Angela Vilarino will be the host for the next podcast.
Valentine’s Day is coming up next Tuesday, and the plan we’ve concocted is for her to get people talking about Valentine’s Day, or the equivalent, in their country, and also about related topics of relations between (young) men and women.
She showed me a scripted introduction she’d written to the show, and a set of questions. (Funny how the students all seem to have gone for this approach – perhaps they are quizzing previous hosts.)
I recommended to her the technique of having a set of question cards, from which the interviewee can select a few that they are happy to talk about. (Time-saving from the producers’ point of view, and from the interviewee’s point of view, I believe it gives them a degree of control over the interview.)
Here are the questions Angela presented to her classmates, for them to choose from. (She included a few suggestions I made, and some but not all suggested language corrections.)
ANGELA’S QUESTIONS
Are you in love?
Can you tell us about St. Valentines in your country?
How do you celebrate St Valentine’s in your country?
What kind of presents do you get?
What kind of presents do you given?
What do you think about St Valentine’s Day?
What do you like to give you your girlfriend or boyfriend?
What are you going to give your girlfriend or boyfriend?
Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
Do you celebrate St. Valentine’s Day?
Can boys and girls go out together or alone with out parents in your country?
How can boyfriend and girlfriend meet the first time?
Where can boyfriends and girlfriend meet?
How can boyfriends and girlfriends meet in your country?
Who was your first boyfriend or girlfriend?
How old were you when you had your first girlfriend or boyfriend?
Do you remember your first kiss?
