interview 1

Macedonia is a country in the center of Balkan peninsula in Southeast of Europe. The Republic of Macedonia is bordered from northwest by Kosovo, Serbia from the north, Bulgaria from the east, Greece from the south, and Albania from the west. Most Macedonia are mountains and hills and the highest mountain there is Corbett which rises until 2,751m on the western border of the country, and Vardar river is the largest in Macedonia which is cross the country from the north west highlands to the south. The system of the government is Parliamentary republic and the president name is Gjorge Ivanov.  The religion there is 64.7% Christianity, 33.3% Islam, and 0.3% other. The Area of Macedonia is 25,713 Km2, 1.9% of it is water, and the Capital city of Macedonia is Skopje. The population in 2011 is 2,058,539 people, and the mine language is Macedonian, but also they speak Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serbian, and Aromanian. The weather there is colder and snowing in the winter and warm in the summer in the mountain valleys and it's still cold in the highlands. The tourism is an important part of the economy of Macedonia, and the natural and cultural areas make Macedonia attractive for the tourists and visitors. Macedonia has around 700,000 tourists each year.

 

i made the interview with Nadia. this interview was my first interview and I like it also I enjoy it with my friend Nadia and learn alot about her and her life exciperince in US. It was intresting to know about Nadia more than i knew and about her culutre. what surprise me is her culture is kind of similar to the Turkish culture.

me: How do you communicate with each other in your home country?

Nadia:   They communicate with each other Though the Skype, Yahoo Massinger, MSN, and ell phone.

me: What is the clothing style for men and women?

Nadia:   It’s very causal for women and men, also they have durational clothes but nobody wear those because it is too old when the Ottoman Empire there. Now the people wear the causal modern as the people wear in the US.

me: How are women and men treated differently?

Nadia:      I don’t think women and men treated differently I mean not in a major way there is different between men and women in my opinion. For example for some jobs more manly for example concretion work women don’t do usually concretion work and I don’t know about other jobs but I don’t think there like a major different between men and women. there is a different but is not that big different between them.  I feel like women  have more traditional roles of their like take care of the house as cook, clean and take care of the family. But with younger generation it’s changing little bit and the becoming more individual not everybody know how to cook and not everyone expect to clean it’s independent to which generation.

 me:How has your experience here helped you interpret and respect cultural differences?

Nadia:     I have meet people from different countries and I lived with people from none different countries so that opinion up my mind a lot and I learn a lot from those people and their culture and countries. Also I learn when I talk to different people what is expectable and what isn’t, and actually I like to learn different cultures in my own.   

 me: Do you enjoy speaking with other exchange students?

Nadia:     yeah I do that on daily basis.

me:How long have you been in the United States?

Nadia:     for almost 10 years

me:.Have you been able to visit any other parts of the United States?

Nadia:      I have been too many places like New York, Chicago, Montana, South Dakota , North Dakota, Las Vegas, Arizona with my roommates.

me:What are your home country’s major religions?

Nadia:     My home Country is Macedonia and the religions are 70% Christianity  and 30% Islam.

me:What influenced you to come to the United States? Especially, Saint Cloud State?

Nadia::     when I always think to come to the United States, so when I was very young I met my American house family they came to Macedonia and they my connection to come to the US. so I have been here before I started the college, and how I end up to SCSU is my first roommate Echo .she is from Nepal and she is the one who point out the SCSU while we were in The UFM and we transfer together
me: Do you have any questions for me? I have asked so many of you!

Nadia:: yeah, what do you like in St.cloud?

me: I like St.cloud because I live with my brother and cousins who I was with every day in my country. so we can do everything and enjoy our time together as usual.