Locate a person to interview who is living in your country as a temporary visitor, such as a tourist or a student from another country who will return home after a short period of time. Ask for the person’s permission to use his or her name and quotations

Locate a person to interview who is living in your country as a temporary visitor, such as a tourist or a student from another country who will return home after a short period of time. Ask for the person’s permission to use his or her name and quotations in the paper and how to correctly spell their name. Prepare your questions ahead of time and craft them well. The goal is to find out about the person’s experience as a tourist.

Write an essay of 500-750 words about the experience. Do not write it as a verbatim account of the interview. Use quotes as needed, but write the paper as an essay. Refer to “Resource 2: Intercultural Communication Interview.” Where did you meet the person? How long did you visit? What did you learn? Was this person’s experience typical of what you read in the textbook about how hosts and tourists interact? How, specifically, did business people treat them?

Reflect on how much this experience stretched your comfort zone and how this observation could affect your intercultural communication. If you were going to do this assignment over, what could you do that would make it more valuable to you and, perhaps, to the other person?

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

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Intercultural Communication Interview

Prepare for your interview ahead of time. Find a person to interview who is living in your country as a temporary visitor, such as a tourist or a student from another country who will return home after a short period of time. Consider the culture of this person and if the questions you plan to ask might be offensive in some way. Consider the discomfort you might feel if you were from a different culture and someone asked you these questions. Be sensitive as you do the interview to the other person’s discomfort. Are your questions clear and understandable to him or her? Is your accent easy to understand? Is your word choice appropriate? When you are ready to begin, start by introducing yourself, and then very politely say something like…

“Thank you for allowing me to interview you for my Intercultural Communication class. I have some questions that will guide our discussion, but feel free to add any information you feel will help me understand your perspective as a person from a culture different than the one I have experienced, living in my culture for most of my life. First, may I have your permission to quote you in my paper? If so, please tell me how to spell your name correctly and tell me the correct title I should use for you.”

1. What is your home country?
2. What is the dominant language? What other languages do you speak?
3. What are some common gestures, sounds, or symbols that others would need to know if they wanted to communicate with people in your culture?
4. Have you noticed any gestures in your host country that you consider rude?
5. How long have you been in your host country?
6. How well do you speak its primary language?
7. How have business people treated you?
8. Do you feel like people in general welcome you to the host culture?
9. What are some examples of positive or negative responses you have received?
10. How are decisions made in your culture? If a parent or elder typically makes decisions at home, how difficult has it been for you here to have to make decisions independently?
11. Do people treat you better or worse in the host culture than in your own culture based on your age, gender, or marital status?
12. How do people dress in your culture?
13. What do you think about the way people dress in your host culture?
14. What are some things about your culture that you wish other people knew so that they would communicate with you better?
15. What is the thing you miss most about your home culture while you are away?
16. What surprised you most about your host culture?
17. What adjustments did you have to make to feel comfortable in your host culture?
18. What do you think you would miss most about this country when you return to your country?
19. When people return to their home country, if they have been gone for a long time, they often experience a surprising culture shock called “re-entry” culture shock. What do you think will shock you about returning home?

 

 

 

Top of Form Interview With a Tourist   1 Unsatisfactory 0.00% 2 Less than Satisfactory 65.00% 3 Satisfactory 75.00% 4 Good 85.00% 5 Excellent 100.00% 70.0 %Content   10.0 %Temporary Visitor Authenticity Does not indicate where they located a person from another country who is returning home after a short period of time. Does not obtain the person’s permission to use their name or quote them. Vaguely indicates where they located a person from another country who is returning home after a short period of time. Not clear if they obtained the person’s permission to use their name or quote them. Indicates where they located a person from another country who is returning home after a short period of time. Did obtain the person’s permission to use their name or quote them. Clearly indicates where they located a person from another country who is returning home after a short period of time. Did obtain the person’s permission to use their name or quote them. Clearly and accurately indicates where they located a person from another country who is returning home after a short period of time. Did obtain the person’s permission to use their name or quote them. 30.0 %Account of the Interview Does not indicate how long they visited, what they learned, or the interactions of hosts and tourists. Does not reference the Intercultural Communication Interview resource or the textbook. Vaguely indicates how long they visited, what they learned, and the interactions of hosts and tourists. Provides vague references from the Intercultural Communication Interview resource and the textbook. Indicates how long they visited, what they learned, and the interactions of hosts and tourists. Provides vague references from the Intercultural Communication Interview resource and the textbook. Clearly indicates how long they visited, what they learned, and the interactions of hosts and tourists. Clearly references the Intercultural Communication Interview resource and the textbook. Clearly and thoroughly indicates how long they visited, what they learned, or the interactions of hosts and tourists. Provides relevant and specific references from the Intercultural Communication Interview resource and the textbook. 30.0 %Reflection of the Interview The essay does not reflect on how much this experience stretched their comfort zone and how this interview could affect their intercultural communication. The essay does not include a reflection on what they would change about the interview that would make it more valuable to him or her and, perhaps, to the other person. The essay includes a minimal reflection on how much this experience stretched their comfort zone and how this interview could affect their intercultural communication. The essay does not include an adequate reflection on what they would change about the interview that would make it more valuable to him or her and, perhaps, to the other person. The essay includes a reflection on how much this experience stretched their comfort zone and how this interview could affect their intercultural communication. The essay includes a reflection on what they could change about the interview that would make it more valuable to him or her and, perhaps, to the other person. The essay includes a thorough reflection on how much this experience stretched their comfort zone and how this interview could affect their intercultural communication. The essay includes a thorough reflection on what they could change about the interview that would make it more valuable to him or her and, perhaps, to the other person. The essay includes a thorough and insightful reflection on how much this experience stretched the student’s comfort zone and how this interview could affect their intercultural communication. The essay effectively communicates what they would change about the interview that would make it more valuable to him or her and, perhaps, to the other person. 25.0 %Organization and Effectiveness   10.0 %Thesis Development and Purpose Paper lacks any discernible overall purpose or organizing claim. Thesis and/or main claim are insufficiently developed and/or vague; purpose is not clear. Thesis and/or main claim are apparent and appropriate to purpose. Thesis and/or main claim are clear and forecast the development of the paper. It is descriptive and reflective of the arguments and appropriate to the purpose. Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive; contained within the thesis is the essence of the paper. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear. 10.0 %Paragraph Development and Transitions Paragraphs and transitions consistently lack unity and coherence. No apparent connections between paragraphs are established. Transitions are inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed. Some paragraphs and transitions may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness. Some degree of organization is evident. Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other. A logical progression of ideas between paragraphs is apparent. Paragraphs exhibit a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Topic sentences and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose. There is a sophisticated construction of paragraphs and transitions. Ideas progress and relate to each other. Paragraph and transition construction guide the reader. Paragraph structure is seamless. 5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice and/or sentence construction are used. Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register), sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are used. Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. A variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech are used. Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. 5.0 %Format   5.0 %Paper Format (Use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) Template is not used appropriately or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken; lack of control with formatting is apparent. Appropriate template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. Appropriate template is fully used; There are virtually no errors in formatting style.

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