Academic Interactions 130

IECPNikki Mattson

Fall 2015

Agenda

• Announcements• Introduce PSU Student Interview

assignment• Test (Pathways 2)• Introduction to Pathways 3

Announcement

• Don’t forget to register for the World In Conversation Sessions this week.

• http://converse.worldinconversation.org/participant

Box Submissions

• I did not receive observation presentations OR grammar projects from many of you. If you submitted them, please stop by after class to make sure I got it in your Box folder.

Events this Week

• --Women's Conversation Circle - every Tuesday; 2:50 - 3:30 pm; Boucke 322; a relaxed time of practicing speaking and listening skills with other women

--Spelling Workshop #3 - this Wednesday; 3:00 - 4:00 pm; Boucke 317; we'll be reviewing the short vowels and starting the long vowels (which cause the most spelling mistakes)

PSU Student Interview Project

Big Idea: For this project, you will prepare interview questions about academic life at PSU, videotape a 7-10 minute interview with a PSU student, transcribe (write down) 1 minute of the interview, and complete a transcription-analysis handout.

Steps and Preparations

• Handout

Topics (Group Brainstorming)• Thinking about appropriate vs inappropriate questions…

• A. With your group, develop a list of 10 interesting academic life topics that you think would be appropriate to ask the PSU student that you will interview about. (major, amount of HW, etc.)

• 1.• 2.• 3.• 4.• 5.• 6.• 7.• 8.• 9.• 10.

Topics (continued)

• With your group, develop a list of 5 topics that would NOT be appropriate to ask the PSU student that you will interview about.

• 1.• 2.• 3.• 4.• 5.

Topics (Individual)

• A. On one card, write down 1 question that you think would be really interesting AND appropriate to ask a PSU student. Write “appropriate” on the back of the card.

• B. On the other card, write down 1 question that you think would be really interesting but NOT appropriate to ask a PSU student. Write “inappropriate” on the back of the card.

Thinking about Topics…• Since the big idea of this project is to learn more about academic life at PSU, here are some

suggestions for categories/topics that might be appropriate:

• -what the student is studying• -why the student is studying a particular field• -what the application requirements were for his/her degree program• - how long he/she thinks he/she will be at PSU in order to graduate• -what the application process was like• -what classes the student is taking• -what the student’s current classes are like• -what the student’s previous classes were like• -what type of assignments are the most common in his/her field• -his/her favorite part of his/her field• -academic challenges that he/she faces/has faced• -advice he/she has for new students• -how he/she thinks PSU compares to other universities• -why he/she chose PSU• -what a typical day is like for him/her

Narrowing Your Focus and Preparing Questions

• You will have 7-10 minutes to interview a PSU student about his/her experience with academic life at PSU.

• I recommend that you choose a few categories to focus on so that your interview is logical and coherent.

• For example, you could choose: preparation for attending PSU, day-to-day experiences at PSU, and advice for future PSU students.

• Another is example of categories you could choose is: discussion of current classes, challenges faced in academic life and strategies for overcoming those challenges, and experience with group work vs. individual learning in PSU classes.

• Whatever you choose, prepare numerous initial questions for each category. You don’t need to ask every question that you write, but it is better to have too many than to not have enough.

Interview Protocol

– Introduce yourself and explain the goal of the interview– remind the interviewee that you hope to conduct a 7-10 minute

interview about his/her experience with academic life at PSU– remind the interviewee that you will be recording the interview

for you Academic Interactions course and let them know how you plan to do the recording (Tutoring Center, One-Button Studio, personal device, etc.)

– propose several dates and times for the interview– thank the interviewee for volunteering to participate– Offer your cell number if you wish for your interview partner to

have the option of communicating with you by phone or text

During the Interview– Start the recording– Introduce yourself again and re-state the goal of the interview– Thank the interviewee for volunteering to participate– Ask introductory questions (what is your name, major, year in

school, etc.)– Conduct the interview (ask initial questions and other types of

follow-up questions as discussed in class)– Let the interviewee know that you are ready to conclude the

interview by saying something like:• I have collected a lot of useful information during this

interview, and I appreciate the time you have taken to speak with me. Thank you.

– Stop the recording.

Interview Assignments  PSU Student Name Email Will do two

interviews 

IECP Student Name (130 A)

IECP Student Name (130 B)

1 Natalie Haldeman Nkh5057@psu.edu Yes Hassan Aljaffar  2 Brianna Frolo Bxf5105@psu.edu Yes Hussain Alsadiq Bayan3 Greg Bricker Glb5144@psu.edu Yes Abdulaziz Al-

QahtaniElyas

4 Samantha Peterson Slp5462@psu.edu Yes Abdulhammed Alsharari

 

5 Katelyn Serfass Kys5502@psu.edu Yes Bora Lee Mashari6 Erika Flory Ekf5066@psu.edu Yes Abdulla AlBadar  7 Elizabeth Edkin Eae5162@psu.edu Yes Hamad Aleisaee  8 Kelsey Duggan Kmd5653@psu.edu Yes Mohammed Alsadiq  

9 Jon Lakind Jll5671@psu.edu Yes Ahmad Emam Ahmad10 Claire Barber Ceb5445@psu.edu Yes Juan Liu Mohammed11 Tianna Dorsey Tnd5079@psu.edu Yes Faisal Zaila Nehal12 Austyn

PiepenhagenArp5418@psu.edu Yes MJ Gloria

13 Avery McMunn Aym5691@psu.edu Yes   Alice14 Tiffany Muller Tlm5602@psu.edu Yes Shaikha  15 Jingtong Feng Jqf5282@psu.edu No Xun Xu  16 Justine Seiler Jms6948@psu.edu No Altaf  17 Ran Kim Rxk5131@psu.edu Yes Eman Malek

Test 2

• 1) Read the questions for Part 1.• 2) Listen to the recording twice.• 3) Finish the test.

Chapter 3 – pg. 41 (Human Migration)

• Think and Discuss. (Qs 1,2 and 3)

Human Migration, pg. 42

• Read and comprehend pgs. 42-43. Answer the questions in part A + B.

Vocabulary, pg. 44

• Listen• In your group, complete pg. 44 A

Vocabulary, pg. 45

• Pg. 45A,B and C

HW1. Complete a Conversation Starter for pg. 44 words by midnight

tonight.2. Register for a WinC session for this week.3. Email your interviewee to set up a time and place for your

interview (sometime between 10/9 and 10/21—the project is due on 10/23 by midnight)

4. WinC summary and reflection = Thursday by midnight5. WinC 2-minute presentation = Friday in class6. English Central Goal 5 = Sunday by 8