Tuesday, October 16, 2012

International students - comparison


One person paper:

Writer: Enli Zhang

Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student

I never interview international students and US students before. Therefore, this experience may very excited and fresh for me. However, during this interview there are some challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student or and US student. Meanwhile, I also think of some solutions about the challenges during the interviewing.

I conclude six challenges during the interviewing. First, there may some cultural differences between my interviewees and me. Therefore, we may have different ways to describe something, which may make me misunderstand their speaking. I think I have to respect my interviewee firstly and give them enough time to speak without interrupting. Second, some of international students’ English are not good enough, so this point may cause me misunderstand my interviewees or my interviewees may misunderstand my questions. This is a big problem because if my interviewee misunderstand my questions, the interview may useless. Thus, I think that I have to explain my mean patiently to my interviewees and just show my friendly to let my interviewees to be relaxed. Third, few of international students’ dislike staying with strangers, which may challenge me to find a perfect interviewer to finish this assignment. I have some international friends, so this challenge is not a big problem to me. I can ask my international friends for help. Forth, we have to respect my interviewees’ culture even though some of their cultures that we really dislike so much. This is a very important challenge to us because we have different religion properly, which may cause us have some different opinions about some ideas. However, we cannot argue with them. We must respect their concepts and opinions and write on their real ideas on our paper. Fifth, it is not very easy to find international students. We know SCSU is an American university, so the most students of this university are American students. However, we can easily to find international students in Lawrence Hall which is one of dormitories for international students in college. Sixth, some of international students are shy and it is a little bit hard to start the conversation. Especially for Asian students who are easily to be shy during the conversation with strangers. Thus, at the beginning of the conversation, I will try my best to give them confidence and let them relaxed. I will introduce myself firstly and talk about some interesting topics with them for example, which singer is your favorite. This is probably easy to start a conversation with people.

Meanwhile, I also conclude six benefits about interviewing an international student or US student. First, I can know so many different culture information that I may heard before. Second, I can exchange my ideas with my interviewers and got some fresh ideas that I never heard before. That is funny and excited. Third, I can learn about the different educational background from different countries people. Forth, I can make more friends who are from all around the world. That is incredible. Fifth, I can get better understand about Americans life style. Sixth, learn how to prepare a professional interview for international people. That is very helpful for me in my life career.

In conclusion, this assignment is very meaningful and will give me a deep impression in my whole life. I will appreciate this opportunity to learn the different culture in all around the world.


Second person paper:

            Writer: Zhang, Yiming

                        Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student           

            Interview is a conversation with or questioning of a person, it is can be a formal discussion. During the interview, people usually conducted for television, radio, or a newspaper. For interviewing an intentional student, that mean is talk or compare the differences and similarity things between the two counties. Of cause, during the interview, we will get some challenges and benefits.

            Let’s me talk about the benefits about interviewing an international student. All over the world becoming to be a home, if you like a country, but you little opportunity to go there, interviewing an international student is a good chance. During the interviewing, people can learn and know a lot of cultures about the country; also people can compare the difference and similarity cultures between their countries. In my experience, I never know that Saudi man can marry with four women at most. By the other hand, people usually will use the English for interviewing, so that is helpful to our English skills.

            For my first interview, the language is my biggest problem. If the interviewee couldn’t understand what is I say, we nothing can do. Good English will improve the interaction with us; interviewee becomes open while discussing issues with interviewer. Before the interview, I need to learn and know some culture or knowledge about their country. In addition, controversial subject is other challenge; in that case, I will stay calm and politely explain, and keep up our chatty demeanor and tone to help them relax.

            Website Line:  http://en191f12s28yiming.blogspot.com/

 

Last person’s paper:

            Writer: Shaohua Sun

                        Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student

            Interviews can be nerve-wracking for anyone, but as an international student there is the extra challenging and benefiting.  As we know international student have to face different problems when we are going to interview for different people.  However, student need to complete what is process of interview and good ways to communicating with interview.  These are just basic element problems when international student are going to preparing a good interview.  Interview is not only challenge for students, but also they could receive many benefits from interview.

            Preparing right questions for interview is very important before international student are going to interview.  Some good ways are that student learned from Websites about research information about interview and choosing right questions for interviewer let interviewee understandable questions.  Furthermore some questions could not connect personal its very bad behavior for interviewee.  Also, some important reports student have to write from interviewee, it could not be long just a little of information about one question.  Some questions we will not use on the interview, we could not follow right order when student using the question list, because we don’t what is right next information about interviewee are going to say.  Sometime we have to change the questions in order to communicate with interviewee.  On the another hand, we have to communicate with interviewee about the topic, sharing different opinions let interviewee more focusing interviewing , but we have to follow the interviewee can’t make strong argument. Most of information is from interviewee we are listener should which are important for ours.

            Another aspect is benefits for international students who received much knowledge about the different countries.  Student has to use formal language to communicate with interviewee, it cold improving student’s language ability and how to organizing a good interview.  Additional, student learns more of information about different cultures, which could be good experience when student makes new friends. Also, it could be good ways to close friends are going to take about some article. Some information we received using on the furfure. Such as people plan to go to different country they have to compare different country, one of country we had received a lot of interfering things from interview, it could be first choosing. Maybe some famous festive people are going to respect and participating.

            Finally, challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student are good for student improving ability.  Preparing questions and choosing different questions are very essential for who are going to interview.  Also, students try to make a good process of interview is necessary.  Don’t make argument with different opinions with interviewee is another key for interview. Student has an acting ability according to circumstances on the interviewing.

            Website Line:  http://shaohuasun.blogspot.com/

 

These three paper’s strengths:

          Enli Zhang: This is good essay on ours group, it has nice organization that included introduction, body, conclusion. Also, most of sentences close the main ides and it has transition words between paragraphs.

            Zhang Yiming: good essay with every paragraph has main ideas with good transition words.

          Shaohua Sun:  good essay with good outlines and each transition words.

These three paper’s weaknesses:

          Enli Zhang: Should add more information about the topic.

          Zhang Yiming: a little bit of short of essay, should add more information about the topic

            Shaohua Sun:  Some grammars, unclear sentences.
 
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