Your Job: Team LeaderName:______

YOUR TASK: Take charge! You are team leader. This means you must control the CD player. When the CD is over, there are group questions to complete. Your job is also to write down your team’s responses on the other side of the page.

  1. You must press PLAY, PAUSE, or REWIND when your group asks you to. Make sure that you can reach the CD player comfortably. If you can’t reach it, change seats.
  1. Read aloud the paragraph below to your group. Do this before playing the CD. This will help you understand a little more about the person speaking on the CD.
  1. If you need to, adjust the volume on the stereo.

Paragraph to Read Aloud: Background Information

This CD contains one short clip from a longer interviewwith a Vietnamese man named Ky Anh. Ky came to Canada in the 1970s by boat when he was 16 years old. He was a refugee. Listen to him describe the challenges he faced when he arrived in Canada. He also describes his feelings toward Canada today.

PRESS PLAY NOW.

Flip over the page. The group questions are on the other side.

Group Discussion Questions

1. Think of two follow-up questions you would ask Ky if you were doing the interview. Make sure they are open questions! Write down your ideas below.

2. Did you hear any distractions in the interview? List two.

3. After listening to the interview, list three things you will do when you complete your own interviews to make sure everything goes smoothly. Write down your ideas below.

Please hand in your answers.

Your Job: Interviewer ExtraordinaireName:______

YOUR TASK: Listen closely to the interviewer during the interview.

  1. Read the questions below now.
  1. When the tape is playing, write down your answers. If you need extra time to write or to hear something again, nicely ask your team leader to rewind or stop the CD.
  1. When the CD is over, complete the group questions with your team leader. Your team leader has the questions.

QUESTIONS:

1. What closed questions does the interviewer ask? List 1.

2. What open questions does the interviewer ask? List 2.

3. The interviewer asks some follow-up questions. List 1.

Your Job: Super Cool HistorianName:______

YOUR TASKS: Listen to the experiences of the person interviewed on the CD.

  1. Read the questions below now.
  1. When the CD is playing, write down the answers. If you need extra time to write or to hear something again, nicely ask your team leader to rewind or stop the CD.
  1. When the CD is over, complete the group questions with your team leader.

QUESTIONS:

1. What challenges did Ky face after coming to Canada? List two.

2. What did Ky wear to Canada?

3. Who helped Ky when he arrived to Canada? List three ways in which they helped.

4. How does Ky describe how he feels about Canada today?