Thursday, November 4, 2010
My Second Interview
Interview
Mohammed: Hi. My name is Mohammed.
Mingyur: Hi. My name is Mingyur.
Mohammed: Thank-you for the chance you gave me to interview you and I really appreciate it. So, how was your class today?
Mingyur: You know evening class, you cannot wait to get out, and you have your eyes at the clock, thinking when it will strike 5:50 pm. However, it was interesting.
Mohammed: So, which class are you taking?
Mingyur: Right now, the class from 4 to 6 pm?
Mohammed: Yeah!
Mingyur: It’s a health promotion class.
Mohammed: So, what’s your major?
Mingyur: Mine, are a double major in Public Health, with Global Studies and a minor in Creative Writing.
Mohammed: Oh! Interesting! So, is this why you came from Vietnam, to Saint Cloud, to the United States?
Mingyur: Yes.
Mohammed: So, how long have you been here?
Mingyur: 3 years. It’s actually, 2 and a half since I had to take a semester off due to family emergency.
Mohammed: Oh! Its 3 years. So, how long are you planning to stay here?
Mingyur: I plan to graduate next fall.
Mohammed: Oh! That’s great.
Mingyur: Hopefully.
Mohammed: Hopefully.
Mingyur: And after that, I plan to do my MBA.
Mohammed: MBA? Where? Here?
Mingyur: I’m not sure because, I’m still not sure if I want to MBA or Masters in Public Health because that’s what I want to study. When I was little, I wanted to become a doctor, so I studied to be a doctor till the 12th grade. Then, I changed my plan because I don’t want to be waiting in the clinic for the patients. I rather be out on the place, especially in the villages where I believe I can be of more help.
Mohammed: So, are you originally from village?
Mingyur: Yeah. My maternal grandparents were from the village in the North Vietnam.
Mohammed: I myself love the villages. If you ask me where I would love to live with my family in the future, I would say the villages because, the life there is so simple, and peaceful unlike the life in the city.
Mingyur: I agree. In the city, we tend to buy things that we are not in need of, but rather for the sake of being fashionable. This thing I don’t understand why people do it. However, in the village, we are not hungry for materialistic things. Plus, in the village, you are contended with whatever you have and with the little you have and that’s what I call being at peace.
Mohammed: Do you want to start with our interview questions?
Mingyur: Sure!
Mohammed: First of all, you have mentioned to me about your major, and before we start, could you tell me about yourself and your family.
Mingyur: My family consists of 8 members. I have 2 brothers and a sister. My older brother is married, is a proud father of a 2 year old son and will soon be a father for the second time. We hail from the North Vietnam, very peaceful place situated amidst the exotic greenery and thrilling waterfalls.
Mohammed: Sounds awesome. So, do you live in the same house as your family?
Mingyur: Yes, I do. My older brother and his small family also live with us.
Mohammed: Is this your culture to live all together?
Mingyur: Yes, it’s my culture to live all together.
Mohammed: Oh! It’s the same with my culture as well.
Mingyur: Nice.
Mohammed: So, how about the girls in your country? Is it mandatory for me to live with their husband and husband’s family, once they are married off?
Mingyur: Well, in Vietnam, once a girl is married off, it’s our tradition for the girl to leave her parents’ house and go and live with her husband. But these days, with every country becoming more modernized, there are few families that allow having their daughter and son-in-law live with them instead.
Mohammed: Okay. My next question is do you have a religion?
Mingyur: Yes, we do.
Mohammed: What is it?
Mingyur: I am a Buddhist, so is my family and so are the majority of Vietnam. On the contrary, we have few percentages of people who are Muslims and Atheists.
Mohammed: So, you are from Vietnam, can you tell me a little bit about Vietnam?
Mingyur: Vietnam is an S shaped country, situated in the South East Asia, neighboured by Laos and Thailand. The majority landscape of Vietnam is hills and forests, hence bringing in the wild life, I would say.
Mohammed: Nice. So, my next question is what are the most common sports that people play in Vietnam?
Mingyur: In Vietnam, we play all the games, comprising of volleyball, soccer, tennis, badminton, swimming and basketball.
Mohammed: Oh! That sounds great. My next question is how did you involve with the new culture?
Mingyur: At the beginning, it was really difficult. Being so far away from home, I missed the food and my family the most.
Mohammed: Same here. What are some of the difficulties you have faced while in the US and how have you dealt with them?
Mingyur: Coming to a totally new place, with vast differences between the living styles back home and where I am now, was totally a big change. I would say, the difficulties that I faced the most, was not being able to have my family here with me. You are always in need of your motherly support and your fatherly advices when you need them, and while being here, I missed those the most. However, as time flew, I got around with people and I’ve been well settled here.
Mohammed: That’s good to hear. My next question is what are the differences between the education systems here in the US and your country?
Mingyur: In the secondary education, I have seen a lot of freedom in the US education system. For an example, back home, it was mandatory for us to study all subjects and we were given little choices whereas, in the high schools, children are given many choices. On the contrary, in the college systems in Vietnam was in such a way that if you were studying a particular subject like medicine, you were to concentrate and take classes only medicine. Meanwhile, the US College systems is broad in such a way that it is mandatory for all students to fulfil the 10 cores of the University requirements and I prefer this way, because it educates us more, enabling us to study subjects that later may be of help.
Mohammed: That’s true! Thank you so much Mingyur, for giving me the time and the chance to interview you again. It was my pleasure to have you as my interviewee.
Mingyur: I’m happy to be of help! Thank you.
Preparations for the interview
The interviewer, Mohammed and the interviewee, Mingyur are friends. I, Mohammed had asked Mingyur, who is from Vietnam to spare some time and help with my project. She agreed to be my 2nd interviewee and we had planned to meet on the 3rd November, 2010 at 4 pm in Atwood. She informed me of her class which ended at 6pm and therefore, we decided to postpone our meeting to 6 pm. We met at Atwood at 6:15 pm and we started the interview. After that, I came up with ten questions along. My objective for the interview was to have Mingyur give me as much information she could about Vietnam and about being an international student. I wanted to learn about the pros and cons of the Vietnam and American university system. I also wanted to learn more about German traditions.
Country report
Vietnam
Vietnam is among the most stunning nations situated within the South East Asia. Its capital city is Hanoi. According to Dirk (2004, p. 34), Vietnam has a total area of 329,560 square kilometers, and its typical time zone is UTC/GMT +7 hours. Into the North, the country divides up the extended borderline with China. In the South West, Vietnam is bounded by the Gulf of Thailand, in the East by the Gulf of Tonkin, by Laos and Cambodia in the West, and by South China Sea in the East and South. Vietnam has an exclusive shape of a stretched out S together with an elongated coastline of 2,140 miles with numerous amazing sites.
History
The history of Viet Nam began 2,700 years ago. It served as a state ruled first by China, then followed by Mongolians and finally, undertaken by French. It got its independence from the French on September 2, 1945. However, Viet Nam was separated into North and South and unfortunately, led to the Viet Nam War. The North side ended up winning the internal war.
Demographics
The results of the 2001 “Survey on Population Dynamics and Family Planning” (Dirk, 2004) indicate that Vietnam is 3rd very populous state within Southeast Asia and the 14th very populous of more than 200 territories and nations in the world. In 2001 the total population was 78.7 million people, but in 2009 the population was over 85.8 million people. The swift population increase is not only as a result of the hard work of poverty cutback and hunger eradication at the local and national level but also on individuals at the family level. The entire fertility rate is 1.87 children born per a woman. According to Sharmar (2001), the country’s birth rate is rather high, 16.47 births per two populations. On the other hand, the death rate goes up to 6.18 deaths per 1000 population. In a total of 71.33 year, her life expectancy on birth, male can live up to 68.52 years whereas female upto74.33 years. Vietnamese administration identifies over 54 ethnic groups in which the “Viet” group is the leading with 85.8% of the whole population. Viet are concentrated in the coastal plains and alluvial deltas. Vietnam people mainly speak the so-called Vietnamese; all the same there are other languages such as Chinese, Tay, Khmer, Nung and Muong.
Topography
Vietnam is mainly made up of hills as well as mountains that are densely forested. In essence, a large percentage of her population lives on level ground which is only 20%: out of 40% of her 331,688 Km2 is mountainous, while the other 40% is hills. Just about 25% of the total land is under cultivation. The fraction may seem small, but with the use of bio-technology the agriculture sector is able to produce enough food for the country’s population. Back in history, forest occupied 75% of the country, nevertheless during the Vietnam War the US Army cleared most forests and the figure reduced to 23% in the year 1980 (Sharma, 2001, p. 6). Currently, plans programs are underway to put back at least 5m hectares. Up to now, 0.6m ha is already reforested. The following diagram illustrates a portion of the mountains in Vietnam.
Government and politics
The Communalist Republic if Vietnam comprises of a single-party state. In 1992 precisely in April a different state constitution was officially approved therefore taking the place of the 1975 edition. The key function of the “Communist Party of Vietnam” (Zirk, 2005) was later on reasserted in every organ of politics, society and government. During contest election, only political groups united with the Communist party are allowed to take part. They include trade and worker unionist parties and the “Vietnamese Father Front.” Like any other nation, Vietnam is headed by a president who is also the “Commander in Chief of the Military of Vietnam” He or she is also expected to chair the “Council on National Defense and Security.” Currently, Vietnam has a prime minister called Nguyen Tan Dung who is the top of the government, supervising over a committee of ministers comprising of three delegate prime ministers together with 26 commissions and ministries.
International relation
At present Vietnam has her own foreign policy. The policy is of diversification and openness as well as multi-lateralization of foreign relation. Also, it talks about actively and proactively engaging in oversea economic corporation which intensifies foreign togetherness in other fields. In reality, Vietnam is an associate and reliable colleague of every country within the international community. Actively, she plays a significant role in regional and international cooperation processes. As of 2007, Vietnam had recognized ambassadorial relations with exactly 172 nations such as the United States. What is more, she embraces relationship of 63 international parties including ASEAN, WTO, United Nations and other 650 non-government parties. In a nut shell, Vietnam has a sound international relation.
At times an individual may wish to carry out a business in a certain country, say Vietnam. Another person may have plans to visit and explore a country. In such scenarios, it is beneficial for one to have an understanding of the people and geography of the country he or she wants to visit or do business. It is only through a country report that this can be accomplished. Consequently, the above Vietnam report is very significant when it comes to understanding the Republic of Vietnam, her people and environment.
References
Dirk, A. M., Brownlie, A. L., & Bease, D. L. (2004). A study of the countries in the world. Journal of Vietnam, 9(3), 10-19.
Sharma, P. (2001). The committee for population, family and children of Vietnam.
New York: Routledge.
Zirk, A. (2005). Global dimming: global isssues,49. Retrieved from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LW4LYcAhidQJ:www.unescap. org/esid/psis/population/5appc/doc/Vietnam_country_report.doc+vietnam+country+repor t&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ke&client=firefox-a
Objectives:
1. Learn a little bit about Vietnam.
2. How people live in their country and what they usually do beside their jobs.
3. Learn about their families and how they treat elderly people
4. Learn more about marriage/dating and when people start dating.
5. Traditions in their country.
6- Compare the similarities and differences between Vietnam and the United State in areas such as education, culture and lifestyle.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
My first interview
How did you approach people? When, where, and how did you conduct and record the interview?
Whom did you interview?
My interviewee from Vietnam and her name is Ha and she is 19 year old. When my professor asked us to make an interview and we have to interview at least three students from the same country, I thought it’s too hard to find three students from one country. Also, I don’t know if they can help me to interview them, so I start looking for friends or classmates. At the beginning I chose China, because I have too many Chinese friends, but unfortunately most of them taking English class 191 with me, while my professor told us don’t picked interviewee from our class. Then, I really got stuck about who will help me. Two days ago I was drinking coffee in Caribou café after having a really hard math test, so one of my last semester classmate came to me and say “Hi” and we had talked a lot about her and my classes. When we were talking I remembered that she’s from Vietnam , then I immediately asked her can you help me with my English 191 class and I explained to her my situation and she said of course I can help you and I can find some Vietnamese students too. So, we set up an appointment to do the interview and that was yesterday, October, 27, 2010 at 4:00 pm in the same café which is Caribou. Before we started the interview I appreciate her help and I asked her what she wants to drink. After a while of talking randomly about school and her jobs and life in Minnesota in general, we started our interview. I really spent good time interviewing a student from the country that I don’t know anything about it. I excited and enjoyed every single piece of
information that I heard from my interviewer.
2. Describe the interview. What did surprise you?
At the beginning I have no idea about Vietnam all I knew is that , its in Asia and I heard about the war between the US and Vietnam. So these are all my background about Vietnam.To be honest I was not expecting any developments in Vietnam because of the war, but i really surprised when I heard from a Vietnamese person that they have such a beautiful land with high population in their country.
3. Report on country/region and culture.
Whom did you interview?
My interviewee from Vietnam and her name is Ha and she is 19 year old. When my professor asked us to make an interview and we have to interview at least three students from the same country, I thought it’s too hard to find three students from one country. Also, I don’t know if they can help me to interview them, so I start looking for friends or classmates. At the beginning I chose China, because I have too many Chinese friends, but unfortunately most of them taking English class 191 with me, while my professor told us don’t picked interviewee from our class. Then, I really got stuck about who will help me. Two days ago I was drinking coffee in Caribou café after having a really hard math test, so one of my last semester classmate came to me and say “Hi” and we had talked a lot about her and my classes. When we were talking I remembered that she’s from Vietnam , then I immediately asked her can you help me with my English 191 class and I explained to her my situation and she said of course I can help you and I can find some Vietnamese students too. So, we set up an appointment to do the interview and that was yesterday, October, 27, 2010 at 4:00 pm in the same café which is Caribou. Before we started the interview I appreciate her help and I asked her what she wants to drink. After a while of talking randomly about school and her jobs and life in Minnesota in general, we started our interview. I really spent good time interviewing a student from the country that I don’t know anything about it. I excited and enjoyed every single piece of
information that I heard from my interviewer.
2. Describe the interview. What did surprise you?
At the beginning I have no idea about Vietnam all I knew is that , its in Asia and I heard about the war between the US and Vietnam. So these are all my background about Vietnam.To be honest I was not expecting any developments in Vietnam because of the war, but i really surprised when I heard from a Vietnamese person that they have such a beautiful land with high population in their country.
3. Report on country/region and culture.
Vietnam
Vietnam is among the most stunning nations situated within the South East Asia. Its capital city is Hanoi. According to Dirk (2004, p. 34), Vietnam has a total area of 329,560 square kilometers, and its typical time zone is UTC/GMT +7 hours. Into the North, the country divides up the extended borderline with China. In the South West, Vietnam is bounded by the Gulf of Thailand, in the East by the Gulf of Tonkin, by Laos and Cambodia in the West, and by South China Sea in the East and South. Vietnam has an exclusive shape of a stretched out S together with an elongated coastline of 2,140 miles with numerous amazing sites.
History
The history of Viet Nam began 2,700 years ago. It served as a state ruled first by China, then followed by Mongolians and finally, undertaken by French. It got its independence from the French on September 2, 1945. However, Viet Nam was separated into North and South and unfortunately, led to the Viet Nam War. The North side ended up winning the internal war.
4. Transcribe the interview.
4. Transcribe the interview.
Me: Hi, how are you doing?
Ha: hi, I doing great, thanks, how about you?
Me: I’m fine thank, I’m glad that you give an opportunity to interview you?
Ha: no problems you are my x-classmate, she laughing that mean she joking.
Me: Can you tell me about yourself and which country you come from?
Me: Can you tell me about yourself and which country you come from?
Ha: my name is Ha and I’m 19 years old and I’m from Vietnam, acutely I was living in the capital city of my country which is Hanoi. I have one sister and one brother and of course my mum and dad.
Me: Can you tell me a little bit about your country?
Me: Can you tell me a little bit about your country?
Ha: Vietnam is a strip of land shaped like the letter “S”. I would like to say my country is very beautiful; love the weather there with tropic and monsoons. Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world. People in my country are very friendly.
Me: What are the most famous things in your country?
Me: What are the most famous things in your country?
Ha: It’s difficult to answer this question, because my country has a lot of places, things that people from difference countries like. Including culture, foods, travel perfect pictures of landscape of rice paddies and water buffalo, wide tree-lined streets full of bicycles and motorcycles.
Me: How are elderly people treated? Or what are the treatments for elderly people?
Me: How are elderly people treated? Or what are the treatments for elderly people?
Ha: At home, one is expected to show respect to parents and family members. Outside the home, it is shown to elderly people, teachers, and other authority figures. By showing respect to others, individuals indicate their expectation that they will be treated with the respect due their age, social status, or authoritative position.
Me: Do you have any special events in your culture?
Me: Do you have any special events in your culture?
Ha: I really not in my culture really much, but I love to watch the music’s video from my country.
Me: What is the main religion in your country?
Me: What is the main religion in your country?
Ha: The main religion is Buddhism. And do you believe in any religion? I don't believe in any religion.
Me: What are the most common sports that people play and like in your country?
Me: What are the most common sports that people play and like in your country?
Ha: I would like to say soccer, badminton.
Me: How do you involved in new cultures in America?
Me: How do you involved in new cultures in America?
Ha: First it was a little bit hard for me, but since I been here for while and being friends with all the people from different countries so I have learned it quickly.
Me: What is the thing that you find here in the US make you feel homesick?
Me: What is the thing that you find here in the US make you feel homesick?
Ha: The Vietnamese foods and weather.
Me: What is the hardest part about being away from country?
Me: What is the hardest part about being away from country?
Ha: Miss my family and my friends back there. So I would say homesick.
Me: What is your academic background?
Me: What is your academic background?
Ha: Before I moved here I was in 10 grades.
Me: And what is your major?
Ha: My major is Finance
Me: Could you tell me the differences between American education and your home education?
Me: Could you tell me the differences between American education and your home education?
Ha: I could say the education here is way easy than my country, the classes rooms are different, the way teaching and the way students communicate with their teacher are way different.
Me: What kinds of difficulties have you experienced in US?
Me: What kinds of difficulties have you experienced in US?
Ha: The most difficult thing I have ever had is the language.
Me: How do you overcome them?
Ha: I keep trying to learn and speak with people around me so my English can get better, and of course I ignore all the bad things around me.
Me: Can you tell me when people usually get married in your country?
Me: Can you tell me when people usually get married in your country?
Ha: In the village they get married early around the age is 18 or 20, but in the city they want to get there degree first then they get married at the age 25 or 30.
Me: What is the common age for dating?
Me: What is the common age for dating?
Ha: Its depend on the family, but for now this day students in high school at the age like 16 or 17 years old, they already date.
Me: What is your plane when you graduate from SCSU?
Me: What is your plane when you graduate from SCSU?
Ha: I will stay here get a job for while after that I will go back to my country, live with my family there and have my own business.
Me: Do you want to say anything’s (comment, questions) before we finish our interview?
Ha: I would like to recommend people should visit my country because it’s so beautiful
Me: Do you want to say anything’s (comment, questions) before we finish our interview?
Ha: I would like to recommend people should visit my country because it’s so beautiful
Objectives:
1. Learn a little bit about Vietnam.
2. How people live in their country and what they usually do beside their jobs.
3. Learn about their families and how they treat elderly people
4. Learn more about marriage/dating and when people start dating.
5. Traditions in their country.
6- Compare the similarities and differences between Vietnam and the United State in areas such as education, culture and lifestyle.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
My first interview experience in class
With whom did you work?
What did you learn from her or him?
What did you think of the communicative situation?
How did it make you feel?
How did it prepare you to conduct the "real" interviews?
I have worked with 2 girls from my English 191 class and I learned quit enough information from their country and culture. The first interviewee is Hailey Eder and she is from the united state of America. I learned how the people are closed to each others in the small town such as her own town which is Buffalo. Also, I interested to the way people usually meet and date, because they are little bit religiosity, that how people are in my country too. However, the youth people in Buffalo are not tradition as their family. We talked about studying abroad and how its work for us, and she wants to continue her education in Europe especially in Paris for many personal reasons and I hope she can do it.
My first partner is Nan Wang and she is from one of the oldest country and culture in the World. She came from China and she grew up in a small city called Zhong Shan Province. I have been shocked from the population in her small town; it seems more than some countries population ever. Furthermore, I have known that people in China have a lot of differences between their cultures. She explained that their marriage ceremony is not too complicated and couples can get married easily, by dating each other’s the feel in love after that get married. So it’s more different than the culture I came from, which is the parents can manage their son’s life whether agree or disagree with the couple’s decision.
In conclusion, I felt comfortable with my interviewee and they are really kind. I got all the information I asked for clearly and the communicative situation were really positive. This interview makes me ready and more confident to do my “real” interviews and it’s helped me a lot.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Questions for Interviews
1- Which country are you come from?
2- Can you tell me a little bit about your country?
3-What are the most famous things in your country?
4-How are elderly people treated? Or what are the treatments for elderly people?
5- Do you have any special events in your culture?
6- What is the main religion in your country? And do you believe in any religion?
7-What are the most common sports that people play and like in your country?
8- How do you involved in new cultures in America?
9- What is the thing that you find here in the US make you feel homesick?
10-What is the hardest part about being away from country?
11-What is your academic background? And what is your major?
12- Could you tell me the differences between American education and your home education?
13-What kinds of difficulties have you experienced in US? How do you overcome them?
14-Can you tell me when people usually get married in your country?
15- What is the common age for dating?
16- What is your plane when you graduate from SCSU?
17- Do you want to say anything’s (comment, questions) before we finish our interview?
2- Can you tell me a little bit about your country?
3-What are the most famous things in your country?
4-How are elderly people treated? Or what are the treatments for elderly people?
5- Do you have any special events in your culture?
6- What is the main religion in your country? And do you believe in any religion?
7-What are the most common sports that people play and like in your country?
8- How do you involved in new cultures in America?
9- What is the thing that you find here in the US make you feel homesick?
10-What is the hardest part about being away from country?
11-What is your academic background? And what is your major?
12- Could you tell me the differences between American education and your home education?
13-What kinds of difficulties have you experienced in US? How do you overcome them?
14-Can you tell me when people usually get married in your country?
15- What is the common age for dating?
16- What is your plane when you graduate from SCSU?
17- Do you want to say anything’s (comment, questions) before we finish our interview?
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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?
p) Are they interested to my questions and interview?
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
,,,,,,,,,,,,
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?
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