My interview questions are all about the america. I am a international student, so I very want to know other thing about other country. I like to know about what kind of food that the American people most like  ? their typical greetings, government, religious holidays, famous sports, transportation, and so on that I do not know. I hope I cloud give all the answers during the interview.

1. write down the interview objectives list on the paper that you need to use it in interview.
2. design the questions, which question that you want to ask first.
3. need to think about what kind of country's student that you want to interview.
4. give the interviewer look over the questions.
5. make sure they could answers all the question that you have.
6. choose a place and time for us to meet for the interview.
7.reserve a meeting room in MC,dorm,or Atwood.
8. write down the interview contact information.
9. make sure you have the recorder that you can use in the interview.
10. test the recorder, and make sure you know how to use it.
11. prepare the interview with your friends before the interview.
12. make sure you finish 1to11 in the list before you start the interview.

The day of interview

13. show up earlier and make sure you have everything for the interview.
14. use the recorder during the interview.
15. ask questions to your interview.
16. taking notes.
18. go thought the 11 questions.
19. make sure you remember the main point for the interview.
20. put everything in your computer.
 

Prioritized Interview Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? 

5. Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

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

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

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

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

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

11.  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?

 

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answer for 11 core questions

1. 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 Japanese food the most. There are several similarities. First, they share the similar ingredients, such as rice, onions, garlic. They both like to use soy and teriyaki source when cooking. Second, they have similar way of cooking, such as steam, stir fry. On the contrary, the dishes’ style is a little different. Japanese like seafood especially and their sushi and sashimi is fresh and tasty. Chinese food has long history involved, therefore different areas has their unique way of cooking. Such as Sichuan with spicy food. 

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

The greeting is shaking hands with respecting word and address. Dating back to ancient Greek, shaking hands means showing people that you have no weapon and you are friendly.

3. 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?

My country is a communism government, which aims at establishing a classless, moneyless society. Under the communism party, the economical market was capitalist. But these twenty years, it is changing into mixing with free market. I don’t think the capitalism and communism are enemies nowadays. To obtain a win-win result, the 

two major countries need to work together, no more “Cold-wars”, or “Blacklist”. 

4. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? 

Religious holiday that I celebrate are Chinese New year, Moonlight Festival, Ghost Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, and so on. My favorite one is the Moonlight Festival, which is in mid-fall. Usually, it is a harvest time and lots of great food. Families are getting together, enjoying the moonlight and eating moon-cakes.

5. Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

I am a Buddhism, and I will worship Buddha during the day, more seriously, some people are vegetarian, not eating meat and respect life.

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

Ping-Pong Ball. 

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

During school day, the students in high school usually start class at 8 am, until 12 pm, for 4 courses in morning. The afternoon classes start at 2 pm until 6 pm. If the student is in the senior year, there are evening studying time from 7 pm to 10 pm. But the situation really varies from cities to cities. 

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

Bicycle, motorbike, vehicle, bus, taxi, subway.

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

I started my elementary school in my age of 7. I did have a lot of stress in school since young. Base on the huge population in China, the competitions are certainly high.

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

-- I prefer the parking can be free. for example, I am a student who drive to school everyday, so every time I parking, i should pay 2-5 dollars. otherwise, if i do not pay the parking rent, I will get the parking ticket. after all, we are the student who studying in SCSU, so I prefer the student can have free parking.

11.  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?

-- sorry. i do not want to share my secret. 

Interview Questions

1.  Which country's food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture's food?
2.   What type of dish is famous in your country? why?
3.   What is your favorite food? Why?
4.   How often does grocery shopping happen? Daily? Weekly?  
5.   Are there special occasion/holiday foods? (e.g. In the United States we eat turkey on thanksgiving)
6. Do you cook? If yes, what food do you cook the most often?
7. What are the local traditional food dishes in your hometown?
8. What do you consider to be healthy food? Do you prefer it over junk food? Why?
9. Are there any foods that originated in your home country? If so, what are they?what kind of food can affect your mood?What is the staple food in your country? 
10. Is your country’s food popular all around the world?

introduction

I chose the topic was how to write a good introduction.

what is introduction? 

• give background on your topic.
• develop interest in your topic.
• guide your reader to your thesis.

Do you always use a lot of time to think how to write your introduction?

There are three basic ways to write an introduction:

1. You can write the introduction after you write the body of your essay.
2. You can write the introduction before you write the body of your essay.
3. You can rough out the introduction first and then focus and revise it once you have written your essay.

Hacker review of clear sentences

8-1 Active VS. Passive verbs
I learned before, but its also very helpful to let me revise.
8-2 Active VS. Be verb
I understand the difference between active and be verbs.
8-3 Active verbs (edit and compare)
I understand what is active verbs, after I did this exercise.
9-1 parallelism
This exercise help me understand how to make a good sentence.
9-2 parallelism
This part also very helpful.
9-3 parallelism
I understand this part before, but it is still helpful.
10-1  10-2
I know how to avoid adding some meaning use less words, after I did this exercise.
11-1 mixed constructions.
I know this part before, but this exercise help me to revise.
11-2 mixed constructions.(edit and compare)
I know this part before, but this exercise help me to revise.
12-1 misplaced modifiers.
This part help me a lot, and very helpful.
12-2 misplaced modifiers (edit and compare)
This part help me a lot, and very helpful.
12-3Danging modifiers.
This very helpful, and I learn a lot.
12-4 Danging modifiers
This exercise is very helpful.
13-1 Shifts: person and number
I know this part before, but this exercise help me revise a lot.
13-2 Shifts: tense.
I learn a lot from this exercise.
13-3 Shifts
it is not that helpful, but good to know.
13-4 Shifts (edit and compare)
This part is very helpful, I learn a lot from this exercise.
14-1 Choppy sentences.
This part is very helpful, I learn a lot from this exercise.
14-2 Choppy sentence (edit and compare)
This exercise help me a lot.
14-3 Subordination.
This is very helpful for me to learn it, because I do not know before.

Question

Family:
How many people in your family?
what is the average number of childes in your country?
who have most power in your family?
Do the adults live with their parents when they are married?

Food:
what is the most popular food in your country?
what kind of food do you like?
Do you like to try the food you never touch?
Do the food could effect your mood?

Education:
Do you education system different with other country?
Do you think the education is important for a country?
what the best education system in your country?
what do you think your country's education system should change?