The Interview Steps

1) ­­Figure out where to find International students or what the most popular place is for them such as Atwood and go to it.
2) Ask them to participate in my assignment.
3) Explain the purpose and enough details about my assignment.
4) Ask if they are interested in this interview.
5) Get a recorder and the new batteries and tape or using my cell phone as a recorder.
6) Make sure that the recorder is good enough to record all the sound of the interview clearly.
7) Go over my interview objectives and questions and confirm them.
8) Try to Find  at least 3-4 international students and they must be from the same country.
9) Prepare my interview objectives and make sure at least 10 good questions on it.
10) Make sure that if my questions are good enough to ask them.
11) Invite them in a quite public place for example Caribue Caffee .
12) Search for information on the country the International student came from to have good feedback to prepare good question.
13) Tell them the topic and what we are going to do in the interview.
14) Show them my list of the questions.
15) Make sure the interviewees are ready to start.
16) During the conversation, speak as clearly as I can. Make sure they understand every question
17)Take notes as quickly as possible, to make sure what are they talking about.
18) Say thanks for them and Write what I get from the interview
19) Finalize the country report and interview transcript
20) Post the interview transcript and country report on my blog
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Interview Objective

I would like to know and learn...
a) Where are they come from, and what is the capital city of the country?
b) What is their currency name and how much it equal with the USA dollar?.
c) Where is the country located?
d) What are the most famous things in their country?
e) What is their treatment for elderly people?
f) Learning about special events like weddings and funerals?
g) What kind of important festivals do they have in their countries?
h) Why do they go aboard and study in the USA?
i) Learning about what their usually teach during the school days?
j) What are their majors?
k) Do they have some religions?
l) About their families and when they get married?
m) What are the most common sports the people play and like in their country?

n) Name some of these sports?

o) Do they want to go back to their countries when they graduate from SCSU?
p) Are they interested to my questions and interview?