Q Please identify a person in which you would like to interview. Students must list their relationship with the selected interviewee (co-worker, classmate, friend, professor, etc. (5 points)). You cannot complete this interview with a close relative or spouse/partner/girlfriend/boyfriend unless approved by your instructor. The person MUST have at least two primary cultural factor (gender, age/generational, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, ability/disability, nationality, etc) that differs from the student. In the submission of the cultural topics/questions, students must also include the identified primary cultural factors and difference(s) between him/herself and his/her interviewee (5 points). This helps me to actually know that there are two separate cultural factors that differ between the student and interviewee.

Q As the purpose of this assignment is to become familiar with cross-cultural communication, students are required to utilize prior planning to optimize the experience in interviewing someone about their cultural experiences. Prior to the interview, students are to prepare a list of questions/ discussion topics based on class material or researched information that pertains to that individual’s cultural group (15 points). These questions and topics must include content that helps the student to understand the individuals cultural experience (process) instead of basic facts about their culture. This interview should help the student understand more about the person's intracultural experiences and cultural intersections. I am looking for more depth than repeating the interviewee's thoughts about his or her culture; therefore it is important to consider in-depth questions that help interviewees talk about their experiences moreso than ONLY basic facts/content about the culture. Specifically, this experience should be more than learning about facts about a culture...that's what the lectures and book are for. I will provide feedback on your questions and topics so that you are able to gain better understanding of how to ask questions that assists with "process".

Q Process questions = Tell me about how you first learned about differences between your culture and others. Have you ever experienced discrimination or prejudice? Tell me about a time when you maybe experienced discrimination. How do you handle those types of experiences. Content questions = What are types of foods that are unique to your culture. List the religious holidays that are important to your culture. Although content questions can help you gather important facts and understanding about culture, it is an expectation that you will understand how the content IMPACTS the person. Therefore, process questions are also expected. Content questions are acceptable; however, Process questions are mandatory.

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