Interactive Interview

Students are responsible for two interactive interviews with members of the seal of biliteracy committee. One interview will be in English and the other will be conducted in the student’s chosen second language. Students are expected to demonstrate a “High Intermediate” proficiency in both languages during their interviews. Deer Park has taken proficiency guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and created a local rubric on which students will be evaluated.3 Each interview will be approximately 10 minutes per student.

For the interactive interview in English, students will be shown a culturally relevant picture or photograph. Students will be given a few minutes to study the image and jot down notes. The interview panel will proceed to ask students questions regarding their feelings and opinions regarding the subject and how it relates to them personally. As indicated by the rubric, students will be expected to answer questions fully and extensively.

For the interactive interview in a language other than English, students will prepare to answer the following question in their target language:

What importance do you feel cultural competence holds in the 21st century? How do you feel your bilingualism, biliteracy, and cultural and global knowledge help you succeed in today’s world?

Students will begin the conversation by presenting their answer to this question. Members of the interview panel will ask follow-up questions, and students will be expected to respond appropriately. For this interview, it is the district’s responsibility to include a speaker of the target language on the interview panel, so that the entire conversation may be held in that language

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