Group Three-Library topic-course guide
Publised 2011-02-16, http://research.stcloudstate.edu/courses.phtml researched on 2/22/11
"Things you are comparing / contrasting?"(stcloudstate.edu/courses)
Paraphrase of:Publisher unknown, http://www.credoreference.com/home.do researched on 2/22/11
Credo Reference-Provides a back ground of a topic you want to research. Also, has a lot of different options that produce quality information. Very convenient for student because of the fact that you only have to type in key words to start a research.
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Works Cited
Paraphrase of: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/topic/actionWin?limiter=&displayGroups=&query=&prodId=OVIC&userGroupName=&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=GALE%7C00000000LVWW&scanId=&display-query=&mode=view retrieved 2/22/11
Gives you different viewpoints.
Opposing Viewpoints- Allows you to view different sides of a controversial topic. Provides information to try and persuade you to one side or the other.
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Opposing Arguements
Begin Paraphrase: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/search/?q=globalization .
Scholarly vs. Popular Materials Guide (NCSU)-Provides articles from scholars, and articles from magazines
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Citing Sources
Paraphrase of: Publised 2011-02-16, http://libdata.stcloudstate.edu/page.phtml?page_id=150 retrieved 2/22/11
Citation styles-Allows students to view different types of MLA, and APA, and also gives examples. Their are examples of the different forms that can be looked at.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The process steps of interview
1. Think about what kind of questions that I would like to ask to my interviewee.
2. Divided my questions into different categories, and specified in each areas.
3. Post my questions in the blog.
4. Start to think about the people from which country that I would like to interview them.
5. Focus on finding three people from my ideal country.
6. Start to work for the country background. (Search information online and type my country report)
7. Post my country report in the blog.
8. Make sure that when they are free to be the interviewee for me.
9. Give them the paper of question before the interview so that they can recognize what kind of questions I would like to ask.
10. Meet each of them at the basement of Atwood, and start my interview.
11. I may have some other questions during the time to talk with them, but not that much.
12. Collect the information from my three interviewees, and classified them.
13. Use the information I got to write my interview report.
14. Find some related information online or from the book if necessary.
15. Modify the content of my interview report by myself.
16. Go to write center to modify the form and grammar of my interview report.
17. Post my final interview report in the blog.
Interview objectives for Beibei Wei
1. Though the information collecting, I can learn more about a country's background.
2. It is an good opportunity for me to communicate with the people from another country in a more formal way than usual.
3. During the time of interview, I could know what 's the culture like in him or her own mind.
4. After the interview, I may recognized the living situation of him or her as a foreigner in the USA.
Interview--14 Questions
1. Why did you decide to come to SCSU instead of studying or working in your own country?
2. What is your opinion of the American diet?
3. How does the climate in your home country compare to here?
4. What were your preconceptions about the US before coming here and how have they changed?
4. What were your preconceptions about the US before coming here and how have they changed?
5. What was the hardest thing about transitioning to the U.S.? (Culture shock)
6. How does the climate in your home country compare to here?
7. Do you think it will be easy to find a job after college?
8. How many people are there in your family?
7. Do you think it will be easy to find a job after college?
8. How many people are there in your family?
9. What's your major?
10. What do you like to do for fun?
11. What is the most famous food in your country?
12. Could you compare the teaching method between the U.S. and your own country? What is the main difference?
13. What is the difference between the U.S. and your own country on people’s living habits in your mind?
14. How do you think of the live now?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Group Three Questions
Cultural
What is the most famous food in your country?
What is the difference between the U.S. and your own country in people’s life style?
Could you compare the teaching method between the U.S. and your own country? What is the main difference?
Can you describe your own country for me?
How do you celebrate your traditional festivals here?
Family
Family
How many people are there in your family?
How old are your siblings?
Do you get along with your siblings?
Study Abroad
Study Abroad
When did you decide to come to the SCSU? (after high-school /college /undergraduate)
Why did you decide to come to the SCSU for studying instead of studying or working in your own country?
Do you feel alone when you stay at here? (Missing your own country /your family /you friends/ feeling helpless)
Will you go back to your own country after graduating from SCSU or continue your studies in the U.S.
How many students at SCSU come from your country?
Did you experience the culture shock?
Personal
Personal
What's your major?
What's your religious belief?
How do you feel the weather in Minnesota?
Did you join in any club or organization?
How long did you speak English?
What do you think you are good at?
What kind of job are you looking for?
How much is your ideal salary?
Do you like animals?
What do you like to do for fun?
Are you adapting the American food now?
Outline –the last one
Topic: Global communication and its effects on the world in the past ten years.
Introduction:
· The meaning of Global communication
· The brief introduction of how the Global communication changed our lives. (in economy, education, and culture fields)
Thesis: the Global communication makes our lives more convent and closer with each other.
Body text: (Compared the situation of ten years ago and nowadays)
1. Economy
· How did people deal with their business in the ten years ago?
i.Because of the lack of information, they needed to go to the real market to know the demand of their production.
ii. It was a hard work for them to broaden their business area.
iii. It was not that convenient to deliver something from one place to another.
· How do people do deal with their business in nowadays?
i.They could get the latest information as soon as possible.
ii.Many companies open subsidiaries at overseas.
2. Education
· How did people think of their education system in the ten years ago?
i.Traditional teaching method which may suitable for their own countries.
ii. It was hard for student to study in the other countries.
· How do people think of their education system in nowadays?
i.Two countries could communicate with each other in educational field, and promote its own educational system.
ii.The students have more chances to study abroad and have the opportunists to get more useful knowledge as they want.
3. Culture
· How did people recognize of the other cultures in the ten years ago?
i. Because of the lack of information, people were not familiar with the cultures from other countries.
ii. People may have the misunderstanding of other countries.
· How do people recognize of the other cultures in nowadays?
i. People have broadened their horizons.
ii. Different countries could understand better than before.
Conclusion:
Global communication promoted not only in economy, education, and culture fields, but also many other areas in the past ten years. Imaging that what kind of things that global communication will bring to us? Maybe only the how fast the advanced technology would give us the answer.
Interview –20 Questions
1. What is your name?
2. Where are you from?
3. What is the most famous food in your country?
4. How many people are there in your family?
5. When did you decide to come to the SCSU? (after high-school /college /undergraduate)
6. Why did you decide to come to the SCSU for studying instead of studying or working in your own country?
7. How long have you been here?
8. What kind of first impression that the U.S. leaves to you?
9. Do you feel alone when you stay at here? (missing your own country /your family /you friends/ feeling helpless)
10. How do you think of the live now?
11. What is your major?
12. Did you change your mind in choosing the major when you came here?
13. Could you compare the teaching method between the U.S. and your own country? What is the main difference?
14. What is your ideal job in the future?
15. Do you have any working experiences?
16. Will you go back to your own country after graduating from SCSU or continue your studies in the U.S.
17. What is the most important thing that could make your dream come true?
18. What is the difference between the U.S. and your own country in people’s life style?
19. Do you like the weather here?
20. Are you adapting the American food now?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Outline- Group 3
Topic: Global communication and its effects on the world.
Thesis: Global communication is beneficial to the development of the world.
I. Global communication helps economies.
a. Companies can expand their borders.
b. Global markets offer cheaper products and low paid labor.
c. Global Economic Organization
II. Technology has helped to promote global communication.
a. Global relationships are easier due to technology.
b. Phones, emails and internet have made interaction easier.
c. Technology has speed up shipping goods.
III. Global communication has helped to improve cultural exchange
a. Different cultures can interact in the same school.
b. Nations can learn how to better themselves by how other countries do things.
c. People open their minds.
Conclusion: The development of global communication has helped to shape today’s world.
What the Global Communication is and How it effects the Globalization in the past ten years.
People could get information more efficiently by communication. In the past times, the majority of information, which people got, is limited within their own countries or even their living areas. It seems that the most familiar place they live in is their own world. Time flies quite quickly, everything changed around the corner, and communication has its own definition with new functions. In nowadays, one of the high frequent words is Global Communication, which means that people could not only get information from their local places, but also be familiar with the latest affairs from other countries. According to the website Wiki, we know that global communication is the process of exchanging information from countries to countries, and from cities to cities. Because of the new advanced technology, global communication is much common and convenient for people's life. It somehow altered people's social value, promoted the quantity of people's living standard, and improved the development between two countries or two companies. As i think, global communication has promoted globalization a lot, such as people's life style, the country's economy, and education system.
Firstly, global communication changed people's life style and their habit. In the ten years ago, people would like to write letters to communicate with each other. Maybe, they think that it is a quite nice way to let others understand their real emotions during these words. While, most people prefer to send emails or use chatting tools to get response from others more quickly. As people recognized that time is money, so they tend to get the information as soon as possible. Meanwhile, in the ten years ago, it was not that convenient for people to buy something from other places, even the things from other countries. It means that, people have to go to the real markets to buy something that they need. However, in nowadays, people could just click their mouse to buy everything they want.
Secondly, global communication promoted the economy of countries. People may know that if businessmen make the trades within the local areas, the development of a country would be very slowly as the information they get is limited. In other words, even though, the company has high quantity of products, once they are lack of the information about the demand of these products in other markets, then they will lose the advantage. Nonetheless, global communication helps people to know and get the latest news from the entire world. During the global communication, two countries or two companies could cooperated with each other and share the technologies they have. At the same time, more and more companies eager to explore the new market from other countries which they may not be acquainted with, and the newest information they get could help them to know more about the real market demand in that place, and they could open subsidiaries at overseas to extension their own business.
Thirdly, the global communication speed up the reformation of the education system. Now, many students have the chance to study abroad, and they could learn something more that they may could not learnt in their own countries, which means that once the students come back to home after graduation, they could used the knowledge they learnt to develop their own counties. While, in the ten years ago, it was a dream for many students in China. With the help of global communication, the schools could connect with each other more frequently, and promoted the way of teaching styles. In decade years ago, the Chinese students always are concentrating on their own courses. To them, as a student, the most important thing for them is test, and people usually called it as exam-oriented education. The Chinese education department realized that it is necessary to shift the exam-oriented education to quality-oriented education in recent year.
To sum up, global communication acts as a very significant status in today's society, such in people's life, economy, and education fields and we cannot imagine how the life will be without it. Due to the global communication, instead of distance and isolation, the whole world looks like a huge family with variety of groups.
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