EIN INTERVIEW MIT ……….
AN INTERVIEW WITH…
You are going to do a TV or radio show interview a well-known German-speaking person – could
be from Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
Step 1
Work in pairs. Each of you choose a celebrity from the world of art, sport, music, television,
movies, politics or other. You will interview each other so you each need to be a different “famous
German-speaking person”.
Step 2
Change the questions into German – most of them are most of the ones from the Speaking
Assessment. Some are extra random questions, but easy to work out how to ask.
On the right, write in the FULL SENTENCE answers – make them ad detailed as possible.
Good evening Guten Abend
Welcome to “name of show” Willkommen bei “The Morning show”
Today we are interviewing Heute machen wir in Interview mit “Michael Schumacher“
“name”
How are you? Me: Wie geht es dir?
Partner: Mir geht es wirklich gut, danke
Where do you come from? Me: Wo kommst du her?
Partner: Ich komme aus Hürth, Deutschland
How old are you? Me: Wie alt bist du?
Partner: Ich bin vierundfünfzig Jahre alt
When is your birthday? Me: Wann ist dein Geburtstag?
Partner: Mein Geburtstag ist am dritten Januar
Where do you live? Me: Wo wohnst du?
Partner: Ich lebe in Gland, Schweiz
Are you married? Me: sind Sie verheiratet
Partner: ja ich bin verheiratet
What is your husband’s / Me: Was ist der Name deiner Frau?
wife’s / partner’s name? Partner: Der Name meiner Frau ist Corinna Schumacher
Have you got any siblings? Me: Hast du Geschwister?
Partner: Ja, ich habe zwei Geschwister
Have you got any children? Me: Hast du Kinder?
Partner: Ja, ich habe zwei Kinder
Have you got any pets? Me: Haben Sie Haustiere?
Partner: Ja, ich habe einen Hund
When do you get up? Me: Wann wachst du auf?
Partner: Ich wache um halb sechs auf
When do you go to bed? Me: Wann gehst du ins Bett?
Partner: Ich gehe um halb neun ins Bett
What is your favourite school Me: Was ist dein Lieblingsfach?
subject?
Partner: Mein Lieblingsfach in der Schule ist Mathematik
What is your favourite food? Me: Was ist Ihr Lieblingsessen?
Partner: Mein Lieblingsessen ist Pizza
What do you like to eat and
drink?
Can you cook?
Can you swim?
Can you sing?
What are your hobbies?
Do you play an instrument?
Do you do sport?
What do you do on the
internet?
Many thanks for the
interview. Bye!
You’re welcome. Bye!
Step 3
Working with your partner, take turns to be the interviewer and the interviewee – the famous
person.
Practise the interviews and then make a video recording of them.
REMEMBER – YOU MUST BOTH BE INTERVIEWER AND INTERVIEWEE, SO YOU BOTH HAVE TO ASK
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM IN YOUR ROLE OF FAMOUS PERSON.
You do not need to memorize the script but should try to make it look like you are not reading off
the paper.
It is a conversation, so you need to look at each other’s faces.
You can record your interviews on the one device. Then only the device owner needs to do an
upload of both interviews.
Upload the finished interviews to the Teams Assignment “Ein Interview mit…”