Yes, there are no mock interviews, unless you are reading a script. It is always the real thing. No for the record, as today, but the real thing: You ask for information, to receive some, you start communicating and you are developing independent and also mutual interests. Do not forget that you will have a list of questions and you should try to address them. More important than that: do not interrupt too soon. Let your partner talk and develop thoughts fully. More language is more information and better understanding of her/his points of view.
Observations made by students:
1- The interview went well, the talking flowed freely and we were very interested in the responses.
2- We got to talking about many things more like a conversation but the interview needs structure between interviewer/interviewee.
3. We talked about many things but we think we need a good organization about the questions.
4- We talked about a lot of things but there were a lot of pauses between responses and the next question whil we tried to think of a question to ask.
5- We talked about many things but the most interested thing is food, we find both of our countries' main food is rice.
6.The first time I was not sure where to start but once i figure that out it was so amazing and awesome.
7. Sometimes the interviewee doesn't understand your vocabulary ; you need to use simple words.
8.confident is very necessary ,don't be afraid to talk with people.
9.It was interesting to see how open and natural conversation helps you learn more about someone than direct questions.
10.We talk many about American education.
11. We talk different culture, food , education and sports between China and American, it is very nice and interesting.
12. We talked about the experience in living China and America.
13. We talked about differences of living style and culture between Turkey and U.S.A.
14. Sometimes he had a hard time coming up with the correct words in English.
15. Our interview turned out to be more of a conversation about our lives.
16. we talked the religion about Saudi Arabia.
17. We talked about the food of Saudi Arabia and China.
18. we discussed about the different in cultures.
19. We talked more about similarities and differences between our cultures.
20.we had a good presentation,we talked about our countries China and Burundi.it was great.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Operationalizing the interview process. In-class mini-interviews.
1. ... imagine the entire process and describe steps that lead to the end result: your completed interview from a 30-45 minute recorded interview session. Some such ideas follow:
etc.
2. When considering your questions, please be sure...
• not to lead (manipulating the questions; "And how do you like it here in the great US of A", or "You must certainly think..."
• to allow the interviewee to ask questions of you
• to wind down the conversation slowly (you could ask whether your interviewee would like to add thoughts and ideas that you did not ask for, you could invite them to ask you questions, etc.)
• to thank your interviewee for the time and effort invested on your behalf
...
How many interviews with (international) students do I have to conduct and record?
Answer: 3
Do I have to transcribe all three?
Answer: You may deselect the weakest one and only transcribe the two best interviews. For the weak one, create your own narrative about the interview. What did you remember? An example here.
What do I post if I de-selct one interview?
Answer: You post the country report, the description of the preparation process, your objectives, and the explanation why you chose not to transcribe this interview. Then you post all of that minus the transcript.
3. We will conduct a few sample interviews and report about them on our blogs. This includes dos and donts. Then you can go ahead and interview. The first interview is due on your blogs the Tuesday after break. When posting your interview, be sure not to use your own full name or that of your interviewee. Use first name and first initial of the middle and also the last name only (in my case: RolandHS). We want to avoid that anyone could google these interviews.
- Write up a interview objectives list (what do you want your interview to achieve)
- Speak to students
- Explain what I need to do with their help
- Ask several students from the same cultural background
- Make an appointment
- Get a recorder and fresh batteries and a tape
- Finalize my interview objectives so that I know what I am doing
- Decide on core questions so that I know what to ask
- Reserve a meeting room in MC, dorm, Atwood
- ...
etc.
2. When considering your questions, please be sure...
• not to lead (manipulating the questions; "And how do you like it here in the great US of A", or "You must certainly think..."
• to allow the interviewee to ask questions of you
• to wind down the conversation slowly (you could ask whether your interviewee would like to add thoughts and ideas that you did not ask for, you could invite them to ask you questions, etc.)
• to thank your interviewee for the time and effort invested on your behalf
...
How many interviews with (international) students do I have to conduct and record?
Answer: 3
Do I have to transcribe all three?
Answer: You may deselect the weakest one and only transcribe the two best interviews. For the weak one, create your own narrative about the interview. What did you remember? An example here.
What do I post if I de-selct one interview?
Answer: You post the country report, the description of the preparation process, your objectives, and the explanation why you chose not to transcribe this interview. Then you post all of that minus the transcript.
3. We will conduct a few sample interviews and report about them on our blogs. This includes dos and donts. Then you can go ahead and interview. The first interview is due on your blogs the Tuesday after break. When posting your interview, be sure not to use your own full name or that of your interviewee. Use first name and first initial of the middle and also the last name only (in my case: RolandHS). We want to avoid that anyone could google these interviews.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Homework for Feb 28
1. If you did not create a re-post of the eleven core questions, it is high time for that.
2. Start thinking about whom you want to interview.
3. Next week, we will practice interviewing in class, and then it's off to the races for you: the first completed interview needs to be on your blog the Tuesday after spring break.
I will be posting information about the interview process this week-end.
2. Start thinking about whom you want to interview.
3. Next week, we will practice interviewing in class, and then it's off to the races for you: the first completed interview needs to be on your blog the Tuesday after spring break.
I will be posting information about the interview process this week-end.
Who completed the answers for eleven questions by noon today?
xingyiz
yue wang
Tiffany Smith
Nicholas Schleif
Kelsey Reinke
Tiffany Purfeerst
Tyler Patterson
Lianlin
liu
Zhongmeizi Li
Ashley Karma
YiGu
Mengyao Ding
Boshichen
Wenting Cai
justine Barron
Abdullah A
Farrux Abdullaev
All others will get an F on this assignment, if it is not posted by 8:30PM tonight. Late posts can only get Average grades (C).
yue wang
Tiffany Smith
Nicholas Schleif
Kelsey Reinke
Tiffany Purfeerst
Tyler Patterson
Lianlin
liu
Zhongmeizi Li
Ashley Karma
YiGu
Mengyao Ding
Boshichen
Wenting Cai
justine Barron
Abdullah A
Farrux Abdullaev
All others will get an F on this assignment, if it is not posted by 8:30PM tonight. Late posts can only get Average grades (C).
Feb 21 Prioritizing questions, using library resources, beginning to interview
A. We have a core list of questions for our interviews. Be sure to prioritize this list now and re-post it. My two questions cannot be at the beginning.
B. 1. Work in the new groups. Find three people you have not worked with. The group must be culturally and gender mixed. Each member create a post "Library Research Assistance" for their own part of the task and all other group elements prepared today. By the end of today, we want to have facilitated research of any topics enabling you to better research about countries and cultures of your interviewees, including reporting of the process and interview content. Remember to cite your sources!
Objective: Select examples from the web-resources found and relate how they can be used and what they can deliver. In case of "Citation Styles" you may want to pick two and introduce them explaining their purpose, and where they are required and expected.
2. Open to the Research Assistance in the Library menu: http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/library/research/default.asp
Each member of the group needs to study and prepare one aspect of the topic. Assign who will do what. Post the information on each others blogs: each member will link to each post from other group members that pertain to this task. That means that we could access any member's blog and find there all group elements in the new student post "Library Research Assistance- group #____; topic: ___" .
Start: 17:30
Finish 19:30, then review presentation by all groups
PS You may wonder why we would include "Course Guides" here. The list of courses taught may link to our topic, though, as in the example of CMST 212, where the syllabus offers access to topics and resources not only in interpersonal communication, but also intercultural communication. A topic that might interest you... so check all other courses and see what might connect to Global Communications. I would not suggest looking in Electrical Engineering or Biology. But Mass Communications, Speech, Sociology, Foreign Languages, English, and many others, may contain useful information.
B. 1. Work in the new groups. Find three people you have not worked with. The group must be culturally and gender mixed. Each member create a post "Library Research Assistance" for their own part of the task and all other group elements prepared today. By the end of today, we want to have facilitated research of any topics enabling you to better research about countries and cultures of your interviewees, including reporting of the process and interview content. Remember to cite your sources!
Objective: Select examples from the web-resources found and relate how they can be used and what they can deliver. In case of "Citation Styles" you may want to pick two and introduce them explaining their purpose, and where they are required and expected.
Group 1 Justine Barron, Neset Furkan Akbas, Farruh Abdullaev, xingyi zhang prepares for presentation "Research Basics"
Group 2 prepares for presentation tiffany Smith, Zhaoyang Zhang , Mengyao Ding "Subject Guides"
Group 3 prepares for presentation Nicholas Schleif, Abdullah A, Yue wang "Course Guides"
Group 4 prepares for presentation Boshi Chen, Joseph Reece, Lianlin Liu "RefWorks" (must create a new id to use)
Group 5 prepares for presentation, Abdullah Alkalthami, Janaka R zhongmeizi li "Citation Styles"
Group 6 prepares for presentation ashley karna, Tyler Patterson, Wenting Cai, Hao Xu "Reference Sources"
Group 7 unused
Group 8 prepares for presentation Tiffany P, Janvier Byiringiro,Yi GU "Citation Styles" also
Group 7 unused
Group 8 prepares for presentation Tiffany P, Janvier Byiringiro,Yi GU "Citation Styles" also
2. Open to the Research Assistance in the Library menu: http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/library/research/default.asp
Group 1 prepares for presentation "Research Basics"
Group 2 prepares for presentation "Subject Guides"
Group 3 prepares for presentation "Course Guides"
Group 4 prepares for presentation "RefWorks" (must create a new id to use)
Group 5 prepares for presentation "Citation Styles"
Group 6 prepares for presentation "Reference Sources"
Group 7 prepares for presentation "RefWorks" also (must create a new id to use)
Group 8 prepares for presentation "Citation Styles" also
Group 7 prepares for presentation "RefWorks" also (must create a new id to use)
Group 8 prepares for presentation "Citation Styles" also
Start: 17:30
Finish 19:30, then review presentation by all groups
PS You may wonder why we would include "Course Guides" here. The list of courses taught may link to our topic, though, as in the example of CMST 212, where the syllabus offers access to topics and resources not only in interpersonal communication, but also intercultural communication. A topic that might interest you... so check all other courses and see what might connect to Global Communications. I would not suggest looking in Electrical Engineering or Biology. But Mass Communications, Speech, Sociology, Foreign Languages, English, and many others, may contain useful information.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Homework for next week, Feb 21
Answer each of the 11 core questions in a paragraph and post it by Tue noon. Each of the eleven must contain a minimum of six sentences, and a maximum of twelve.
1. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
2. Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?
3. Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?
4. What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
5. What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?
6. What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
7. At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??
8. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each?
8b Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?
9. How would you describe famous sports in your country?
10.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
1. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
2. Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?
3. Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?
4. What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
5. What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?
6. What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
7. At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??
8. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each?
8b Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?
9. How would you describe famous sports in your country?
10.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
A fine Priority list FEB 14, 2012
here from Ashley and group 8 members: here.
Below, I am asking each group to provide their first choice for question, and a second one only if it is *very* important to the group.
My own two questions that will be part of the core are:
Roland's question:
1. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
2. Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?
Group 1Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?
Group 2: What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
Group 3 What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?
Group 4 What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
Group 5 At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??
Group 6: What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?
Group 7 How would you describe famous sports in your country?
Group 8.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
Group __
AS SOON AS WE WILL HAVE ESTABLISHED THE CORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE INTO STUDENT SELECT-GRAMMAR-TOPICS PRESENTATIONS. OOPS my caps lock was on. sorry for inadvertently "yelling". But I do not want to type it again ;-))
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-. When you were a child, what did you want for yourself to become?
- Do the universities of your homeland have high quality of education?
-· What is your favorite food in your home cooking?
Below, I am asking each group to provide their first choice for question, and a second one only if it is *very* important to the group.
My own two questions that will be part of the core are:
Roland's question:
1. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
2. Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?
Group 1Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?
Group 2: What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
Group 3 What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?
Group 4 What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
Group 5 At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??
Group 6: What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?
Group 7 How would you describe famous sports in your country?
Group 8.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
Group __
AS SOON AS WE WILL HAVE ESTABLISHED THE CORE QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE INTO STUDENT SELECT-GRAMMAR-TOPICS PRESENTATIONS. OOPS my caps lock was on. sorry for inadvertently "yelling". But I do not want to type it again ;-))
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Partial student input before class editing:
What is your favorite food from the United States? Why?
1. How many people lived in your household? Who were they all; immediate, extended?
1. What is the staple food in your country?
1. What is the most famous sport in your country? How can you describe it?
Where did you grow up?
1. What do you notice when you meet someone for the first time?
1. Do you celebrate any religious holidays?
1. What was your hometown like?
What is the typical type of greeting in your culture?
1. What kind of government is in charge of your home country? How has this affected your life or differed from a democracy?
________________________________________________________________
ooops: how is this asked correctly? Grammatically or logically, we could improve this!
-. When you were a child, what did you want for yourself to become?
- Do the universities of your homeland have high quality of education?
-· What is your favorite food in your home cooking?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Feb 7 class action
group Nr. topic members
Group 1: food/clothing: Furkan Akbas, Zhaoyang Zhang, Justine Barron
Group 2: culture/behavior/"first impression": Zhongmeizi Li, Abdullah M., Arianne M., Tiffany Purfeerst
Group 3: industries/economy/agriculture/politics: Nicholas Schleif, Joseph Reece, Hao Xu
Group 4: car/transportation: Xingyi Zhang, Mengyao Ding, Tyler Patterson
Group 5: education: Janaka R , Farrux A, Wenting Cai
Group 6: religion/cultural events: Kelsey Reinke, Lianlin Lin, Abdullah A
Group 7: Sports: Janvier B, Tiffany S, Bochichen
Group 8: background/upbringing/family: Faisal Alali, Yi Gu, Yue wang ,Ashley Karna.
culture/behavior/"first impression" car/transportation
Group 1: food/clothing: Furkan Akbas, Zhaoyang Zhang, Justine Barron
Group 2: culture/behavior/"first impression": Zhongmeizi Li, Abdullah M., Arianne M., Tiffany Purfeerst
Group 3: industries/economy/agriculture/politics: Nicholas Schleif, Joseph Reece, Hao Xu
Group 4: car/transportation: Xingyi Zhang, Mengyao Ding, Tyler Patterson
Group 5: education: Janaka R , Farrux A, Wenting Cai
Group 6: religion/cultural events: Kelsey Reinke, Lianlin Lin, Abdullah A
Group 7: Sports: Janvier B, Tiffany S, Bochichen
Group 8: background/upbringing/family: Faisal Alali, Yi Gu, Yue wang ,Ashley Karna.
culture/behavior/"first impression" car/transportation
Monday, February 6, 2012
Feb 7- today are precinct caucuses and classes are canceled after 6PM.
We can only meet for one hour again today. But much of our work can be done on-line.
All of you will have posted twelve questions by the time we will be meeting. Which strategies can you think of to (1) review them all and to (2) prioritize them? I want the existing groups to meet briefly and to come up with a solution. We will then listen to all groups and devise our strategy. Think in terms of categories... breaking down the task into manageable elements: (for example) creating a shared document that group members can write into, dividing up the 26 class members among four group members, searching only for categories that your group finds important, etc.You have perused the LEO site and picked a topic that interests you. We will start to listen to each student's presentation next week. Use your blog post to guide us through your topic. Let us know, why it was of interest for you. Today in class, enter your topic and the link to your blog post in my list below.
Student Name LEO topic
"Abdullaev, Farrukh K"-- Strategies for writing a conclusion"Akbas, Neset F"-- Usage of Apostrophe
"Alali, Faisal H"-- A better Vocabulary
"Aldablan, Abdullah A"--I need to know what plagiarism is and how i can avoid it.
"Alkalthami, Abdullah M"-- having problems getting started
"Barron, Justine L"-- How to add non-restrictive elements
"Byiringiro, Janvier"-- Diction
"Cai, Wenting"-- Usage of Comma
"Chen, Boshi"-- Some tips for developing ideas
"Ding, Mengyao"-- Citations and documentation
"Gu, Yi"--process for writing summary
"Karna, Ashley M"-- Ways to find errors in writing
"Li, Zhongmeizi"--comma rules
"Liu, Lianlin"--How to write a summary
"Muhimpundu, Ariane"--plagiarism
"Patterson, Tyler J"--APA citations
"Purfeerst, Tiffany M"-- Valid Web sources
"Rajapaksha Gedara, Janaka P"-- MLA format
"Reece, Joseph C"-- Comma usage
"Reinke, Kelsey M"-- Comma Rules
"Schleif, Nicholas E"-- Numbers in Writing
"Smith, Tiffany M"--Shifts: Persons and number
"Wang, Yue"-- how to write an abstract
"Xu, Hao"--write a good summary
"Zhang, Xingyi"-- summary of verb tense
"Zhang, Zhaoyang"--getting started
In reviewing today's assignments, I find that several students did not read and evaluate all stories-in-a-box, or have other elements missing. This class puts a great emphasis on complete blogs. Be sure to have your up-to-date, please.
Homework: Each group needs to present their final list of twelve questions distilled from all class input on each member's blog. I would like to finalize the core questions next week. Then I want you to go back to the Hacker site and work through the topic that closely relates to you LEO topic. Be prepared next week to present your topic.
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