Thursday, September 23, 2010

My top three interviewee.

1.Lee, Pa Kou
2.Schleif, Emily A
3. Mao, Chenlong

Objectives of an Interview.

Conducting an interview it will help me to know about Cultural, economic and social background that describes the way people live.
Cultural background.
1.       Related to religion, food, costumes, festivals etc.
2.       Norms and values.
3.       Birth, marriage and death.
Economic background:
1.       Income source.
2.       Percentage of employed people and unemployed people.
3.       Tourism and international network.
Social background:
1.       Gender inequalities.
2.       Types of family and family relationship.
3.       Class, religion and ethnic group.

Operationalizing the Interview Process.


1.       Go to Pizza hut and meet them.
2.       Introduce myself briefly and build an Inter personal relationship.
3.       Record the names and contact number of interviewees who are interested may be three people.
4.       Give reason for conducting interview and inform about it.
5.       Inform about time that requires for an interview about thirty to forty minutes.
6.       Arrange time and schedule for an interview.
7.       Fix the location to conduct an interview.
8.       Try to fix the location which is convenient for interviewees.
9.       Provide further information about interview.
10.   Express appreciation for their help once more before leave.
11.   Go to miller center and get tape recorder.
12.   Prepare questions and choose that further helps in achieving goal.
13.   Practice them to increase my own confident level  before an interview.
14.   Before an interview offer them for drinks and stay calm during an interview.
15.   Provide one copy of question to an interviewee to avoid misinterpretation during interview.
16.   Conduct an interview.
17.   Conduct an interview in a two ways communication that means if interviewees want to know something about me then try to answer their questions too.
18.   Give signal as we are approaching to the end of an interview so that interviewee can think what to speak in the end.
19.   Repeat the purpose of conducting an interview.
20.   Thank them for help and end an interview.

Operationalizing the Interview rocess.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Global Communication

Global communication
 Globalization is defined as a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural, political and biological factors by the means of global network of communication, transportation etc. It has helped the world to be globalized by interacting with the people around the world by the means of technology, economic development, political and biological factors and many more. This has helped people communicate and be closer to the people even on the other side of the globe.  Global communication helps us in conveying and getting information from one place to another place and from one individual to the other. It has affected the community we live in. Global communication can be transmitted through different media like internet, television, telephone, postal service, DHL etc. People can exchange their ideas by those media.
            Global communication has helped underdeveloped and developing countries communicate with leaders from different countries. Sharing of ideas have become easier and helped everyone in the modern world. Development of global communication has changed people’s life very fast and easy. It has helped to improve the economy. This change includes the fact that products are being produced in certain locations from parts manufactured in places all over the world, information and money being exchanged and having a constant rapid flow, and people all over the world being connected in almost every way possible way. Leaders of different countries can communicate with each other easily and can discuss all the political and economic issuers for the better of all the human lives.
In earlier period people are running only to fulfill their basic needs only but with the development of modern technology we are able to communicate with the people living in other countries too. It has helped people understand each other and get along well. The way people communicate has changed since last decade. The communication started with postal service has now reached the age of internet and fax. Development of technologies like computers, satellite, and telephone has been important step that took the way we communicate to a higher level. People have to travel to other places to convey their message but now things have been easier. Staying in a room, one can communicate to people from any corner of the world.
My life has also been affected by global communication. I wouldn’t have been able to keep in touch with my family on the other side of the world. It has helped me feel I am still close with my family. Global communication has helped the world in all possible sectors and people are still working on making it better and more effective.

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Outline

I. Introduction:

 A. Globalization is defined as a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural, political and biological factors by the means of global network of communication, transportation etc.

B. Global communication has become increasingly important because it is a new mode of interaction for the people living in far distance, has helped to improve social and economical status of underdeveloped and developing countries important for new technology and new source of finance and income.
 II Body

 A. New mode of interaction
 1. Opportunity to know people from different place.
 2. Create new ideas and information.

B. Improvement of social and economical status of underdeveloped and developing countries.

1. Has helped underdeveloped and developing countries communicate with leaders from different countries.

 2. Cheaper and quality production of one country can be transfer to another country which will help to improve the economic condition.

C. Development of technology has made people’s life more easier.

1.      Staying in a room, one can communicate to people from any corner of the world

III. Conclusion:
           
 Global communication has helped the world in all possible sectors and people are still working on making it better and more effective.


Thursday, September 9, 2010

Onblog quiz

.By doing an exercise of Diana Hacker site, I learned how to clear the sentences by avoiding unnecessary words used on it. For example: comma are not used in front of and. Also by practicing this site period should go final quotation mark for example: My commanding officer said, "I f we wanted to have children, we would have issued with them to you." The study of present and past participles in a sentence helped me to improve my grammar. Also from a part f grammar basic, direct and indirect objects, object complement and subject complement taught me to choose correct objects used in sentence. The sentence sometimes is linked with linking verb, transitive or intransitive verb. But to know whether it is linking, transitive or intransitive we should always know some rules of grammar. Linking verb always followed by subject complement, transitive followed by a direct object and intransitive an adverb, an adverb phrase or nothing at all. Finally by practicing this exercise it really helped me to improve my grammar

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Inventory story

Human beings have always been a seeker of success and have hunted far and wide for each and every opportunity of prosperity. People leave their native land and travel to a foreign land that offers them a better life for them and their upcoming generations. There is lot of push factors that forces people to move out and pull factors that influences people to move to in. Certain push factors are violence, political disturbance, and natural disasters whereas better education, employment opportunities and safe environment are few of the pull factors. For me the main pull factor was the better education and the opportunity to look forward for a successful career in Nursing. However, it was a challenge for me to adapt in this new culture and environment. After I came to US, the first thing I had to do was to know about US culture in order to understand the different perspectives of their values, norms and behavior. I am a girl from Nepal, which lies in south Asia. So, while comparing my country with this country there are lots of differences regarding culture and other social values. I was always worried thinking if I could adjust myself in this new culture and be a part of it. To make things easier I always thought to make new international friends in this land .After joining some classes fortunately I got chance to make many new friends from this country. One day I went with one of my good friend’s house, she is a girl form this country she invited me to her house for dinner. I was also very excited to visit her and her other family members. When I first entered her home, we sat in a Lobby for a while. Suddenly my eyes jumped up in very beautiful souvenir which was a framed picture of Island of Majorca. I asked her about it. She told me that her father brought it for her house when he visited there. The place where we were sitting was really wonderful with lots of precious stuffs, like comfortable couches covered with beautiful piece of clothes etc. That time I missed my home a lot. I’d just like a chance to relax like in my own home. I used to live in a college dorm for this reason too I was not being able to see all those things. When me and my friend were talking in a lobby one Mongolian woman entered bringing a cup of tea for us. I immediately identified her that she belongs to Asian background because I also belong to same group. My friends introduced her and came to know that she is her step mom from Singapore. Her father married that lady when her mother died. My friend was just 3 years at that time. I found her as a very kind lady because she took every responsibility that one mother should have for her children. She was much opened minded lady but slightly dedicated to her culture and religion. It seems she was very happy to share everything about her. When we were talking she pointed toward one typical man statue which was made up with wood. She described that those types of people used to be her ancestors and she really admired them. I felt myself that my friend is very lucky to have a step mom like her. May be that is the reason for being my friend very cultural, dedicated to family and polite nature. After having a nice talk her mom told us to go for dinner and we walk towards a kitchen. Her kitchen was really artistic like her lobby. Walls were furnished with artistic marble, cupboard with full of nicely painted plates, bowls and cups. Her step mom said she brought it from her country. I got chance to eat in that beautifully painted plate. That day she cooked her own Singapore food that is rice and sea food curry. I really enjoyed eating such a delicious food after many days. After finishing our dinner she took us to her and my friend’s father room. Again I am shocked of seeing a statue of Lord Jesus and black colored statue of Lord Buddha. I am a girl from Nepal and as every people know that Lord Buddha was born in Nepal so lots of people belongs to Buddhist religion but they don’t pray other religion god but it was very shocking scenario for me because two religions gods were put together. So, I asked about it too, and she simply answered me that there is only one god in a world with different faces. She said that I, Stephanie and her father all of us pray both god everyday with equal respect which really touched my heart. Also in that room there is small boat made of wood and very old chest nuts in her room’s cupboard seems that those things are also very valuable for her. Again I asked about it and she told me that grandmother belongs to Mongolia so when she visited Mongolia, her grand ma gave it to her before many years. It showed that she is also attached to her family back in her native country. She treated me like her own daughter; whatever she could do for me she did it. She warmly welcomed me while going back to my dorm also she hugged me and kissed me. One important part of my visit was she gave me a wallet of Mongolia with Singapore currency inside it as a gift. Though it might not be too expensive but her affection and respect towards me is highly regarded. I wish her and my friend for long lasting relationship which should have one mother for her children and child for his or her mom. Finally, I don’t want to identify her as a stepmom but her own mom, she is really kind, determined and optimistic for her culture and family. I really take this as an important visit in my life by which I learned a lot of things. I will definitely going to tell this as a story for my future generation as a nice and true story that happened in my life.