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Interviewer: Hi
Interviewee: Hi
Interviewer: Do you mind if I interview you, it’s actually going to help me with my English 191
Interviewee: sure, actually I am free right now
Interviewer: Great, thank you for your participation and after this I’ll buy you lunch.
Interviewee: Good deal.
Interviewer: will you please introduce yourself to me?
Interviewee: My name is Habibe.
Interviewer: nice to meet you
Interviewee: nice to meet you too, so what about you?
Interviewer: My name is Aladdin, and I’m from Saudi Arabia.
Interviewer: Where were you born, your native language, and where did you grow up?
Interviewee: I was born in the capital city in Yemen called Sanna
Interviewee: Nice, so we are neighbor country.
Interviewer: Yes sure, we are good neighbors.
Interviewee: Yemen is a small country, it’s in the Middle East at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, the capital city Sanaa, is located in the west.

Interviewer: very interesting
Interviewer: How is your living situation in St. Cloud different from at home?
Interviewee: Everything. For instance weather, food, and independent life. The weather in Yemen much nicer then here is actually wary weather
Interviewee: Even though no problem because it good for me though to have knowledge about my country, and the test different.
Interviewer: what do you mean by independent life?
Interviewee: When I was in my country I used to depend completely on my parents and my older brothers and sisters for everything from cleaning, cooking, taking me out for fun, and to solve all my problems, and right now I have to do everything by myself.
Interviewer: Thank you. I am really impressed in the way of your thinking. Now, could you please describe your culture to me?
Interviewer: sorry.
Interviewee: We are the people who never say “NO”, always help everybody and take care of each other. For instance, if anybody has been involved in a fight, we all stand for the person who is right and defend him.
Interviewer: very impressive.
Interviewer: Do you want to work in the United States?
Interviewee: No, because it’s my first semester here and I am trying to deal with my classes
Interviewer: You right, I remembered my first semester I had really hard time to deal with my classes since my English wasn’t that good.
Interviewer: How is your school doing with you so far?
Is getting harder lately, but in general I love Saint Cloud because there are no activity around and making me focus at school.
Interviewer: very nice, so. Do you think English should be a global language?
Interviewee: Actually English language getting really global language .Such as, communicate with people plus doing business around the world.
Interviewer: Yes that trues, what is your reaction about the media in the United States?

Interviewee: I don’t know really and because I have been hear around three months and I don’t have clue .
Interviewer: During class how do you adapt to a professor with a different accent/language than your native tongue?
Interviewee: Not at all ,because they are many professors and everyone have their own accent and I sometime I go practice my listening skill online ,which I feel good help me a lot .
Interviewer: well, that really good movement of improving your English language.
Interviewee: correctly
Interviewer: Do you recommend people attend school in the U.S.?
Interviewee: strongly because they can improve their English skills and have more expirees and known new culture.
Interviewer: Positive, also they could improve their countries economy by learning outside the country.
Interviewer: Why did you choose MN for schooling (if you had the choice of another College what or where would it be)?
Interviewee: I choose MIN, because I have my cousin here in Saint Cloud university, and he told me that before I came its cheap school and cheap place to stay . I f I think to go another college .honestly, I haven’t thought about it yet
Interviewer: What do you do for fun in Saint Cloud?
Interviewee: chilling with my friends, and sometimes I like to go to swim which is my favor it hobby.
Interviewer: that very nice
Interviewer: Last question, what do you miss about being home?
Interviewee: family and friends
Interviewer: We are done. I have no more question and thank you for volunteering and for your patient. Also, I thank you for your time.
Interviewee: No worried you are very welcome and good luck in your interview.
Interviewer: Thank you very much. Then we shacked our hands