Job interview

The interview aimed to address the question of what role language plays in the ethnic identities of second generation immigrants. While there is a broad body of work on the subject of migration and language spanning several fields, including population studies and sociolinguistics, much of the associated literature is based on quantitative studies. For instance, Rumbaut (2012) used survey data to examine immigrant families’ language retention rates, while Cherciov (2012) and Medvedeva (2012)…

understanding the process of an interview by just responding with head nods or a child replying with a response that assures you that they understand the process of the interview. In order for an interview to be successful with a child there are certain procedures that should be followed. This essay will explain my experience while interviewing a 5 year old African American child name Alicia Atkins. It will explore the process of the interview, reflection upon completion of the interview,…

Ch 19 1. The factors that may influence respondents’ interpretation of words include ethnicity, region, nationality, sex, age and education. Word nuances and ambiguities , or unique and unclear language, can also affect word interpretation . Other factors are modifying adjectives and adverbs, grammatical standards, double negatives, double-barreled (two question) questions, leading and loaded questions, over-demanding recall questions, and questions that include prestige. 2. Often, occasionally,…

We were able to go through every question and the small talk in between questions helped us transition smoothly. Many of his answers, were not new to me and were similar to those responded in the online survey I conducted. From his interview I found that he did not think activism had a solid source of origin. But most interestingly, I realized that activism in itself is just as political as the politics it attempts to address. Another interesting note for me was that the answers this…

that Abdul should carry out some face to face interviews as they are normally free to conduct, and will give him extra research data to help him with his business. Telephone Interview Similar to a face to face interview, Abdul would phone consumers in the area to see if they would like to answer some…

For this interview I Googled for different articles about preparing for in-depth interviews. I came across this particular article that caught my attention. I chose this article because it gave me more information about preparing myself for the interview. This article titled Collecting data by in-depth interviewing by Rita Barry, Ms. Barry said in-depth interview is a type of interview that researchers use to collect information, so we can attain a better understanding of the interviewee’s point…

The article The Effects of Age and Delay on Responses to Repeated Questions in Forensic Interviews With Children Alleging Sexual Abuse written by Samantha J. Andrews and Michael E. Lamb focuses their study on the repeated questions asked by the forensic interviewers to the children who might have been victims of an alleged child sexual abuse to check if the children don’t contradict the statements they provided, and hereby reinforcing their case against the suspect in the courts. The main…

out of the five interviews that have been completed thus far, there has been no two stories that have been alike. One woman discussed the adoption of her daughter who was a different race then she while another discussed her time travelling the nation, including the time she spent living in Alaska with her family. While I am usually unable to be present at the interviews due to conflicting work and class schedules, I have had the opportunity to listen to the voice-recorded interviews as I am…

Interviewing a person can make you connect with that person on a more personal level. A person will learn more about their family, education, and morals just by talking with them. Interviews can become uncomfortable if the interviewer is not comfortable around the interviewee. Interviews are extremely beneficial in a way that a person will compare the answers they are asking to their own way of answering the questions. It makes a person think more into the questions than just asking them up…

features of being context free and capable of extraordinary context-sensitivity’ (p699). When taking this perspective, and applying it to the transcription of the interview, 9 out of 14 of the statements in Sacks et al’s model are clearly context free, however statements 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are fairly context-sensitive. For example, due to the interview possibly being scripted or at least pre-planned we can rule out that turn order, size and distribution are likely to have restrictions, and due to…