1./The list:
Challenges:
- International students don't understand English well, they can misunderstand.
- They can't express what they know because the limited in language, we can misunderstand.
- They could miss the interview (late, cannot come, don't want to come).
- They may be not cooperative.
- The information they give may be not accurate
- They don't know or are not sure about the answer.
Benefits:
- Get to know more about a country in another aspect other than what we read in the books or internet.
- Improve the ability to communicate, be more professional.
- The social/cultural diversity gain.
- Learn that not everyone will be cooperative. Thus, we always need plan B.
- Make more friends.
- Train confidence, organizational skill.
2./The outline:
a.Introduction:
-Interviewing an international student is interesting.
-We get a lot of benefits from it
-Also, there are few challenges we might have to face.
b.Body:
1. Some of the challenges we might face are obvious, some are unpredictable:
1a. International students don't understand English well, they can misunderstand.
- They misunderstand the question.
- It leads to they answer it wrong.
1b. They can't express what they know because the limited in language, we can misunderstand.
- International students may have limited vocabularies (like me.)
- They may use the words those are not appropriate
- It leads to we misunderstand them, or understand it in a wrong way.
1c. They could miss the interview.
- Don't show up, or show up late.
- They have their own justifiable reasons: busy, have class, tests.
- Or they just don't want to go: lazy, forget,...
1d. They may be not cooperative.
- They show that they are not interested in the interview (look in another side, check their phones all the time...)
- Come late and ask if they can leave early.
- They just respond to the questions, they do not try to the questions by their best.
1e. The information they give may be not accurate.
- They may live far from their countries in a long time, the information may be not up to date.
- They may don't know about their history, culture well.
1f. They don't know or are not sure about the answer.
- They don't know the answer but answer by their feelings
- They just guess the answer but still answer the question like they really know.
2. However, there are many benefits we can get from this interview:
2a. Get to know more about a country in another aspect other than what we read in the books or internet.
- The things we learn from books or internet are not everything.
- It's more interesting and reality when we talk to the person from the country we want to know more about.
2b. The social/cultural diversity gain.
2c. Make more friends.
- It's fun when you have international friends.
- We can discover
2d. Train confidence, organizational skill
2e. Improve the ability to communicate, be more professional.
2f. . Learn that not everyone will be cooperative. Thus, we always need plan B.
- This is an important thing we need to know and understand.
- It makes us will never sit back passively.
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c.Conclusion:
3./Essay:
Interviewing
an international student is very interesting. Obviously, we can get a lot of
benefits from it. However, there are some challenges we might have to face when
we do this interview.
Clearly, we have to insist that some the challenges we might face are easy to see, but some are unpredictable. The first challenge we might face the most is: International students don't understand English well so they can get the wrong idea of the questions. As a result, they will answer it in the wrong direction. Also, because of the limitation in language, even if they can understand the question, they still can’t express what they know. It will lead to misunderstand for the interviewer.
In fact, the interviewee could miss the interview. They may be not show up or show up late. The reasons for it could be they are busy, have classes or tests,…or they are just lazy. Similarly, we might also have the interviewees who are not cooperative. They show you that they are not interested in the interview like look in another side or check their phones all the times… They come to the interview late and ask if you could finish the interview as fast as you can (even when they’re not busy.) They just respond to the questions and not try their best to give you the good answers. Furthermore, the information they give may be not accurate. They may live far from their countries in a long time, the information may be not up to date or they may don't know about their history, culture well. The most common challenge I’ve known is when the interviewee doesn’t know or not sure about the answer, they still answer the question like they really know. They only answer it by their feelings or they just guess the answer.
However,
there are many benefits we can get from this interview. We can get to know more
about a country in another aspect other than what we read in the books or
internet. The things we learn from books or internet are never full. It's more
interesting and reality when we talk to the person from the country we want to
know more about. We can have more friends from the interview and have more
chances to discover the cultures of other countries. Undoubtedly, our
social/cultural diversity will gain a lot. In addition, after this interview,
our ability to communicate will be improved and more professional. Our
confidence and organizational skill were trained through this interview. Last
but not least, we
will learn that not everyone will be cooperative. Thus, we always need plan B. This
is an important thing we need to know and understand because it makes us will
never sit back passively.
To sum up, interview an international student is an exciting experience. Nevertheless, you still need to prepare for it carefully so you can have a successful interview, a new friend, and a good grade in your English class!
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