Selfstudy: Step 1- Preparing questions for an interview project"

Hello, everyone!

Today I will be preparing a list of questions for my main project "Interviews with Ukrainian students in the UK". For this, I first want to define the purpose and specifics of my project. I think I would like to show the stories more from the side of human feelings and experiences. I would like to highlight the stories of people who have lived through such experiences.



That's the main goal: To share difficult experiences. To highlight the stories of real human stories. To show what conclusion the characters of my stories came to.

I also want to show different stories, it is important for me to gather as many diverse people of different ages, from different parts of the country as possible. To make it interesting and informative

I will prepare a list of my questions in Word and I plan to divide them into 3-4 blocks.
1. Formal questions for general understanding of the personality
2. How it all started?
3. What is home?
4. Education in Ukraine and education in England

 I plan to include personal information with reference to names and the use of photographs. I thought it appropriate to add the personal consent of each interviewee to the use of their information.

Here is a list of questions that I ended up with:

Part 1 — Formal questions
1. What is your full name?
2. How old are you? 

Part 2 — How it all began
3. How long have you been in England?
4. Do you remember how you felt during your first months in this country? How it was?
5. Can you discuss any cultural differences you've encountered between Ukraine and England?
6. Is there anything you will never get used to?
7. How has the language barrier, if any, impacted your communication and daily life in England? 

Part 3 — Home
8. What is home for you? Where is home for you?
9.When was the last time you were home? How did you feel?
10. Can you call England your new home?
11. When someone asks where you're from, what's going on inside you?

Part 4 — Education
12. How has the transition to the English education system been for you?
13. What university and study program are you currently enrolled in? If you have studied in Ukraine before, what kind of program was it and which university?

Part 5 — Formal moment
I will also need one of your photos for the article, if possible.
It would be great if it is a photo where you can clearly see your face.

Please write below a confirmation that I can use your real name and the answers you provided for my article.
In the format:

« I [your full name] consent to the use of the answers I provided, my real name and the photo I provided in the creative project of Karyna Fedorchuk »

This article will be used for my academic project at De Montfort University.
I do not intend to further publish or use the information you have provided.
Thank you again for your help!

Then I did a little research and chose 5 people who would be suitable for the role to interview and participate in the interview and contacted them.

All of them came to England within 2 years of each other, all of them studied in Ukraine before and all of them had experience of studying at a university or college in England during their time here