Questions for the Interviews

1.       Could you tell me a little bit about yourself and your home?

2.       What is your academic background? And what is your major?

3.       When and where have you done your under-graduation?

4.       Why don't you study for this degree in your home country and why did you choose the United States of America?

5.       Could you tell me some difference between American education and your home education?

6.       What kind of good things do you know about America?

7.       How do you know about St. Cloud state University? And why this university and not other universities?

8.       Could you tell me a little bit about St. Cloud state University?

9.       How long will you study in the United States of America?

10.    Do you have any relatives here or in the United States of America?

11.    What are your resources to pay your university charges?

12.    What will you do after you go back to your home country?

13.    Do will you go home during Christmas holiday? Why?

14.    What are your career goals?

15.    Where do you see yourself in fifteen years later?

16.    Do you have any achievements? What is it? 

17.    Before we finish this interview do you have any word or advice for international students?

Top Three Interview Objectives

Medo
http://191s18medoh.blogspot.com/

Emily
http://191s18emilys.blogspot.com/

Christopher
http://191s18chrisc.blogspot.com/

Interview Steps and Questions

Some of my Steps:

1.      Go to Atwood or the library and looking for international students.

2.      Tell them something about me.

3.      Ask them to make the interview.

4.      Invite them in coffee or reserve a room for that.

5.      Make an appointment.

6.      Get their email or cell phone.

7.      Give them a copy of the interview questions.

8.      Ask them if they have any modify.

9.      Get a recorder for that.

10.  Get any information about their country.

11.  Take notes.

12.  Joke and have fun with them to make them more comfortable.

13.  Give them enough time to talk.

14.  Say thanks for them.

15.  Make them friends to me later.

16.  Give them any gift.

17.  Write a report by notes and the recorder.

18.  Post the interview transcript on the blog.

Some of my Questions:

1.      Could you tell me a little bit about yourself and your home?

2.      What is your academic background? And what is your major?

3.      When and where have you done your under-graduation?

4.      Why don't you study for this degree in your home country and why did you choose the United States of America?

5.      Could you tell me some difference between American education and your home education?

6.      What kind of good things do you know about America?

7.      How do you know about St. Cloud state University? And why this university and not other universities?

8.      Could you tell me a little bit about St. Cloud state University?

9.      How long will you study in the United States of America?


10.  Do you have any relatives here or in the United States of America?

11.  What are your resources to pay your university charges?

12.  What will you do after you go back to your home country?

13.  Do will you go home during Christmas holiday? Why?

14.  What are your career goals?

15.  Where do you see yourself in fifteen years later?


16.  Do you have any achievements? What is it? 


17.   Before we finish this interview do you have any word or advice for international students?

Global Communication

Global communication can be defined as a process of transmitting and receiving information on a worldwide scale (Schiller, 2005). For instance, it can be noted that people from various places of the world requires communicating with one another in order to conduct business and that is the reason behind global communication. Nevertheless, global communication has become increasingly easy, faster, clearer and more effective in comparison to the past (Schiller, 2005). However, the evolution of global communication can be linked closely to the evolution of technology as new creation such as internet and other communication devices are continued to be invented (Schiller, 2005).

Nonetheless, it is important noting that in the recent past, global communication has become increasingly important as new technology continue evoking important changes in the character of the society (Schiller, 2005). Furthermore, the change in technology over time has contributed a lot in the way people communicate (Schiller, 2005). For instance, the new technologies have contributed a lot in the way people interact with one another, how people learn, create, and process information (Schiller, 2005). All this can be credited to global communication.

Therefore, from this, it is evident that global communication is one of the major important aspects for conducting business in the world due to the changing landscape in communication and the advancement of technology. On the other hand, for a business to be able to run a successful business globally, means that a person should have good communication skills. In addition, it can be noted that communication mainly entails sharing information with other people and hence the importance of having good communication skills in order to be able succeed. Therefore, whether a business of a person is going to succeed or not mainly depends on how good a person is communicating (Schiller, 2005).

Altogether, it has been attributed that global communication has empowered various groups and hence they have been able to raise their voices in the international community (Schiller, 2005). Furthermore, global communication in its various forms has been able to create immense new moral space for exploring new communities (Schiller, 2005). Therefore, it is evident that it is more challenging for new people who have little knowledge and skills in global communication to thrive in the fast changing environment. All in all, global communication has been highlighted to redefine the powers in economics and world politics, thus the importance of this topic.

From this, it is evident that global communication is one of the most important aspects in business today since it involves several aspects of enhancing communication with other people. On the other hand, it has been highlighted that culturally, the new patterns of global communication have been creating a new global culture where people of different background are able to interact (Schiller, 2005).

In conclusion, it can be noted that the effects of global communication on the evolution of international relations is dependent on how people interact (Schiller, 2005). in addition to this, global communication has been said to be one of the most important factor in empowering communities around the world.

 

References

Schiller, H. (2005). Global Communication. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Active vs. passive verbs

I will write some examples about Active vs. passive verbs and I will explain that.


First example:

Lessons are often taught by experience.
This sentence is passive because the subject, Lessons.

Experience teaches many lessons.
This sentence is Active because the subject, Experience, names the actor.


Let us go to another example:

The board of directors acknowledged Martha’s participation in the literacy program.
This sentence is Active because the subject, board, names the actor.

Martha’s participation in the literacy program was acknowledged by the board of directors.
This sentence is passive because the subject is participation.

Ranking of Story-in-a-Box

Laci Brune

I can say that Laci Brune wrote a wonderful story. She wrote clear ideas and interconnected. I tried to looking for any defect in her story, but I did not find. It's great when we are sailing in the imagination and we write as Laci Brune wrote. Thanks Laci Brune and I wish for you good luck.



Pakou Lee

It is a beautiful when we read a romance story as Pakou Lee wrote that. I can say that Pakou Lee is a creative writer because he chooses beautiful time and space. Thanks Pakou Lee and I wish for you good luck.



Schleif , Emily

When I read this story, I feel I am watching one movie. It's really a story worth thanks. In fact, this story is not a dream it is a reality. However, I will read this story again now. Thanks Emily.

Story In a Box

     Was still armed with my paraphernalia of my trade, which is, schooling that included my bag where I carried my school books and a ruler. We set out for our visit to tour a small artwork shop conveniently located on a small island in a lake. To connect to the shop we bordered a small wooden boat whose captain was an American of African origin. The man engaged us in a friendly conversation concerning the nature of his work and how he finds it interesting to meet with people of different origin.

     As we approached the island, the captain demanded his considerations for the voyage. We all went back to our pockets, drew our wallets and gave him several coins each to cover the interesting voyage. At this point, the jovial man thanked us and gave us a few chestnuts, arguing that they help him kill boredom and strike conversations with passengers who opt to remain silent all through the journey. He was however quick to add that for us, it was due to the mere fact that we were young and interesting people and thus he felt obliged to reciprocate our corporation.

     I noted something unique with our good captain, instead of putting the money in the wallet or his pockets, he simply tied them neatly in a piece of cloth and noted that his distant cousins in rural Africa are still using this wallet that makes it hard for robbers to deduce where the money is kept. We all found this hilarious and interesting.

     On reaching the island, there were several interesting things awaiting us. From outside we could see a sculpture with a head carved of wood. We could however not see its body from this position. Outside the entrance stood a man with a drum, who was dancing himself, lame to the tunes of the drum he was playing. Beside him, there was a small plate where people could make a contribution towards the man’s effort. After some moments of looking at him and his work, we parted with some more coins, deposited them in the small plate and proceeded inside.

     Inside the small museums there were all sorts of inventory. There were curves of various ancient birds, various animals’ pictures and a brief history plus some ancient tools. We noticed that the statue whose head we had seen before was an African statue of a man looking after a herd of sheep and goats. Beside the man there was a jar of earthen ware that looked as a porous jar.

     There were some funny currencies in form of notes and coins and we were made to understand that the currency was from Singapore. It was left there by a visitor from the country who believed that the items would promote tourism in his country. Finally we were shown a stone stamp that marks each person’s visit to the museum. We were informed that the stone stamp was collected from a small house from Spain. Finally it was our time to leave and we waited for our captain to take us to the dry land across the lake.

Inventory

1. A ruler.

2. A small wooden boat.

3. Wallet.

4. Chestnuts.

5. Piece of cloth.

6. A head carved of wood.

7. A man with a drum.

8. A small plate.

9. African Statue.

10. A Jar of earthenware.

11. Currency From Singapore.

12. A stone stamp.

13. A small house from Spain.