Intercultural Interview Paper - Grading Rubric: 100 Points

REQUIREMENT POINTS EARNED COMMENTS

I. Clear description of person you interviewed.
* Why did you choose them?
* Briefly give an overview of their cultural background. _________ / 15

II. Clear description of the setting, including where, how, and when
the interview was conducted. (e.g., over the phone, skype, in-person?
Date, start/end time, etc.) _________ / 10

III. Clear description of what you learned, including:

*Links to course material (key words, theories, concepts, etc.)
-- Reinforce and/or challenge concepts
__________/ 30
*Findings related to topics discussed in class (e.g., cultural context,
microcultural context, environmental context, verbal/nonverbal code,
perceptual context, socio-relational context, etc.)

IV. The role of Communication is emphasized in the paper

*Paper should include insights on how communication functions in the
intercultural experience, including, but not limited to:
--- The impact of the person’s culture on his/her attitudes, beliefs, __________/ 25
and behaviors
---The impact of the person’s culture on your perception of them
--- The impact of your culture on your perceptions of the person you
Interviewed.

---Add your own insights as well!

V. Writing:
** Clear, concise, college-level writing. This includes proper
spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, etc. __________/ 10
*Paper is organized
*Avoids contractions (e.g., can’t, won’t, I’ve, we’ve, don’t, etc.).
*Avoids second-person impersonal pronouns (e.g., “you” when
referring to people in general, or the reader).

**Your paper should NOT be a list of questions and answers. If the

assignment is written that way, it will (a) be returned for you to
rewrite and (2) earn an automatic 20% deduction from the overall
points available for the assignment.

APA Style, including cover page

*Use BOLD FONT for course concepts __________/ 10

DEDUCTIONS for page length will be taken from overall

grade.
* Minus 5 points for every 1/2 page OVER –__________
*Minus 5 points for every 1/2 page SHORT
* Note: Half a page in an APA style paper is about 11 lines.

Late paper deduction See syllabus

Plagiarism/academic dishonesty of any kind
Up to class failure

TOTAL PAPER SCORE: _________/ 100