Group: Mongolia
Group members:499c0148 周郁閔 499c0147 林俊廷
Target Culture: Horde
Interview questions
Background information:
1. What is your name? What is the meaning of your name?
Wuwuing(乌云) It means wisdom.
2. Where do you come from?
克烈
3. For how long have you stayed in Taiwan?
He has stood here one year.
4. What is your gender?
He is a male.
5. What subject do you study here?
He studies here for a master's degree
I. Objective culture
1. Could you tell us some important features of your culture?
a. Where is your country? What natural resources do you have? Who are the people
making up the population?
1.neer 乃蠻 and 汪古 2.A lots of grasslands and horses.3 The village head.
b. What is the staple food in your country? Do you have any special table manners?
What agricultural produce do you have in your country?
1 Mongolian Barbecue. 2. No, we sit down and eat with our hands.3.We don’t farm.
We live by hunting.
c. How is the weather like in your country?
The summer is very warm and the grass grow up. Horses and sheeps grow up in this
time. In winter, it is very cold, and we have to prepare food before it.
d. What kinds of clothes do people wear to work or to school? What do people wear at
home? What do people wear to formal events? Do you have any traditional costumes
in your country? When do you wear those traditional costumes?
12345.Robe is our traditional. We wear Robe in most of places. We don’t wear short
clothe and pants in the public.
e. What are the most famous landmarks, historical sites, tourist attractions, or
architectures tourists must visit?
特勒熱吉 national park,甘丹 sample,庫蘇古勒 lake,博格多汗冬宮,蘇荷巴托
square,額爾德尼 sample.
f. What does the typical house look like? Is it expensive to buy a house or an apartment?
When do young people leave home? Do young adults live with their parents?
1.2 yurt, look like a steamed bun, build very easily and by our family.
3Young people work and earn money or change food after school.
4.Yes
g. How do people get to work?
h. What is the most popular sport in your country? Do you play it?
Sambo, just like sumo, every male play it when free time.
i. Who are the most famous writers in your country? What stories have you read?
1. Sendoo Hadaa is my favorite writer. I read Genghis Khan when I was 8.
j. Who is the most famous (your favorite) singer in your country? What is his/her most
famous song about?
斯日其瑪 Serchmaa is my favorite singer. The sweet hurt is the most famous song.
2. Regarding the items mentioned in question 1, what differences do you find between
your culture and Taiwanese culture?
II. Subjective Culture
1. Could you tell us the subjective feature of your culture?
a. Time: Is it important to be punctual? Do people always arrive on time? Is it ok to
arrive late?
1. Yes, time is important to everyone no matter where you live.
b. Invitation: Is it normal to invite a friend to have dinner at home? Or people meet in the
public places, like restaurants or cafés? Do you need to bring something if you are
invited?
We usually invite our friends to have big meal and drink in the yurt.
c. Greeting: How do people greet each other when they meet? Do you shake hands, bow,
hug, or kiss? What do you say to each other?
1. Shank hands, bow.
2. We always say. How about your livestocks.
d. Agreement and disagreement: How do you express agreement or disagreement?
Acceptance or refusal?
e. Directness: Is it polite to be direct? Or do people tend to be indirect?
Always be direct.
f. Do people use body language a lot? Is it polite to touch someone while speaking?
No not usually
No
g. Are there any taboos foreigners must know before visiting your countries? What do
you think are the underlying reasons of those taboos?
When visitors get into yurt, they can’t stride across the campfire.
This behavior is insult our God.
2. Regarding the items mentioned in question 2, what differences do you find between
your culture and Taiwanese culture?
III. 就你自己的經驗，對這個訪談活動有何心得感想:
1. 我覺得這個訪談活動有何優點?
與外籍學生互動並且增強口語能力，並且認是另一個國家的文化
2. 我學到什麼新的文化知識?
關於蒙古的飲食,居住,生活文化,觀光景點等…
3. 我學到什麼新的語言或單字?
如何唸蒙古人的名字
4. 我在和外籍學生中運用什麼溝通技巧來理解和表達?
運用了手語及較簡單的英文
5. 我覺得訪談活動有什麼缺點?
需要找外籍學生及訪問需要花上一段時間
6.
7.
我在尋找國際學生訪談的過程是否有任何困難?
尋找過程及溝通上的問題