In this blog post, I will be reflecting on my immigration interview:

For my Immigration Interview, I interviewed my mother. I chose her to interview because: 1. She is the only interview I know. 2. She is my mother and I want to know how she got here and started her actual life.

The way I selected the questions to ask my interviewee was basic questions to start off, like Where you born? Then, I chose questions based on how important they would be for the interview. I also based some questions off on how curious I was to know about my interviewee.

These questions that I chose were eventually a success because I got clear, nice, thorough answers. I found the answers that I was looking for, and the information that I found would help me make the WeVideo out of them. (Also, my interviewee provided me with some pictures.)

Something I learned about my immigrant interviewee is that not all immigrants have to be emigrating from their country, or not in my interviewee’s place. My mother had a great life back in her country, but she just wanted to experience life in a different country or culture.

What I learned about conducting an interview is that you need to talk in a slow and clear voice. You can’t rush your interviewee. You also have to make eye-contact with your interviewee so that they know that you care and you are listening to them word – for – word.

For me, some big ideas about immigration is that you don’t have to have a bad life in your home country just to immigrate to another country. Also, even though immigrants may seem different than you, they just have differences from you, like their language or religion. You are all the same people on the inside.

I liked the interview because it was a learning process, I learned how to conduct an interview, and because helped me to enhance my language skills. I really hope that we do more of these projects soon!