tour questions
□ Allow time for interviewee’s responses
□ Listen interactively
□ Focus on the speaker
□ Ask for clarification when necessary
□ Rephrase the questions when necessary
□ Be patient exploring the information beneath the surface
□ Show appreciation
Excerpt from From the Inside: Ethnographic Interviews in the
Foreign Language Classroom (National Language Resource
Center, 1997)