Communication Assignment#2_Local Student

I had an interview with a local student at State College Korean Church

Name: Gabe Williams

Major: Business

Hometowns: State College, PA

1. How does State College compare to your hometown?

è He said he was born here and has been here so far.

2. Do you like studying at Penn State?

è He likes studying here because State College it’s safe, quiet for the most part and provides lots of resources in which I can study like the Hub or several libraries.

3. Names of two good restaurants

è He recommends Green bowl which is located on Beaver St. They serve the mixed vegetables we can choose with some oriental spicy. He likes such a food so he’s often been there.

è He also mentioned Seoul Garden serving Korean food he so much likes. He had a chance to have Korean food three months ago.

4. Two interesting to do on weekends?

è He likes a football. He doesn’t want to play football but likes watching football with his friends in the Beaver Stadium. Several weeks ago, he went there and watched football game against Ohio State University.

è The second one he likes is going to church. He went to church about a month ago.

Communication Assignment#2_International Student

I had an interview with an Indian graduate student at Hammond lobby.

Name: Anurag Jaipuriar

Major: M.S Engineering Mechanics

Hometowns: Shahadol (INDIA)

1. How does State College compare to your hometown?

è He said there are many differences between hi s hometown State College. His hometown which is located in center part of India with four seasons is very small industrial city but State College is a university town so there are many students around here comparing his hometown.

2. Do you like studying at Penn State?

è He obviously likes studying here because Pennsate University has world best engineering program. That’s why he applied to the school and study here.

3. Names of two good restaurants

è He much likes the Five-guys in downtown. Five-guys serves high quality Hamburgs with reasonable price.

è He also like Serina next to Five-guys. Although Serina serves little bit expensive food , he likes the food. But he prefer Five-guys because of price.

4. Two interesting to do on weekends?

è He is always busy in his research. But usually, he walks around downtown and playing pool with his friends. This is the first time to learn playing pool and he still learn it.

è He just relax at his home because he has no time to relax during weekday.

5. Something I should see or do while I study at the Penn State.

è Something he found in Penn State is the football. People in Penn State are crazy for football. He does like a football and even he doesn’t understand how to play a football. He understands why people are so crazy for football because Indian people are so crazy for a cricket as if people in Penn State are crazy for football.

Communicatoin Assignment #1

It's a good opportunity for a conversation with whom I didn't know.

Summary of Interview

Interviewee: Grace, 19 year old, sophomore in Violin Performance, Pennstate University.

Where: on the street

Date: 09/13/2009

Time: about 2’30’’

a. Interviewee has an experience in making a conversation with some she didn’t know. She asked someone to borrow the pencil, which is the starting conversation with whom she didn’t know.

b. It depends on person with whom she shakes hands.

c. She rarely used the expression of “ How do you do?”. She would rather use the “How are you doing?”.

d. When she reaches out someone to shake hands, she stands up. Causally, she waits they sit down.

e. She lately began a conversation with someone in the Starbucks where she used to work with computer. Someone who was interested in her work struck up a conversation with her.

f. Complaints about Professor, homework, or “how’s work” are good materials to strike up classmates she didn’t know well.

g. Between me and someone I don’t know, there are common things found such as complaints about service, applying for same requests, etc.

h. When I paid my apartment rent fee in Bursar, they didn’t accept credit or debit card. Worker there told me to follow someone who had same problem. On the way to other building with that guy to tackle the ploblem, we had short conversation about complaints of why they didn’t accept the debit card, where we are living something like that.