steps about interview

      For this interview, it is my first formal interview and all of thing for me is new. The interview process is very difficult for me to make. Before interview start, I want to create a list of objectives questions about my interview. it let me know lots of things. Learning how other countries structure their education also intrigues me, and learning different culture, sports and family. there are 20 steps for my interview.

1.       Picking up main topic

2.       Writing down what kind of questions do you want to ask?

3.       Listing your interview paper

4.       Knowing what is the important question before interview

5.       Knowing background about topic

6.       Finding where is good place to interview?

7.       Finding  several students

8.       Smiling and getting their agreement

9.       Telling them what is my interview main purpose

10.   Telling them how much do I need

11.   Asking interviewee about that does s/he mind to be recorded?

12.   Asking question from question list

13.   During interview, taking notes from main idea from interviewee

14.   During interview, we should pay attention about our expression, speaking speed and polite.

15.   During interview, exchange each other’s opinions

16.   If some answers are not clear, we should ask more questions about it.

17.   Saying thanks for him, or giving a small gift for him

18.   Organization notes after interview

19.   Writing report about my interview

20.   Post the interview transcript and country report on my blog.  

1.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?
2.What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
3.What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each?
4.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?
5. What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
6.Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?
7. What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
8.At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??
9.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
10.How would you describe famous sports in your country?
11.Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

Course Guides

Group 3 (Nicholas Schleif, Abdullah A, Yue Wang), Topic: Course Guides

What are they?

Course guides are guides created specifically for class assignments. They are pages that have information that is relevant to the class. Also the course guides customized online library guides for your particular course or research assignment. They are prepared in consultation with you by your instruction librarian. You can select guides to reference resources in specific courses.

 How to Use them.

After you've gone to the first page titled "Course Guides", there are many ways to navigate. You can search for a specific course such as CMST 212 , an instructor, a subject, or do a keyword search. Once you've found the right course, you click 'select a course' and it will bring you to the course guide. At the top of the page there is a Table of Contents with each sub-topic of information. For each sub-topic there are links that help you with the information. For example, under a sub-topic called Citing Sources there could be examples of each kind of cited source.

Why are they important?

It is easy and clear for students to find what kinds of courses are good for them, because guides are created specifically for class assignments. When we search course guides, it save our time and it shows students about refund information, course changes, instructor and subjects. For this class, course guides can contain information like research help, finding articles, citing sources, and information about the library. If a student is struggling with a topic, they can look up information about it in the course guide to understand it better. Course guides help students achieve the goal(s) of the class, which is the most important thing

answer for 11 core questions

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?

The government in China is headed by the Communist Party, which is quite responsible and well-respected, and has been long seeking the prosperity and high-quality life for Chinese people. Looking back at the Sichuan earthquake, this mechanism is effective while disasters occurred. What’s more, Chinese government is also quite friendly to other countries, which is agreed unanimously by the whole world. Though the government is young---established in 1945, as a citizen of China, I can feel its tremendous change as well as its efforts to seek democracy and human rights for its people over the decades.

Concerning about the democracy of America, as far as I know, the biggest achievement in this area might be the elimination or at least the decrease of the discrimination of the Black people, which is quite a big process and worth learning from to other countries which has the same problem domestically.

1. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?

As a foreign student, I do want to express my gratitude to SCSU, for it rendered me the good chance to have the excellent educational environment so that I can make progress quickly there. With regard to some suggestions, I do hope that there could be more societies in SCSU, because I believe that through the various societies which we have interest in, we can improve ourselves both mentally and physically in a better way. And meanwhile, it is also a good opportunity that enables us to exchange views with other students or enjoy good time with them as well.

The increase of the lecture given by the celebrities in all circles of the society might be welcomed among all the students in SCSU. In fact, I love these kinds of lecture, I always get inspired when have a listen to that.

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?

There are many cultural events and traditional festivals in China. And I always celebrate it with my friends even in other country out of China. Here I want to take the Mid-Autumn festival as an example.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the August 15^th of lunar calendar each year. On that day, every Chinese people are used to get together to have a nice dinner, and admire the full moon, eating the mooncake which is made round to represent the reunion. About the tradition, there is an old story  happened in ancient times: Once upon a time, a man named Hou Yi, he has a beautiful wife named Chang'e. One day, he became hunting, met the Queen Mother, the first to seek immortality, the dose of immortality, we will be able to immediately immortal. When Ho was reluctant wife put in the possession of immortality underneath his pillow. Three days later, he became hunting again. She was not taking advantage of Hou Yi, immortality Tundao the stomach and immediately flew to the Moon became cents.

b.I do not have any religious beliefs.

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?

I am Yue Wang. The identification of a person varies from different occasions. There are many roles for a person to play during ones life. For me, I am from China, so when I am in America, I stand for my beloved and great country; When I study in the SCSU, I stand for a ordinary student and my job is studying; And on the society, I am a citizen, I have many political rights, and for certainty, at the same time I must shoulder some responsibility for the society, such as helping those who need help, protecting the environment, and making contributions to the society and so on.

4. What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?

As a country which is famous for its long history of serious etiquette, there so many greetings in China. The usage of them varies from different person, different districts, and different situations. For example, people in northern China may have distinct way to greeting people with whose who are in southern China while they see each other. At the same time, the words or the way young people and senior people use while greeting are quite different. But basically, there are several simple greetings that are suitable to use everywhere in China. Here I will list them as followings:

“Ni hao” means “Hello”, this is the basic greeting which usually used between acquaintances who hardly know each other or even between strangers.

“Shang wu hao” means “good morning”; “xia wu hao” means “good afternoon” and “wan shang hao” means “good evening”.

3. Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?

 I like the Chinese delicacy the most. There are four famous four major cuisines in China: Huaiyang cuisines, Sichuan cuisines, Lu cuisines, and Yue cuisines. All of them are delicious. Chinese people have three meals every day. And we attach great importance to the nutrition. Each of meal must have the vegetable and meat at the same time. And there are tremendous ways of making these delicacies, which make it a profound and interesting artist.

 

6.  What different modes of transportation are used in your country?

With a vast territory and quite different terrains, there is no doubt that China has many different modes of transportation. For passengers, there are passenger aircrafts, passenger ships, trains, buss, cars, coaches, motor mobiles, and bicycles. Once deciding the destination, people could choose the way of transportation according to their demands and circumstances, and what’s worth mentioning, the Chinese aggregate passengers traffic of civil aviation as well as the number of the people who own the private cars has ranked the first of the world. And for goods transit, there also a variety of mode of transportation, such as air truck, cargo ship, vans, and so on.

7. At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??

For about 4 years old, I start school. Actually it is the kindergarten, and to some extent people call it “school” in China. I believe that stress always exist everywhere, what matters most is how do you see it, and how do you cope with it. Of course nobody likes stress, it impedes our footstep toward the destination and frozen our actions. Sometimes it may hurt mood or even the health. But still, it does not mean that all the stress are harmful, if we can put is on a correct position and face it with positive attitude, than it may transform from bad factor to incentive and motivation for you to achieve success. For me, out of my sunny attitude towards life, I can always get over some obstacles by means of chatting with friends, having a short trip, or listening to the music and etc.

10.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?

I would like to take a 5-year-old child as an example. He gets up at 8:00 in the morning, and then he should go to the kindergarten. At kindergarten, he spends about 6 hours playing, singing, and chatting with other children. During this time, teachers also teach them some basic skills, or teach them the instrument or something they interested in. Lacking of time to pick their children, some parents chose to leave children at kindergarten at lunchtime, so at noon, some of the children eating together. They have no homework. Once back home, parents like to play with them and enjoy the happiness of family.

 

9. How would you describe famous sports in your country?

There are lots of famous sports in China which are worth being proud of. For example, China always ranks the leading position in the area like table-tennis, diving, gymnastics in Olympic game or International tournaments. And for recent years, China has made many breakthroughs in some new areas such as tennis, and 110-metres hurdle which I believe foreign people may have heart about. But as far as I concerned, the most famous sports in China is still table tennis. It is called the “National Ball”. In China, almost every people could play it, and enjoy a lot spending time with friends on it, whether a 4-year-old child or a 99-year-old senior people can have a good mastery of it. It is a good training for your body as well as a good way of relaxing, and when playing, you need balance yourself well, and coordinate each part of yourself.

 

Priority List

Priority List

Background/Upbringing/Family

1. Where did you grow up?
2. Were your parents strict to you since you were a child? 
3. Did you have pets growing up? Were they considered part of your family?
4. What was your favorite thing to do as a child?
5. What is a typical day like?
6. What is the typical family size in your country?
7. Who is the decision maker in the family?
8. How many people lived in your household? Who were they all; immediate, extended?
9. Who is the responsible for the family income? Is it the father, mother, or every own on their own?
10. Do your parents still give you economic support when you are over 18?
11. Do adults live with their parents after they get married?
12. What is the average age a person gets married?

how to write an abstract

My presentation about how to write an abstract
Definition of abstract: An abstract is a condensed version of a longer piece of writing that highlights the major points covered, concisely describes the content and scope of the writing, and reviews the writing's contents in abbreviated form.
Two types of abstracts are typically used: Descripitive abstract & Imformative abstract.
Why are abstracts so important?
The practice of using key words in an abstract is vital because of today's electronic information retrieval systems. Titles and abstracts are filed electronically, and key words are put in electronic storage. When people search for information, they enter key words related to the subject, and the computer prints out the titles of articles, papers, and reports containing those key words. Thus, an abstract must contain key words about what is essential in an article, paper, or report so that someone else can retrieve information from it.
Steps for writing abstracts:
To write an effective abstract, follow these steps:
• Reread the article, paper, or report with the goal of abstracting in mind.
o Look specifically for these main parts of the article, paper, or report: purpose, methods, scope, results, conclusions, and recommendation.
o Use the headings, outline heads, and table of contents as a guide to writing your abstract.
o If you're writing an abstract about another person's article, paper, or report, the introduction and the summary are good places to begin. These areas generally cover what the article emphasizes.
• After you've finished rereading the article, paper, or report, write a rough draft without looking back at what you're abstracting.
o Don't merely copy key sentences from the article, paper, or report: you'll put in too much or too little information.
o Don't rely on the way material was phrased in the article, paper, or report: summarize information in a new way.
• Revise your rough draft to
o correct weaknesses in organization.
o improve trasitions from point to point.
o drop unnecessary information.
o add important information you left out.
o eliminate wordiness.
o fix errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Print your final copy and read it again to catch any glitches that you find.
1. First, write your paper. Abstracts will be at the beginning of you paper, it should be the last section that you write. Once you finished your paper, use it as a guide for writing abstracts.
2. Begin your abstracts on a new page and the running head and page No.2 on the top right corner.
3. Keep it short, abstracts should be no longer than 150-250 words, it should be written as only one paragraph. In order to briefly describe your paper, you need determine which parts are the most important.
4. Stracture your abstracts in the same order as your paper. Begin with a brief summary of introduction, and then continue on summary of methods, results and disscussion sections of your paper.
Conclusion: Make sure you add no new information in your abstract, just simply summarize your paper. In addition, abstract should be understandable to be read

Three quetions

Three questions

Family/backgroud information

1.       How many people lived in your household? Who were they all; immediate, extended?

2.       Who is the responsible for the family income? Is it the father, mother, or every own on their own?

3.       Do your parents still give you economic support when you are over 18?

4 questions about education:
1. what kind of ways taught you when you were child?
2. what is different between your high shcool and university?
3. what is your favourite education, and why?
4. do you think education is important for you on your daily life?

4 questions about food:
1. what kind of food do you like, why or not?
2. what kind of food can affect your mood?
3.what kind of food is good for your health?
4. Do you offen try to eat other countrys' food ?

4 questions about sport:
1. how offen do you do exercise, and what kind of sport do you like?
2. Do you like playing football, and which team do you like?
3. what is the most famous sport in your country?
4. Do you like watching sport game in your home or sprot spot, and why?