Reference Sources

Reference Sources

Our group six topic is on the link Reference Sources. “This is a great way to look up quick facts, definitions, statistics and overviews using online dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and etc.”  http://lrts.stcloudstate.edu/library/research/default.asp 2/22/2011 This is also a good way to look for a topic that you might find interesting. They’re very good about having information on many different/ controversial topics. Here are some of the tools that this link provides.

Credo Reference

CQ Researcher

Discovering Collection

Educator’s Reference Complete

Facts of File (World News Digest)

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

MasterFILE Premier

Points of View Reference Center

Sage Reference Online

Science Reference Collection

Clearly there is a lot of resources here that you could use as a valuable tool to aid you in writing a paper or whatever the case maybe. We’re going to zoom in on just two of these resources and explain them in depth, what they can be used for, and how to use them. We’ll talk about the Discovering Collection Link and the Facts of File (World News Digest).

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"Discovery Collection: A good resource for very basic information on virtually any topic. This comprehensive reference resource includes essays, critical analyses, biographies, and primary sources in both text and multimedia."
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Different things it can do:

1-      Popular topics

2-      Different subjects

3-      Publication searches

4-      Advanced searches

With just putting in key words you are able to pull up many different passages and in those passages the key word is highlighted.

The databases selected for searching offer a combined 281,559 articles and were last updated as recently as February 22, 2011

http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/dispBasicSearch.do?prodId=DC&userGroupName=stcloud_main date visited 2/21

Now I’m going to talk about the Facts on File (World News Digest) reference site. This is a searchable news and events site in addition to using the encyclopedia and almanac. This site gives top stories that date all the way back to 1940. Some special features that this resource has maps, photographs, historic documents, and overviews of key issues. Basically you can just type the topic you’re interested in and if available there will be articles related to that topic. Right on the front page they have a in-depth coverage, Special Features, and Research Topic Idea Categories which are both useful and interesting.

The URL to this site is http://www.2facts.com/wnd_home_feature.aspx

Steps incompletion of Speech

1.      Brainstorm potential questions.

2.      Make a decision on 14 or more final questions to ask interviewee.

3.      Brainstorm about potential objectives that you want to achieve during interview.

4.      Come up with exact objectives that you want to complete by the end of the interview.

5.      Go to find a way to record the interview. Such as taperecorder or Smartphone.

6.      Search for a international student that would be willing to do the interview.

7.      Get to know the person on a more personal level and arrange a time that they would be willing to complete the interview.

8.      Let the person know ahead of time what kind of questions you’re going to ask them so they can prepare.

9.      Meet up with the interviewee and rehearse how the interview is going to go before starting the tape recorder.

10.  Once everything is good to go start the interview.

11.  Complete the interview and thank the person that was willing to spare there time for your assignment/interview.

12.  Once completed go over your tape recording and write up a transcript.

13.  Write down my review on what I thought about the whole interview process.

14.  Write up a conclusion.

15.  Also in there write a 1-2 page country report on the individuals home country.

Interview Objectives for Jordan Meyer

1.      I’d like to communicate efficiently with an international student despite the language barrier.

2.      I’d like to get a better view/ broaden my horizons from a student who grew up in a different part of the world.

3.      I’d like to understand his or her culture, compare it to my own, and from there analyze the major differences.

4.      I’d like to learn and experience the basic fundamentals on holding an interview.

5.      Improve my communicating skills, get to know, and learn from this person.

14 Interview Questions

14 Interview Questions

1.      What did you find hardest about transitioning to the U.S? (Culture Shock)

2.      What are some cultural differences between your country and here?

3.      Who takes care of the finances in your family?

4.      Have you had any personal experiences with racism since coming to the U.S.?

5.      What were your preconceptions about the U.S before coming here and how have they changed?

6.      What is your opinion of the American Diet and how does it differ from your home country?

7.      Do you think you’ll have difficulty finding a job after college? Why or why not?

8.      Was learning a second or third language you decision growing up or was it pushed on you by your school or family? Why did you decide to learn English?

9.      How essential is it to have a post high school education in your country? Would it be tough to find a good job without a college degree?

10.  What do you do to pass the time back in your country?

11.  How is family culturally different between your country and the U.S? Bigger or smaller families? Is family important above all else or not so much?

12.  The United States is starting to become more and more ethnically diverse as the decades fly by. Is this similar to where you’re from? How so?

13.  How does the Climate differ between here in Minnesota and your home country? How did you adjust to the change?

14.  Have you worked in the U.S since you’ve been here? Why or why not? And if you have what were some of the biggest challenges for you?

Group 6 Interview Questions

FOOD

1.       What is your opinion of the American diet?

2.       What are some dishes that are serviced for your meals?

3.       Is it common to find fast food restaurants in your home country like it is here?

EDUCATION

4.       How important is education to where you are from?

5.       Is it tough to find a good paying job in your country without a post high school education?

6.       What was your reason for becoming a foreign exchange student? What were the benefits in your prospective?

CULTURE

7.       The U.S. is becoming more diverse as the decades go on, is that similar to where you are from?

8.       What is a traditional festival in your country? Explain in detail the festival.

9.       What do you like most about your home culture?

OTHERS

10.   What kind of relationships do you have with your family?

11.   What is customary in your family for dating?

12.   Is valuing sports and being athletic important in your country?

Potential Questions for Interview

Food

1.  Is it common to sit down with your family for meals during the day?

2.  Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner or all three?

3.  From what you can tell, is obesity more of a problem here in the US or from your home country?

4.  Is it more common to find a fast food restaurant, such as a McDonalds or Burger King, here in the US or from your home country?

5. What are some popular meals served in your country?

Education

6. Was learning a second or third language your decision growing up or was it pushed on you by your school or family? Why did you decide to learn english?

7. How important is education overall where you’re from?

8. How is your education set up? Is there elementary, junior high, middle school, and high school like around here? What about college? Is it set up similiarly as in the US?

9. Is it tough to find a good paying job in your country without a good education?

10. What was your reason for becoming a foreign exchange student? What were the benefits from your prospective?

Recreation

11. What do you do to pass the time back in your country?

12. Is valuing sports and being athletic important in your country?

13. Football, basketball, and baseball are the three big sport scenes in the US. Is it similar from where you’re from?

14. I really enjoy spending time at the lake or a beach. Is that common from where you’re from?

15. If so have you ever done any boating activities such as tubing, skiing, or wakeboarding?

Other

16. The United States is starting to become more and more ethnically diverse as the decades fly by. Is this similar from where you’re from?

17. Is there anything legal in the US that is prohibited in your country?

18. Is there anything illegal here that is otherwise legal in your country?

19. What are your views on drinking? Is it common for college students to drink excessively at bars or otherwise?

20. Do you see much of American alcoholic beverages such as Budweiser where you’re from? What about Canadian whiskey? If not you’re missing out

Group 6 Outline on Global Communication

Topic: What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years.
Introduction:

Thesis: Global Communications has changed world perspectives in many different ways, including advances in technology, social interactions with friends, and economically.

Body:
            1) Advances in Technology

a.   Doctors are able exchange information and knowledge on a global level.

b.   With our new advances in technology we’re able to help less advanced         countries thrive.

c.   Also communicating on a global level is just all around easier with satellites, the                   continual growth of the internet, and cell phones.   

2) Social interactions with friends

            a. With the use of Email you’re able to receive mail globally without the delay of travel. 

b. Connecting with friends via Skype

                       i.      See a person’s face from across the globe.

                       ii.     Able to send text.

                       iii.    The program that you can download onto a computer is free.

3) Economically

a.       Promoting global trade

                       i.      Exchange of oil which is as vital substance throughout the world.

                       ii.     Getting essential goods to countries that can’t produce the goods themselves.

Concluding sentence: Global Communication has changed the world perspectives in many different ways.