Identify an interview subject with a different cultural background

Interview Presentation: Questions

To prepare:

· Identify an interview subject with a different cultural background than you.

· Ask your interview subject the questions below. Be sure to record the interview and/or take good notes.

During the interview, ask the individual the following interview questions:

· Have you ever lived or visited outside of the United States? If so, where? Describe the experience.

· What do you identify as your culture?

· What are the most important values and beliefs of your family and community?

· What are the important events, traditions, celebrations, and practices in your family or community?

· How does your family or community define gender roles?

· How do you identify your:

· Race

· Ethnicity

· National origin

· Color

· Sex

· Sexual orientation

· Gender identity or expression

· Age

· Marital status

· Political belief

· Religion

· Immigration status

· Disability status

· How well do you fit within your family or community based on these other identities you hold?

· How do you think others outside your community view your culture?

· Have you experienced prejudice or discrimination? Please describe.

 

How you present yourself to others is an important part of being a social worker. Being able to present yourself in an open, caring, and professional manner helps with building rapport and influences your clients’ willingness to share their experiences. You also must be skilled at interacting with clients who are different from you.

Interviewing skills are also very important, as you have seen, and social workers must be mindful of how to conduct an interview in a culturally competent and culturally sensitive manner.

In this Assignment, you have an opportunity to practice your engagement and assessment skills. You conduct an interview with an individual from a different culture than your own to learn their perspective about culture and gender. The goal is for you to explore the cultural norms within that ethnic or cultural group

WEEKLY RESOURCES

TO PREPARE

• Identify an interview subject from a culture other than your own.

• Download the Interview Presentation: Questions handout from the Learning

Resources.

• Ask your interview subject the questions found in the Interview Presentation handout. Be sure to take good notes.

• Create a presentation about the interview.

• Reflect on interviewing the subject, the skills you used, your reaction to the activity, and what you learned that you can apply in future work.

• Develop PowerPoint slides about your interview.

 

Submit a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation about your interview with a person from a

different culture than your own. Your presentation should include 8–10 slides.

Please remain mindful of confidentiality and privacy of the interviewee

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