Interview Questions

1.  In your culture, how are boys and girls treated differently?

2.  How are elders treated?

3.  Can you tell me about the wedding ceremony in your culture? 

4.  How many babies can you have? 

5.  As a college student, do you have classes Monday thru Friday?

6.  Can you have a job while attending school?

7.  Does it matter who you date or marry?

8.  Can you live with your boyfriend or girlfriend if you’re dating?

9.  What kinds of food do you usually eat?

10.  Is there a certain food you eat every day?

11.  What do you drink and is there a favorite drink you like?

12.  What does the New Year celebration mean in your culture?

13.  What kinds of things do you do during the New Year celebration?

List of Interview Objectives

1.)  Emily
2.)  Mohammed
3.)  Le, Ha N

Interview Objectives

Interview Objectives

I would like to learn about:

Their culture

·         Boys/girl treated differently

·         Tell me about your wedding ceremony

·         Tell me about your child birth ceremony

·         How many babies can you have

·         Funerals

School system

·         How many levels are there in school

·         College levels

·         What’s the school hours/times/days

·         Can you have a job while attending school

Dating/meeting people

·         Does it matter who you date

·         What can you do and can’t do

·         Does he/she have to meet the parents first before dating

·         Can you go out all night with the person you’re dating

·         Can you live with him/her

What do you do in your everyday life

·         If you’re a student, what’s your everyday routine

·         If you’re a worker, what’s your  everyday routine

What kind of food do you usually eat

·         Is there a certain food you eat everyday

·         What’s your favorite food

·         What do you drink and is there a favorite drink you like

New Year Celebration

·         When is your New Year

·         What do you all usually do when the time comes

·         What does the New Year mean in your culture

Operationalizing the Interview Process

1)      Go to the Muilti Culture Center in Atwood

2)      Meet with students or president of the Chinese club

3)      Ask when their Chinese club are held, for examples: time, dates, and where

4)      Explain my project to the president of the club

5)      Talk to the students

6)      Tell and discuss to them about my interview process

7)      Tell them it might take 30-60 minutes of their time

8)      Ask some students if they’re interested in helping me

9)      Make an appointment/appointments with students

10)   Discuss further about project

11)   Get recorder at Miller Center

12)   Ask the workers in Miller Center how to use a recorder

13)   Buy the recordings or tapes I need

14)   Finalize interview objectives, so I understand what needs to be done

15)   Decide on the actual questions to ask my interviewee, so I know what I’m  doing and asking

16)   Print one question to my interviewees, so he/she has one as well

17)   Practice asking question, so I won’t rush or talk too fast

18)   Reserve a meeting room in the Miller Center or a place that they are comfortable in and make sure it’s quite

19)   Tell them how the process is going to go

20)   Thank them for their time

Global Communication Paper

 “Global communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information on a world-wide scale” (Dickson, 2004).  Lately, it had become hard to talk with other countries, for examples, time, distance, and language barriers. However, due to evolution of technology, it had become really easy to communicate. It had changed people’s life on social, cultural, and political levels.  In the past ten years, globalization has been promoted in many ways to communicate and do business around the world.

Global communication is a way of communicating for many centuries. Recently, it’s harder to communicate with different countries.  The reason why it’s hard to communicate with other countries was due to time, distance, and languages.  People live all over the world and the times are always different, such as, if it’s morning in the United States; it might be night time in Japan.  The distance is another major issue.  People live and were born in different countries.  Therefore, people have different languages.  It’s hard to communicate when people have different language because everyone has their way of speaking.  Without communication, it’s hard to do any kind of business.     

Evolving technology has made communication easier by many technologies.  The communication Satellite, computers, internet, and mobile phone have been powerful for people.  Mobile phone has been important.  The use of mobile phone “has continued to grow, with 72% of households having access to a mobile phone in 2002” (Dickson, 2004).  Computers and internet gives any kinds of information to people that they are looking for.  There are many ways the Communication satellite works.  They are used in “communications and television broadcast, weather forecasting, navigation, observing land, sea and air and other scientific communications” (Dickson, 2004). 

Evolving technology has changed life on social, cultural, and political levels.  By the new evolving technology, the way people do business and work is different.  They could communicate through technology easily, such as, Skype in the computers.  By communicating through technology, people could relate and interact with one another.  Therefore, by communicating with each other, they could create, learn, and process all kinds of information. 

In conclusion, global communication is very important for people around the world in many ways. It’s related to many things, such as, work. Communication is such an important part of life and with the evolving technology; it’ll help improve people with their important needs.

Dickson, Belinda.  Global Communication.  http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Global_Communication.  Web. 25 Aug. 2004.

Global Communication Outline

Intro: “Global communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information on a world-wide scale.” Recently, it had become hard to communicate with other countries, for examples, time, distance, and language barriers. However, due to evolution of technology, it had become really easy to communicate. It had changed people’s life on social, cultural, and political levels.


Thesis: In the past ten years, globalization has been promoted in many ways for different cultures around the world.

Body:

• It’s a way of communicating for many centuries. Recently, it’s harder to communicate with different countries.

1. Time
2. Distance
3. languages


• Evolving technology has made communication easier by many technology.

1. The development of mobile phone technology has been influential.
2. Computers and the internet
3. Communication Satellite


• Evolving technology has changed life on social, cultural, and political levels.

1. People’s business are run and how people work
2. People relate and interact with one another
3. People create, learn, and process information

Conc.: In conclusion, global communication is very important for people around the world in many ways. It’s related to many things, such as, work. Communication is such an important part of life and with the evolving technology; it’ll help improve people with their important needs.

Diane Hacker site

In the Diane Hacker site, I found many practice exercises to improve my writing skills. For example, some of the practice exercises I liked were word choice, punctuation, and the transitions. I found this website to be very useful, especially the transition exercise. It helped give me ideas and extra words to choose from instead of my own same words. Another thing I found interesting was when I got the answers right, it showed in a box below that I selected the correct answer. However, when I got the wrong answers, it said sorry and it explained to me why it was wrong. There were three things I learned. I learned how to not write run-on sentences, for example, the incorrect answer they gave me was, “My sister Elaine was awarded the Medal of Honor, however, she was not able to attend the awards ceremony.” The correct answer was, “My sister Elaine was awarded the Medal of Honor, but she was not able to attend the awards ceremony. The other information I learned was about the purpose and audience, for example, I had to pick which one sound correct; this sentence is correct, “After the machine stops, move the control lever to the reverse position.” This one is incorrect, “Move the control lever to the reverse position after the machine stops. The last thing I learned was about numbers. I had to pick which one are the best and correct, such as, the two examples it gave me was “At the back of the garden are six large azaleas” and “At the back of the garden are 6 large azaleas.” The sentence with the writing six is the correct answer.

Top 3 names of students- Story in a Box

Name: Laci Brune
Title: Story in a box

I ranked this story high because it was a nice paper to read. It was easy to follow and I can imagine what she was writing. Everything flows great. I could feel the emotions the girl name Jessa, in the story, was feeling. Also, I loved the ending to the story as she is beginning a new journey.



Name: Chris Crawford
Title: Accidents Happen

I ranked this story high because it was a catching story. The beginning of the story caught my attention and it made me wanted to read more. It was also different from the other stories I’ve read. The plot of the story was meaningful. He also followed the direction, such as it had a great flow, word choice, and used the inventory well.



Name: Haley E
Title: The drummer

I ranked this paper high because, for me, it met the requirements of what was asked. The paper had a great flow and the word of choice was great. It was easy to read. I liked this story a lot as well. It had a great meaning of how a boy name Charlie could change a teacher’s life and future.

Story in the box parameter

1. Great flow and easy to read ______ (MAX 5)

2. Intelligent plot ______ (MAX 4)

3. Logical flow of paragraphs, outline makes sense _____ (MAX3)

4. Play on words, word choice _____ (MAX2)

5. Complete inventory was used _____ (MAX1)