Review of interview 1

Hassan's scorecard here.

Before the interview

I was stressed and I didn’t know how it was going to be. I was scared about the answer and the interviews reaction.

After the interview

I’m glad that everything went smooth. I was very happy because I got all the answer I need and because we were both comfortable during the interview.

Hi my name is Hassan Rabaan may i have interview with you if you have time for it.

Donald: yes sure i will be glad. 

Hassan: thank you so much.

Donald: you are welcome. so what is that class is that you i have to do interview for.

Hassan: the class is English 191.  

Donald: oh really.

Hasssan: yes really.

D: what is your professor name?

H: Dr. Roland Specht-Jarvis.
D: yes is the same professor i took it with but i am in other class.

H: that is really cool. so you know now what i want and you can help me with that.
D: yes i can, so what is your major?

H: my major is Business Information system. how about you?
D: is the same
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H: so how do you like saint cloud? 
D: yeah i really like it small city and the school is really good.

H: that is good you like it.
D: don't you like it?

H: yeah sure i like it. so do you like sports?
D: yes i do like, i like to play soccer, do you play soccer?

H: yes sure, what is your favorite team?
D: real madrid, how about you?

H: barcelona. 
D: how many time your teame lose and how many times my team win, we always winner. 

H: your team just win in couple years ago but my team all we know is the best in the world.
D: come on just say the truth we always win.

H: so  have you ever see the team in the real?
D no i haven't but one day i will. so have you?
H: no i wish but one day, whatever i hope your dream come true and you see the team in real.
tD: hank you and same to you.
H: thank you, so can we start now if you want?
D: sure.
H: ok i will ask you couple questions, and if there any question you don't like to talk about it just let me know and we can move on.
D: ok sure.

H: Could you tell me about yourself? (Your name, home country)

D: My name is Donald Akroman. I am from Abidjan which is the mean city of my country it’s the ecumenical city of my country.  

H:      Would you like to tell me about your country?

D: my country is located on west Africa, my country has some neighbors country like Ghana, guinea, mali, Burkina faso, and Liberia.

H: Could you tell me about your country's traditional process regarding marriage?

D: about marriage in my country we have two kind of weeding arrange marriage which consist for if family to get a better a good man for their daughter finically and in the society the other one is people like each other get marriage together.   

H: What are major holidays in your country?

D: the major holidays in my country are January 1^st, 15^th of April, 1^st of may, aug 7^th, ds 25^th.    

H:      What is your traditional food?

D:  it depends on ethnics but the common food is bases on cassava and soup with fish and plantain fried with eggs boiled.

H:  How is the political system of your country structured?

D:  My country is a democratically country

H:  What’s considered offensive in your country?

D: Lack of respect to elders, Lack of respect of the tradition

H:  What are your country's major religions?

D: Christians, Muslims, Catholics, Animists

H:  What do you perceive as differences between your culture and the American culture?

D: The difference is in my country we do not have minor, and we have only one major compared to US where you can choose to have one or two majors and here you have an advisor compared to my country.

H:  Is there anything you would like to add before we end our interview?

D: It was a great pleasure to talk about my country and share few points of my country with you.

H: Do you have any questions for me, now that I have had the pleasure of asking you about so many things?

D: No thank you maybe next time.

Country Report of Ivory Coast

You will never find a place more unique than the Ivory Coast. The Ivory Coast has the most children in the whole world. The people of the Ivory Coast called Ivoirians are mostly black. Ivory Coast¹s official name is Republique de Cote d’Ivoire. The French, who ruled it for some time, gave the Ivory Coast its name. Cocoa is the Ivory Coast¹s main export. As you can see, the Ivory Coast has many unique qualities. This paper will discuss many of them.

Despite its size, the Ivory Coast has a wide variety of physical features. It is 322,463 square kilometers. In Africa, the Ivory Coast is located on the western part of its coast. The eastern part of its coast is flat and very sandy. On the western part of its coast, it is extremely rocky and filled with mountains. Beyond the coast, there is a tropical forest that is 95 to 185 miles wide. Mount Nimba is the tallest mountain in the Ivory Coast reaching the height of 5,749 feet. The Gulf of Guinea meets the coast of the country. It is 1,300 feet above sea level on some parts of the east and west sides of the Ivory Coast. Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso border this country. It is evident that the Ivory Coast has many varied physical properties.

There are many sources of water in the Ivory Coast. The largest lake in the Ivory Coast is the Kossou Lake. Due to the rapids and falls, each river allows only about 40 miles of its whole expansion to be traveled. 500 miles is the length of the longest river in this country. That river is called the Bandama River. The Bandama flows through almost all of the Ivory Coast. Other main rivers in the Ivory Coast include the Cavally, the Komoe , and the Sassandra. The Atlantic Ocean surrounds the entire coast of this country. Clearly, the Ivory Coast is not short on water. It flourishes throughout the country leaving the vegetation mostly moist.

The country of the Ivory Coast contains many natural resources. One of the main natural resources found is petroleum. Petroleum is the base of the gasoline used in the cars we drive today. Part of the petroleum found is exported out to the United States of America. Diamonds, the hardest known rock in the world, is another natural resource found in this country. Copper and iron ore are two very useful resources unearthed in this small country. The main natural resource that is not excavated from the ground is found in the rivers of this country, fish. This greatly affects the eating habits of Ivoirians. One other natural resource found in the Ivory Coast is cobalt. The diversity of natural resources is very large in the Ivory Coast.

The year round climate of the Ivory Coast is mildly hot and humid. Temperatures range from 76 to 83 degrees fareneight. Every year they receive a range from 79 to 128 inches of rainfall, except in the central tropical rainforest. In the central tropical forest, it rains from 39 to 98 inches of rain a year. The temperatures may vary from 57 to 103 degrees farenheight. The hottest place in the Ivory Coast is the northern savanna where the temperature usually gets up to 120 degrees. Due to the blistering heat in the northern savanna, the rainfall is limited to 50 inches of rain a year tops. In the Ivory Coast, the climate varies only a small amount.

There were several ancient kingdoms in the Ivory Coast. Many of these Kingdoms were located in the north and south regions of this country. Since the north was rich in salt they traded some to the south, which had barely any. In return, the south gave the north a good supply of kola nuts. The Senufo people established the ancient kingdom of Kong in the 11th century. Kong was located in the northern part of the central region of the Ivory Coast. This made it very easy for the north and south to trade. Even though many years have passed since ancient times, Kong is till the main trading center for the north and the south. There were a few other ancient kingdoms in the Ivory Coast, but there is very little information about them.

Even though France was the only country that actually settled in the Ivory Coast, many other countries, like Portugal, set foot in this country before France. It was a French governed colony for 73 years. In 1887, Louis Bringer, a highly regarded French official, made some protectorate agreements with certain African chiefs. Bringer, later in 1893, became the first French governor of their territory in the Ivory Coast. The Ivory Coast finally won their independence on August 7, 1960. Felix Houphouet-Boigny became the first president of the independent country and served from 1960-1993. As you can see, the Ivory Coast was not taken over by another country for a long period of time.

The Ivory Coast¹s government is very similar to the United States of America¹s government. Yamoussoukro has been the official capital of the Ivory Coast since 1983, even though Abidjan has been the working capital for the country until Yamoussoukro is a well-organized city. This country has a Democratic Party. The president of this country is elected for a five-year term, however, the president can be appointed for as many years as they are re-elected. Every president appoints a Prime Minister and a Council of Ministers. There is a 175-menmber legislature called the National Assembly. These people work together to make the Ivory Coast well organized.

The people of the Ivory Coast eat a wide variety of foods. Since they grow a wide diversity of tropical fruits, their diet contains a large amount of fruit. Ivorians especially enjoy having pineapples and bananas in every meal of the day. In addition to fruit, Ivorians eat many different kinds of meats ranging from monkey to dog. Since they were a French governed colony for a long time, Ivorians took up some French eating traditions including snails. For a common lunch they would dine on manioc (root star) and fish stew. It is evident that the people of the Ivory Coast eat a wide selection of foods.

The climate and the Ivorians traditions greatly affected their apparel. All year round, men would generally wear shorts or light weight pants with a T-shirt. Their shorts and pants would be woven with traditional cloth or sewn with modern cloth, which we see in stores today. The traditional cloth would usually have patterns or be quilted. Women, on the other hand, would generally wear traditional woven skirts and a shirt. If they were Muslim, their whole body (except for their eyes and nose) would be draped in black or white cloth. In major cities, non-Africans would wear modern clothing. Climate and tradition did in fact affect the Ivorians clothing.

Most of the major exports for the Ivory Coast are items that are grown from the ground. Ivory Coast¹s two main exports are cocoa and coffee. Actually, some of the chocolate made in America comes from the Ivory Coast¹s cocoa. Some of the other products grown are pineapples, rice, yams, corn, cotton, rubber, and tobacco. This country also exports a good amount of lumber. Since most of their exports are grown a good part of the population are farmers. Farmers generally don¹t get a lot of money so the Ivory Coast¹s GNP is only $630. A lot of paint, beer, cements, fabric, and chemicals are man made in the Ivory Coast. It is very visible that most Ivorians made a living farming.

Compared to the other countries in Africa, the Ivory Coast¹s school system is fantastic. This country has one of the highest adult literacy rates in West Africa. The government makes great efforts to see that everyone learns to read and write. To enforce this, the country has made a law saying that all children must go to elementary school if one is near their house. Since their independence the number of children attending school has greatly increased. Now 75% of the children go to elementary school. Sadly, only 20% of the children advance to high school and college. The best college in the country is the National University of the Ivory Coast. As you can see the Ivory Coast has a great school system.

The Ivory Coast practices many different beliefs. 60% of the population practices their traditional beliefs that were developed in their villages many years ago. Out of the Ivory Coast population, 6,670,912 million, about 20% practice the Muslim religion. These would mean covering your whole body in cloth if you were women. Only about 10% of the people practice Christianity and Roman Catholicism. Even though only a small percentage of the population practices Christianity, the largest Christian church in all of Africa is located in Yamoussoukro. This church is called Our Lady of Peace, and people from far away sometimes go there to worship their Lord. Many beliefs are practiced in this country.

There are over 60 languages spoken in the Ivory Coast. The official language of the Ivory Coast is French. Since it is the official language, French is used in the government offices and in all of the educational institutions. Around 24% of the population speak a language called Baule. Only 18% of the 6,670,912 million people speak their village languages. This is surprising because 40% of the people who practice their traditional religion don¹t even practice their own language. The two other main languages spoken are Malinke and Senoufo. Around 10% of each of these languages are spoken in this country. Clearly, there are many languages spoken in the Ivory Coast.

Masks making and sculpturing are the two most enjoyed crafts done in the Ivory Coast. Masks would be made in all different kinds of materials, but the most popular are gold and silver. These masks would be made with religious meaning, and would be used at traditional village funerals. Ivorians would love to sculpture wood and statues. Statues would be made with certain metals or stone. Along with masks, statues would also have religious meanings. Another eventful craft that Ivorians loved to do was to weave cloth. With skill they would weave complicated patterns and designs. It is evident that Ivorians enjoyed doing many crafts.

From this paper you should have learned a lot about the Ivory Coast. You should have learned how Ivorians mostly live in mud huts called compounds even in cities. Also, you should have learned about their school system and how the government works extra hard to make sure that everyone learns to read and write. It should have been clear that the Ivory Coast is being run by a president and a Prime Minister and that they had a Democratic Party. The most important thing you should have seen throughout this paper was that even though the Ivory Coast is a growing country the old traditional beliefs are still in practice for a good percentage of the population.

Challenges and benefit of interviewing an international student

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Challenges and benefit of interviewing an international student

 

First, the benefits of interviewing an international student are, to know more about many countries, about their culture, and what are their traditional food, holidays, and the roles of their country. However, we will hear many different story and many different thinks and maybe we will find smeller thinks between other countries. Moreover, to know more about other lifestyles, because there are many different culture in each country, and know about uniform or custom. Also, we are going to learn about what other countries income come from? Or what other countries export.    

Second,   the interview will help me and other student to not be nerves and be ready for future when we want to get job. Moreover, interviewing an international student make us more comfortable than native speaker, because English speaker is hard for us when they speak so fast. However, the interview helps us to know about the other country system or roles, and we going to know about other country what the religion are following.  

   Finally, challenges and benefit of interviewing an international student is the best Idea to practice our language and to be ready for more interviews when we are looking for job in the future. There are many different between each country about the culture, religion, languages, and government system. Moreover, the interviewing will be good to understand what other countries thinking and lifestyles’.    

Challenges & Benefits Ideas

 

Those challenges and benefits Ideas for our group: (Mostafa, Yang, and Hassan)

1. It is benefit for us to learn other countries’ culture.

2. We can learn them what they have experienced in their home country

3. Some topics are sensitive to them because of the different culture background.

4. We do not have to talk some racial issues.

5. We can get much information from the interview.

6. From the interview we can make more friends.

7. Some international students are shy.

8. It is not easy for us to do an interview with each country’s student.

9. Interview can improve our English.

10. It is hard for us to find some problems regarding this interview.

11. Difficult communication.

12. It can be enjoyable.

13. Language barrier.

14. It is hard to find an international student.

15. We will be interested in some places.

16. To know about many different holydays.

17. Interesting about new traditional food.

18. Improve your speech during the interview.

19. To be ready in the future for getting job.

20. The uniform about another country.

21. Learn the different between families.

22. Learn about the different lifestyles.

23. Know the different roles in the other country.

24. The sports the country interesting.

25. What’s the country export outside?

26. Other countries’ system.

27. The flag of country.

28. The population of the country.

29. The location of the country.

30. The different between the body language.

31. Which religion they follow.

32. We can learn how to prepare a professional interview.

33. Learn about a new heritage.

34. which types of education they learn.

35. the relashinship with other countries.

36. Sovereign rights.

1.    Could you tell me about yourself?(your name, home country)

2.      Would you like to tell me about your country?

3.       Could you tell me about your country's traditional process ragarding marriage?

4.      What are major holidays in your country?

5.      What is your traditional food?

6.      How is the political system of your country structured?

7.      What’s considered offensive in your country?

8.      What are your country's major religions?

9.      What do you perceive as differences between your culture and the American culture?

10.  Is there anything you would like to add before we end our interview?

11.  Do you have any questions for me, now that I have had the pleasure of asking you about so many things.

1. The first book is U.S. Economy Policy Toward Africa. On page 15 the first sentence“For instance, the foreign aid appropriations legislation for 1991 declared in part that the purpose of DFA was” that had chosen by Loris Sengwiza.Herbst, Jeffrey Ira. U.S. Economy Policy Toward Africa. New York: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS PRESS, 1992.
 
2. The second book is Solith The author is John C. Caldwell, 1960, made in the United States of America. A quote from the books is “Now with passports properly visited, with Yellow books officially stamped, we come to the actual planning of a trip to or through south Asia”.

3. The third is "Islam without fear" This book is about "the story of a group of centrist Islamist intellectuals who call themselves the "New Islamic Trend." On page 15 it says: "With exaggerated seriousness, the prominent Islamic columnist Ahmed Bahgat reports in al Ahram of August 13, 1995, on "breaking news" from the art world". I think that would be interesting book for muslim people.

4. The fourth book is "The Opium War 1840-1842" This book is about about history of China which was between 1840 and 1842. On page 15 it says: "The south China city of Canton lies in the latitude of Calcutta, Mecca, and Havana, on the left bank of the Canton River seventy-five miles from the sea." It is interesting to know the history of different countries, including China!

5. The fifth book is How to Talk Minnesotan. On page 15 the first sentence “Many cooks substitute pickled herring for the hamburger and use cearm of mushroom soup instead of Cheese Whiz as actopping” that chosen by Jonathan.Mohr, Howard. (August 4th, 1987). How To Talk Minnesotan: A visitor's Guide. New York, USA: Penguin Group

The books my classmates found.

Chen Ze Yu want learn more about the history of his home country. He studied in middle in his home country; he started to learn about the history about this. But during that time, he didn`t learn very well and make sense of the history about this. He just learned it for exams. After he graduated he hoped to know more about the history of his home country, especially this book include. As he was starting to see this book, he found this book only has one author called Peter Ward Fay and the title of this book is “The Opium War”. It`s about an important history in China during 1840 to 1842. After he turned to the next page, he saw the University of North Carolina Press printed this book and this book was printed in Chapel Hill in 1975. 

Almuhannad Aljahdali selected this book about “SLAM!” because basketball was favorite sport to him. However, sports are the main thing of his life so we can’t be healthy without sport. He was scamming the book and how this was invented in past 30 years ago and the rules of the game and old names of these sports. he started his story “Basketball is my thing. I can hoop. Case closed”(1) and how he started his playing basketball. However this book was by Walter Dean and printed in U.S.A published by Scholastic press a division of Scholastic Inc since 1920.      

Mostafa Alsadaqi select that book because he enjoy reading about Mythologies of the World such as; Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The book has four authors. The authors name Michael McKenzie et al. The title of this book is Mythologies of the World. It was written for Transudation Limited by Bander Richardson White. It printed in Italy in 2001.

ShaoHua Sun a book he selected was going to introduce the different kinds of sharks. Moreover, it was   one of his interesting books. Furthermore, the book’s name was “Sharks, the super fish”. Authors are Helen Roney Sattler and Jean Day Zallinger. Also, they printed this book in New York 1986.

 Zhang, Enli wrote about the book called "Admiral of the pacific. However, he picked this book to explain in his blog. The book that he selects was called The Life of Yamamoto. The reason of the select this book is that he was interested in the history of Second Word War. Yamamoto was a famous man during the Second World War history, he select the history about him. He believes that he can study more information and details about Second World War from this book."The reference of his book: Potter, J.D. (1965). Admiral of the pacific, London, England: Cox & Wyman Ltd.