Brainstorming Guidelines

Interview Project
(to be presented in Introduction)

1. Project topic
💡 In your group, have a look through all the topics and answer the following questions.
● What topics are you learning in the course?
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● Which topic does your group choose? (Choose only 01 topic)

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2. The purpose of the interview project & the Interview Questions

💡 In your group, discuss the question below together and fill in the chart below.
● What is the purpose of your interview? (e.g. 02 groups might choose the same topic but group 1 aims to
understand more about the topic, while group 2 aims to look for some solutions to that topic. In other words, the
groups have different purposes when addressing the chosen topic.)
® Complete the sentence “The purpose of our interview is to ……….” in the chart below.

● What questions are you going to ask the interviewees? Discuss and choose 3-4 interview questions. Your
interview questions must directly link to the chosen topic AND the purpose of your interview project.
® Write your interview questions in the chart below.

The purpose of our interview is to

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Question 1: Question 2: Question 3: Question 4:
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❌ DON’T just have closed-ended questions (i.e. this-or-that, yes-or-no questions).

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 💡 DO have some open-ended questions (i.e. what, why, when, how, who… questions).

2. Phase 2 – Roles

Roles
(to be presented in Conclusion)

💡 In your group, discuss and agree on each member’s role(s) (at least 01 role/student). Each member must be the
interviewer and take at least 01 more role(s). Then, complete the table below. You can add more rows if you need.
*Suggested other roles: video editors, information analyser, subtitle author, team leader, (summarize and
analyze the interviewees’ opinions),...

Roles Members’ names Contact emails

Interviewer &
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Interviewer &
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Interviewer &
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 Interviewer &
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 3. Phase 2 – Interview Guidelines

Interview Guidelines
READ THIS GUIDE BEFORE YOU START YOUR INTERVIEWS.

Below is the interview structure that students can follow when conducting the interviews. Students are only
required to video record/film the conversations with the interview questions.

· Introduction:
Introduce the following things to the interviewees:
- the purpose of your interview
- the interviewees’ rights to choose NOT to answer one/some question(s) or stop the interview at any
time
- the fact that the interview will be video recorded.

· Warm-up:
Ask some questions to get to know the interviewees and make them feel comfortable (e.g. how they
want to be referred to, whether they have any understanding about the interview topic or not,...)

· The main body of the interview (*required for filming/video recordings):

Ask the interview questions that you have prepared.
Suggestion: ask the ‘easy’ questions and/or questions about opinions/ideas before the more difficult
questions and/or questions that require knowledge/understanding about the topic.

· Ending:
Ask some questions or have a small chat to make the interviewee comfortable again. If the
interviewee shares some interesting details about the interview topic after you have stopped
recording, ask for their permission to use those details in your project.
(cited from Robson (2011))

Other note: Interviewers must keep the interviewee’s identity (names, phone number, email, home
address,...) anonymous in your interview(s) and in their videos.
(cited from Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press [Chapter 6: Ethics
and politics in social research])

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 4. Phase 2 – Interview Planner

Interview Planner
(to be presented in Introduction)

COMPLETE THIS WORKSHEET BEFORE YOU START CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS.

💡 General Research Information:

-Interview date(s): _________________________________________

-Number of interviewees: __________________________________
-Interview location(s): _____________________________________
-Interview Subject: ________________________________________
(eg: sophomores at Van Lang University, etc. )

💡 Interviewee Information:
In your group, complete the table below to help you keep the record of the interviews. You can add more
columns if you need.
Interviewees Interviewee 1 Interviewee 2 Interviewee 3 ………………..
Age

Major

Hometown

Interviewer’s
names (your
group members)
When are you
going to
interview them?
(e.g. 1/8/2021,
9am-10am,…)
How are you In-person/ In-person/ In-person/ In-person/
going to Phone/ Phone/ Phone/ Phone/
interview them? Online meeting Online meeting Online meeting Online meeting
Choose the most
suitable option
for each
interviewee.
What tools are
you going to use
for the
interview?
Pick the suitable

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 tools to use for
the interview.

5. Phase 2 – Summary and Analysis Guide

Summary and Analysis Guide

(to be presented in Conclusion)

COMPLETE THIS WORKSHEET AFTER THE INTERVIEWS HAVE FINISHED.

💡Content: In your group, discuss the questions below to complete the summary (and/or the analysis) part of your
video.

● Summarize the results:

- How many people did you interview? _________________________________________
-What is the general summary of the answers?
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- Who were the interviewees? Did that influence how they answer your question?
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● Analyze the results:

- What are the similarities in the interviewees’ answers? Why might they have the same opinions?
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- What are the differences between the interviewees’ answers? Why might they think differently?
(You can use the interviewees’ information from the Interview Planner to help you with the answers.)
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● Your opinion:
- What ideas/sharing is/are interesting to your group? Why?
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6. Phase 3 – Project checklist

Project checklist

💡 In your group, discuss the questions below to see if your video is ready to submit.

1. The video:
Read part III. Product Requirements carefully and check if your video has met all the criteria on:
● Format
● Content
● Language

2. Submission:
● When is the deadline?
● How are you required to submit your group’s video?
● Have you used the university email to submit your video?

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