Hello everybody!
With this notation we, the German team, just want to say thank you for the
wonderful time in Romania. We enjoyed the programme organized by Eminescu
College and we would especially like to thank all host families, students and
teachers from Romania. You have been very kind and we got the great chance to
get to know more about your culture, lifestyle and your school-life. Referring
to our common project we feel that we have made big progress during our meeting
and that we have found out much about Emigration and Europe. All the teams were
well prepared and working together on the subject of Immigration with people
from all over Europe was very interesting.
We thank you all for having made us feel welcome and we hope you enjoyed getting
to know us as much as we enjoyed to visit you in your homeland and to learn a
little more about Europe. In our opinion the whole trip was worth it and we had
an exciting and amazing time in Romania. Thank you for everything. We would like
to keep in touch with you and we are looking forward to our next meeting in
December, where we might hopefully see some of you again.
Best regards
Armin, Esther, Saskia and Sarah
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Proposal of Interviewing Immigants
PROPOSAL of Interviewing Immigrants
made by Huseyin Ozturk and Wolfgang J. Mertens
Frame of Questions :
1) Presentation of Family / presentation of Immigrant himself/herself
- Give a survey of your family in your home country
- Give a portrait of yourself (age, job, education)
2) Procedure of emigrating (where from, why, how, when)
- Where did you live before emigrating
- When did you emigrate ?
- Why did you consider emigrating
- How and why did you choose the new country
- How did you travel ?
- How did you afford paying fort he trip ?
- Did you emigrate alone or with your family ?
- How was the idea of leaving your country considered by your parents (family)
- Did you face any problems when leaving home ?
- How did you imagine life in a new country ?
- How did you prepare yourself ? (language, culture)
- Was it easy or difficult to find a job in a new country?
3) Life in the new country (positive / Negative aspects)
- When did you arrive and what was your situation at the arrival ?
- Did someone come with you on the trip ?
- What did you do when you arrived ?
- Where and how did you live ?
- Did you get any support (government, neighbours, relatives)
- Did you have difficulty in finding a place to live in ?
- How were you accepted at work ?
- Did you know anybody in the new country or not ?
- Did you fave any prejudices by the population of your new country?
- Should you as an immigrant have the same political rights as native citizens ?
- Do immigrants who come from your home country have a good or bad reputation in your host country ?
- Are there a lot of immigrants in your community what is their relationship with you ?
- Did you face problems concerning your religion ?
4) Level of Integration according to himself/herself (Personal Impressions)
- How often do you go back to your home country ?
- Did you find it difficult to integrate in the new country ?
- What were your first impressions at work with your Collegues, with your neighbours ?
- Did you suffer problems because of people’s intolerance ?
- Did you have the same chances as natives ?
- Do you or your children keep your nationality or not ?
- What do you think of intermarriage ?
- How did you bring up your children ? (two cultures, two languages?)
- What is the level of education of your children ? (kindergarten, school, gymnasium)
- Do you believe in a parallel society (you retain your original culture, tradition and languages) or do you believe in a multicultural society where immigrants assimilate ?
- Did you have permanent work or did you depend on state allowances (social help) ?
- Have you become a citizen of the new country ?
- Do you feel part of the society in your new country ?
- Should there be cultural / language tests for immigrants ?
- Are immigration regulations too strict ? In what way should they be changes ?
- What is your contribution to your local community ?
- How is your community incorporating immigrants into the life of community ?
- Which of the two countries do you consider as your home country ?
- Did you have a conflict of identification between two cultures ?
- What is your suggestions for beter integration ?
- Have your diplomas / qualifications been accepted or not in your new country ?
5) Future plans for himself /herself and the children
- Do you intend some later time to return and spend the rest of your life in the country of birth ? (give reasons for your decisions)
made by Huseyin Ozturk and Wolfgang J. Mertens
Frame of Questions :
1) Presentation of Family / presentation of Immigrant himself/herself
- Give a survey of your family in your home country
- Give a portrait of yourself (age, job, education)
2) Procedure of emigrating (where from, why, how, when)
- Where did you live before emigrating
- When did you emigrate ?
- Why did you consider emigrating
- How and why did you choose the new country
- How did you travel ?
- How did you afford paying fort he trip ?
- Did you emigrate alone or with your family ?
- How was the idea of leaving your country considered by your parents (family)
- Did you face any problems when leaving home ?
- How did you imagine life in a new country ?
- How did you prepare yourself ? (language, culture)
- Was it easy or difficult to find a job in a new country?
3) Life in the new country (positive / Negative aspects)
- When did you arrive and what was your situation at the arrival ?
- Did someone come with you on the trip ?
- What did you do when you arrived ?
- Where and how did you live ?
- Did you get any support (government, neighbours, relatives)
- Did you have difficulty in finding a place to live in ?
- How were you accepted at work ?
- Did you know anybody in the new country or not ?
- Did you fave any prejudices by the population of your new country?
- Should you as an immigrant have the same political rights as native citizens ?
- Do immigrants who come from your home country have a good or bad reputation in your host country ?
- Are there a lot of immigrants in your community what is their relationship with you ?
- Did you face problems concerning your religion ?
4) Level of Integration according to himself/herself (Personal Impressions)
- How often do you go back to your home country ?
- Did you find it difficult to integrate in the new country ?
- What were your first impressions at work with your Collegues, with your neighbours ?
- Did you suffer problems because of people’s intolerance ?
- Did you have the same chances as natives ?
- Do you or your children keep your nationality or not ?
- What do you think of intermarriage ?
- How did you bring up your children ? (two cultures, two languages?)
- What is the level of education of your children ? (kindergarten, school, gymnasium)
- Do you believe in a parallel society (you retain your original culture, tradition and languages) or do you believe in a multicultural society where immigrants assimilate ?
- Did you have permanent work or did you depend on state allowances (social help) ?
- Have you become a citizen of the new country ?
- Do you feel part of the society in your new country ?
- Should there be cultural / language tests for immigrants ?
- Are immigration regulations too strict ? In what way should they be changes ?
- What is your contribution to your local community ?
- How is your community incorporating immigrants into the life of community ?
- Which of the two countries do you consider as your home country ?
- Did you have a conflict of identification between two cultures ?
- What is your suggestions for beter integration ?
- Have your diplomas / qualifications been accepted or not in your new country ?
5) Future plans for himself /herself and the children
- Do you intend some later time to return and spend the rest of your life in the country of birth ? (give reasons for your decisions)
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