Question Interview

1. Tell me briefly about yourself ( age, nationality, ethnic background, etc. )
2. How is the weather at your country?
3. How do you end up choosing going to school at St. Cloud State?
4. What is your own perspective before coming to America?  How about now?
5. How is the school system in US compare to your origin country?
6. What major are you attending or thinking of attend?
7. Does your family/culture/religion have some kind of impact with your decision ( major? future?)
8. Is it common for the student in your country to go study abroad?
9. How is the culture teach you in life?  Cultural has a big impact with decision?  or Family?
10. Do you have arranged marriage?  About what age people usually get married?
11. Religious different might have an impact in a marriage?
12. Do you celebrate any other holidays different than the US?
13. What people usually do when they are free?
14. How do people travel? Car/motorcycle/bike/ train/ bus/ subway?
15. How long have you been in the US?  How do you like the food? Do you eat in Garvey? Do you cook your own country food over here?

Top 3 - Interview Process and Objectives

Here is my top 3

Kyle Matti
Chenlong Mao
Pa Kou Lee

Diane Hacker Site On-Blog Quiz

The "Diane Hacker Site" On-blog Quiz is a very useful site that can help you to do better in your English grammar.  The site gave you number of problem for you to try, also variety topic for you to practice.  They also explain why you do it right or wrong when you chose the answer.

As an English as a Second Language learner, I know that i made a lots of mistake in talking or writing even I use the writing check in Word Document.  So after I do all the quizzes in the site, I found some of the mistake that I kept making everyday but people dont really point it out for you so you can fix it.  It's good way to learn because now I know why I have been mistake since the site explain it.  "At our warehouse sale, cash, MasterCard, or Visa will only be accepted" or "At our warehouse sale, only cash, MasterCard, or Visa will be accepted".  In that example, i will choose the first one, but actually the right one is the second one.  Because they explain that "the limiting modifier only should come just before the words it modifies: only cash, MasterCard, or Visa".  Or I actually found out the way to use the semicolon and the comma.  Example " Experience is the best teacher (, / ; ) it gives the test before presenting the lesson. - Vernon Law"  I will choose the comma, but they explain that the semicolon is right, "because there is no coordinating conjunction between the independent clause".  Another thing that i found interesting is that something seem easy to do, but actually it's easy to fail.  Example :"In Germany it is difficult for foreigners to become citizens even if they've live (at/on/in/by) the country for a long time." I will choose at because at can stand in front of a geographic location, but in is also work, and in is the right one.

As I go through all the quizes, I actually find that interesting that something i used everyday is actually wrong, and need to  be fixed.  It's good that the site can focus on a small little things that people seem to forget, or think that it's too easy that they don't need to learn, but then they will make a mistake out of it.

Interview Processes & Objectives

Interview Process

1. Create question that need to ask ahead
2. Find places where international student used to hang
3. Find an organization that I am interested in their cultural
4. Speak to the student
5. Explain what is the assignment about
6. Ask them if they can help
7. Ask if they want face-to-face interview or chat
8. Where do they fell like to be interviewed at ( Carribou coffee, Atwood Lounge, or Library)
9. Make an appointment time and place
10. Get a recorder + notepad
11. Finalize the topics that will ask and also the questions will concentrate on
12. Probably get a study room in Miller Center ( library) so it'll be quiet and easy to record the conversation.
13. Make copy of the question will ask and give to the interviewee
14. Meet up with them at the appointed place
15. Thanks the interviewee for giving up their time just to help our assignment.
16. Go through the question with the interviewee and see if they fell comfortable to answer it.
17. Discuss with the interviewee about the question
18. Conclude all the question, come to the final, and thank the interviewee again.
19. Go home and write an outline about the interview.
20. Type it up as draft, then type a report, transcript
21. Post it to my blog.

Interview Objectives

1. Understand interviewee background, ethnic, cultural, religion
2. Culture and religion make an impact on one's life
3. School system different than America?
4. Why go study abroad? Why America? Why Minnesota? Know about the coldness in MN? Is it common to go study abroad?
5. Family culture? Asian? African? European? Any special during the year? Any holidays different than US?
6. What do people do for activities for fun?
7. How do people travel around? car? motorcycle? train? bus? subway?

Homework due sep 23rd

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