Communication Assignment 2-2(International Student)

Second interview (International Student)

Name of interviewees: Yangpin Liu

Majors: Economics

Hometowns: Pingxiang in China

1. Comparing State College to Pingxiang

Her hometown is in the southern part of China, and is 500-600 miles away from south sea of China. It is in the hill, and so many family works for producing coal.

(1) State College is more diverse than her hometown.

(2) She cannot compare size between State College and Pingxiang, because it is difficult to define the border of her hometown.

(3) Everyone has a car in State College, but many people in her hometown depend on only public transportation.

(4) Her hometown is cooler in summer and warmer in winter than State College. So, people do not use heating system in their house.

2. She likes studying at Penn State. The quality of education is good comparing with many universities in China. She can meet people who have different background, and which makes her open.

3. Two good restaurants.

She likes Asian food. She recommends Cozi-Thai in downtown and Beijing Garden in the mall. She does not have ay specific menu which she likes best. She usually changes dish every time. All dishes have general quality for her. She thinks that the Chinese restaurants in State College are not good for her compared with the original Chinese restaurant.

4. Two interesting things.

(1) Swimming: She likes swimming indoor swimming pool, Natatorium. It is not expensive; $5 per day

(2) She wants to travel to cities around; Philadelphia, New York City, Washington D.C, Pittsburg.

5. She recommends that we visit Berkey Creamery to eat ice cream. She likes Oreo Cookie ice cream.

Communication Assignment 2-1 (Local Student)

Communication Assignment #2
First interview (Local Student)
Name of interviewees: Kristen Burnet
Majors: Education
Hometowns: Ridgway in Pennsylvania

1. Comparing State College to Ridgway
Ridgway is in north-western from Penn State. It takes 1 hour and half from State College. State College is bigger than Ridgway. About 2000 people are in her hometown. There is one grocery store and are two traffic lights.
2. She likes studying at Penn State. This is because Penn State is a big place, and it is interesting to explore what she does not know. There are lots of things to do in campus.
3. Two good restaurants
She likes Indian Pavilion and Big Ball. She likes Asian food. Indian Pavilion serves Indian food Buffet, and she especially like chicken dish with tomato-yogurt source and bunch of spicy. Big Ball has really small price relative to amount of dish.
4. Two interesting thing
(1) Craft fair: People who come from different countries and different place in United States make blanket, basket and Christmas decorations. They set up tables and sell them.
(2) Free concert: We can enjoy free concert in memorial field in summer. It’s pretty good.
5. A lot of people go to see Nittany Lion. She does not specific landmark or place. However she thinks that the interesting thing is scenery. We can enjoy the pretty scenery like kinds of tree on campus. In spring, we can see that flowers start to bloom.

Communication Assignment 1

My interviewee’s background: He is American, and his name is Mark. He is not a student now, and works downtown. I met him in front of library.

He works downtown. When a new person was hired, he struck up a conversation with her. He started a conversation with training her to make her know workplace and feel better.

He usually shakes hands when he introduces himself to another person.

He does not use “How do you do?”. Instead, he uses “How are you?” or “How is going?”.

When he is sitting down and someone are coming into a room, he stands up. This happens in case of formal situation.

Anywhere he introduces himself, he begins a conversation with someone he doesn’t know.

If he has a question about something in class, he says “Could you help me understand?” If there is no instructor, he wants to seek name.

g. If I find the common between me and someone, I would start a conversation. For example, when I met a new person in my office, I started a conversation with him.

h. I was in an elevator in my building. “Hi. I’m Byungchul. Are you a new student? Nice to meet you.”