Interview an international student, faculty, or businessperson regarding his/her experiences in the United States. The interviewee must have come to the US after the age of 16 and be currently living in the US. You should select someone to interview who is from a different culture of your own.(I am Dominican) Focus specifically on expatriate issues such as cultural challenges faced in the U.S. (e.g. cultural and day-to-day challenges), unexpected differences (e.g. the interviewees stereotypes of the U.S. not being upheld), the experience of culture shock, and methods used to facilitate adjustment to the new culture.
To aid in your understanding of the interviewees experience, you should conduct some research on the interviewees home country and culture as well as the United States. However, your write-up should focus on how your interviewees experiences relate to topics and theories covered in class and should only briefly discuss country information based on separate research when interpreting your findings.
Thus, the purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to apply class concepts, in particular those related to expatriates, to real-world situations of someone from another culture. You should ask general questions of the interviewee to subtly address key expatriate issues (i.e. do not define concepts and ask the interviewee for his/her/their perspective), and then interpret their responses based on your understanding of key expatriate issues and topics. Appropriately and explicitly apply theories and concepts covered in class to interpret the interviewees response.
The write-up is due at the beginning of class on April 29 to the appropriate link in Content on Blackboard. The write-up should be 3-5 pages double-spaced or 2-4 pages single-spaced in 11-12 point font. It should be error-free and written in prose format. Do not provide a transcript of the interview. You will be evaluated both on content and process (e.g. writing style, formatting, lack of spelling and grammatical errors).
To complete this assignment, please do the following:
1. In a short paragraph of 2-4 sentences, briefly give background information on the person you interviewed (e.g. nationality and hometown, age, prior international experience, how long the person has been in the U.S.).
2. For the bulk of the assignment, delve into this persons experiences. Describe these experiences and interpret them using class concepts and theories. You should address a minimum of three different expatriate issues. Note that delving into cultural dimension differences is fine, but this is only one issue and is not the focus of this assignment.
3. Include a brief discussion of research conducted on both countries. This could be within your discussion of the findings or as a separate section after discussing your findings though points made should relate to what was illuminated from the interview and what you found based on your secondary research, citing appropriately. In other words, you should not do a country report that mentions major country differences that were not brought up or were unrelated to points made in the interview; instead the research should help you to interpret what was discussed in the interview.
4. On a separate page that is not counted as part of your page limit, include a typed list of the questions you asked, a reference page, and an appendix (if applicable). Make sure that you are using in-text citations as well as APA format for references.
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