First Interview

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Preparations for the interview

I prepared twelve questions for Korean international students to realize their culture and their lives. I went to the library to find some information about Korean culture just in case if I cannot understand some specific issues such as education system. So that, I did some research on internet a bout what the Korea and what the Korean culture are, than reread my questions to have a pre-impression. After that, I prepared two papers which are listed twelve questions for my interview and my recorders pen.

How Did You Approach People?

I have some Korean friends on campus. I only need to give calls to my Korean friends or text to them to make appointments. They are also glad to do the interviews with me, so I am not worried about going to approach them.

When, where, and how did you Conduct the Interview?

I interviewed Junhyeon Park in library on third floor in SCSU. We started interview at the Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock on October nineteenth 2011.We met in library and found a coach, I gave Jun the paper which has already listed twelve questions and asked him could I use the recorders pen, and he said yes. So that, I turned on the recorder pen and started asking him questions. We felt relaxed and happy in the interview, he answered questions confidently and I took some notes about his answers. When we finished our interview, I felt I got enough information about Korean culture and turned off the recorders pen.

Whom did you Interview?

Junhyeon Park. He is a 20 years old Korean transfer student in SCSU. He is studying international trade right now, but he will be in SCSU for only one year and go back Korea after this semester.

Impression in interview

I think this interview was pretty successful since my interviewee had a good time with me. I also learned a lot from this interview, such as the difference and the in common points in Korean culture and society which are compared and contrasted with China and America. He described that Korean politics and education system are similar as America, but it is interesting that, the Korean people are still affected by Chinese culture. They also have the same cultural activities and behaviors.

Report on Country and Culture

South Korea, in the east of Asia, the official name is the Republic of Korea. South Korea is near by China but separated by North Korea. South Korea is different from North Korea, almost, in public, but for people’s custom and country’s culture, they are similar. The territory of South Korea is 99,392 square kilometers and South Korea has a population of almost 50 million. The capital of South Korea is Seoul.

South Korea has a long history, which is almost as similar as China. In South Korea’s legendary, this country was built in 2333 BC, but it was unified in 668 AD. This dynasty was lasted for long time; it had almost one thousand and thirty years. In 1910, South Korea was occupied by Japan. After the civil war in Korea, South Korea was separated and charged by the United States. After that, South Korea was established with democracy and its economy is developing very fast.

The politic in South Korea usually is unstable, but this country is still performs as democracy. South Korea is a developed country; it has a lot of famous brands, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG and so on.  The most developed industries in South Korea are automobile and electricity. The culture in South Korea is based on Chinese culture, but right now, its culture is affected a lot by the modern society.

Cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea

Reference and Facts

Group6:Eliza Pokharel, Jiayin Pan, Huan Yu, Wenda Qian

Reference and Facts

1.     Have you ever needed to know the?

• Population of a city?
• Major achievements of a famous individual?
• Definition or a term or phrase in an unfamiliar subject?
• Date of an important event?

2.     These types of questions are best answered by reference sources, which provide quick, factual information on a topic. There are many types of reference sources. For example,

• Dictionaries contain definitions of terms.
• Encyclopedias contain concise, factual information on topics or concepts.
• Handbooks contain practical information (e.g., how to do something) on a topic.
• Almanacs contain calendars, basic facts, and statistical information relating to people, places, and events.
• Biographical sources contain biographical information on individuals such as birth and death dates and major achievements.

3. Why use reference sources?

Reference sources are often the best place to start your research because they:

• Provide a good introduction to a topic.
• Provide brief, factual information.
• Summarize and clarify issues.
• Define unfamiliar terms.
• Identify additional relevant sources such as books and periodical articles.

That will make our paper be reliable, more informative, unbiased and broad. It is good for back ground information on topics.

4. How can you find reference sources or cite the reference?

There are several different ways to find reference sources on your topic:

1.     We can search on-line to find the reference on web-site.

2.     We can go to library to find books, journals or magazines, probably, to ask help at Help Desk. 

3.     Websites can be cited by different formats two of which are covered here; "MLA bibliography citation style" first, and then the "APA in text citation" secondly. Citations in the APA style are commonly used for research papers and the like.

Interview questions

Interview

Type 1: Self-recognization

1. What are you interested in your daily life? I want to know the interest firstly.
2. What would you like to think in your life? I want to know the one usually will think about.
3. How important the things you think a lot for yourself usually? I want to know the value of one’s thinking.
4. How important the things you think a lot for other people in your opinion? I want to know the value of one’s thinking to some one else.
5. If no one accept your thinking and even do not care what you are thinking about, what will you feel or do? I want to know one’s attitude of thinking.
6. How much do you know yourself, and are you satisfied yourself or do you like yourself? I want to know one’s self-recognization.
7. If you know yourself a lot or you do not know yourself a lot, could you tell me what would you like to be in the future? I want to know one’s self-recognization as well.
8. If you are satisfied your self or you like yourself, or you are not satisfied yourself or you do not like yourself a lot, could you tell me the reason? I want to know one’s self-respect.
9. Who is the most important person in your life, yourself or others? Why? I want to know one’s personal consciousness of value in individuals.
10. Do you like or are you satisfied the situation or circumstance which you are at right now, such as? Why? I want to know one’s attitude about personal consciousness of value in one’s own circumstance.

Type 2: Self-interest

11. What is your major? I want to know connections about the previous questions.
12. Why do you choose this major? I want to know the reason about one’s choice.
13. Do you like your major; if not, will you change your major in the future? I want to know one’s attitude.
14. What is your constant dream? I want to know one’s dream.
15. Do you think your dream is realistic or not, could you tell me why? I want to know one’s attitude about one’s dream.
16. Will you persist in pursuing your dream, or you will or have already given up pursuing your dream, why? I want to know one’s attitude about one’s dream more.
17. If you fail in pursuing your dream, what will you feel and do? I want to know one’s will.
18. Do you think what is much more important for a person, to live with dream or to pay more attention to the reality? I want to know the importance in one’s life.
19. Could you tell me your idea about the realistic world? Why? I want to know one’s attitude about reality.
20. If possible, what kind of world would you like to live? I wan to know one’s dreaming reality.

Ps: I will do interview with American.