TREDFOR VOCATION EXPOSURE PROGRAM (TVEP)

Marriage & Family Education Program

Requirements * Interview of married couple. They may be living together or not, in the case of OFWs or those
who are separated; married civilly or in the Church. * May interview one spouse in the case of
widow /widower. *Interviewees must be your own parents

Format: Arial 12 font, single space, short bond paper

Format of the Paper
Front Page:
Students complete name, I.D number, course/ section, professors name, submission date
Part One: a. Complete name of the interviewee (married couple)
DEMOGRAPHIC b. Age
PROFILE c. Religion
d. Educational background
e. Occupation
f. Age when they got married
g. No. of years of marriage
h. Date, place (church) of marriage
Part Two GUIDE QUESTIONS
INTERVIEW 1. How did you meet? What was the initial impression the first time you met each other?
PROPER 2. How long did you date and court each other? What made you think then that your
The questions should cover spouse is “the one”? Explain.
the period of marital 3. What are the qualities that you admire most from him/her? Are these the same qualities
relationship before that you were looking for from the man/woman you will marry?
marriage, during the 4. Describe your wedding day. Do you consider the event so special? Why?
wedding day, and after the 5. What are the challenges you faced before the marriage and immediately after the
wedding. After the marriage as young wedded couple?
wedding means the 6. What is the most serious problem/conflict that you consider to have put to test your
married life as husband and marriage? Why?
wife, as parents to their 7. Describe your experience of being parents and that of raising children.
children. Interviewees' 8. Is married life a bed of roses? Is there a perfect marriage?
answers to the questions 9. Is there anything you sacrificed for marriage? for your children? What was it?
must be written in 10. Due to the difficulties of married life, have you ever considered giving up? What made
verbatim, i.e., in exactly you survive the hardships of married life? (If the marriage did not succeed, what did not
the same words as were work?)
used originally. 11. What is your understanding of love then and now?
12. What do you think is the key for a successful marriage/relationship? Why?
13. After years of marriage, can you say that you are happy with your marriage?
What message can you give for each other?
14. What advices or lessons could you give or pass down to young people who are
planning to get married?
Part Three: 1. What can you say about their married life? What did you realized/discover?
GUIDE QUESTIONS 2. What do you resolve to do after understanding the life they have?
FOR PERSONAL 3. How can you apply the lessons/insights learned from the interview with your present
REFLECTION and future relationships, especially in your own married life?
** An essay with minimum of 500 words.
Part Four Photos of actual interview with captions (interviewees with interviewer)
ATTACHMENTS
TBA
SUBMISSION DATE Preferably 11th week of the term
LATE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Remember: No TVEP means 0.0 Grade in TREDFOR