Revised Country

China has the largest population at more than a billion people. “China has the largest population in the world with more than 1.3 billion residents.” (1)

“After World War II, the Communists took control and established a socialist system.” (1) They limit how many children you have. They have tropic areas and arctic areas within the same country . They have a large market economy that produces a lot of textiles. China is located in “Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea. Is the fourth largest country in the world.” (1) China has the Largest army in the world. China hosted the Olympics. China interests me because of how much different Chinese culture is from American culture. Mandarin is one of the main languages in china.

Works Cited

1. CIA. "The World Fact." Central Intelligence Agency. September 30, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html (accessed October 20, 2009).

Interview 1

Kevin Harty
Hao Tseng
China
English 191
October 26, 2009


Preparations

To prepare for the interview I made a list of ten open ended questions to ask the interviewee. With these questions I wish to gather as much information as I can about this persons country and culture. Along with the questions, I also constructed a set of objectives to follow during my interview. I found this to be much more difficult than making my list of questions. I used the help of my classmates objectives posted on their blogs to strengthen my own set of objectives. After this I began to look for an interviewee. This was fairly easy to do, I knew a couple international students from class, I just asked one of them if they would be willing to do an interview. He was happy to do an interview with me. We planned to meet on Monday after break in the library.

Interview

We met Monday October 26 in the library at seven. We met on the second floor at one of the tables. The environment of the library was quiet and would work well for a conversation for two people. The initial interview went well, I asked him if it was ok to record the interview and he said it would be fine. I started the recorder and begun the interview with a couple questions about his country and his background. Everything was going fine until his phone rang and he answered I couldn’t understand what he was saying he was speaking in Chinese and after he was finished talking on the phone, he told me that he had to go and he was sorry and said maybe we can try again tomorrow. So my interviewee was gone and I had recorded an interview that was 4 minutes and 30 seconds. Not a very successful interview. I am hoping on my next two interviews lasting a little longer. This is why I did not provide a transcript of the interview because I am counting on this to be the one that I won’t have graded.

Biography

Hao Tseng is the name of my first interviewee. I did not learn much about my interviewee because of their having to leave early, but what I did learn was that he is from China and that he has been in the u.s. for about a year. He also told me that he has no family here with him.

Interview Process

There wasn’t much of a process to my interview. There was really only a greeting and a couple quick questions.

Country and Culture

China stood as a leading civilization compared to the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was going through major problems, such as war and famine. After World War II, the Communists established a socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight.
Geography- Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea. Is the fourth largest country in the world. The difference in climate between parts of this country can be extreme, for example in the south it is tropical and in the north it is sub-arctic. The terrain in the country of China is made up of mostly mountains.
People of China- China has the largest population in the world with more than 1.3 billion residents. China also has a very diverse ethnic backgrounds such as Han Chinese, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean. China also has four different religions that it people call their own and they are Daoist, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim. China's people also speak nine different languages they are Mandarin, Putonghua, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka.

Works Cited

CIA. "The World Fact." Central Intelligence Agency. September 30, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html (accessed October 20, 2009).

China

(CIA 2009)

 

China stood as a leading civilization compared to the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was going through major problems, such as war and famine. After World War II, the Communists established a socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight.

 

Geography- Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea. Is the fourth largest country in the world. The difference in climate between parts of this country can be extreme, for example in the south it is tropical and in the north it is sub-arctic. The terrain in the country of China is made up of mostly mountains. 

 

People of China- China has the largest population in the world with more than 1.3 billion residents. China also has a very diverse ethnic backgrounds such as Han Chinese, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean. China also has four different religions that its people call their own and they are Daoist, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim. China's people also speak nine different languages they are Mandarin, Putonghua, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Minbei, Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka.

 

Works Cited

CIA. "The World Fact." Central Intelligence Agency. September 30, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html (accessed October 20, 2009).

 

 

Revised Objectives

1. Prepare a clear list of educated questions.
2. Listen carefully and learn as much as you can about their culture and home.
3. Find somewhere to do the interview, somewhere common for both.
4. Allow them to add additional information.
5. Allow them to ask questions as well.
6. Record the entire video.
7. Create well organized transcript

Presentation 580-586

Kevin L H, Vishal, Kaye

Choosing a documnetation style

• MLA- Modern language association (English papers)
• APA- American psychological association (Social Sciences
• Chicago

Select the appropriate ciataion for what you are citing.

MLA and APA are similar because the citations refer to a list at the end of the paper. There are also a few differences between the two, author's name, date of publication, page numbers, and verb tense in signal phrases can differ between the two.

Chicago style is the style you should use when you are dealing with a large number of citations. Instead of the author's name after the citation there is just a number, which then you can refer to the work cited to see the source information.

If not positive on which to use consult a style manual.

Objectives

1. Learn more about them
.2. Find out something interesting about them.
3. Learn where about where they come from.
4. Learn some history of their culture.