Intercultural Interview Questionnaire

Intercultural Interview Questionnaire (for you to answer about yourself)

General Questions:
How do you identify yourself culturally, ethnically and/or nationally?
What country do you consider your home?
What were your most memorable experiences growing up in _________ ?
How many countries have you lived in?
What languages do you speak?
What made you decide to move to the United States?
How long have you been living in the Unites States?
How did you feel when you arrived in the United States/California? What seemed familiar? What seemed different?
How long do you think you will stay in the United States?
How did you feel leaving your home & family?
Do you have other friends or family in the United States?
What do you miss most about your home?
What has been the most difficult thing (adjustment, adaptation, acceptance) about moving to the United States?
What has been a nice thing about moving to the United States?

Food & Meal Questions:
In your country, how many meals do you eat each day?
In your country, what are traditional breakfast foods for you?
In your country, what elements (bread, rice, meat, vegetables, or other) are needed to make a meal for you?
In your country, how often do you snack each day? What types of foods do you consider a snack?
In your country, what are the major holidays you and your family celebrate each year?
In your country, what special foods are served for these holidays?
In your country, do you ever fast? If yes, when?
In your country, what, if any, foods are avoided and/or forbidden?
In your country, what utensils are commonly used to u eat?
In your country, at a family meal, who would be present?
In your country, is someone at the family meat served first? If yes, who and why?
In your country, please share three rules (i.e., don’t eat with your mouth open) that you follow when you eat a meal.
In your country, how do your food habits differ from your family norms? Those of your friends? Those of people you work with?
Have your food habits changed while in the US? If “yes,” in what ways?

Health Practice Questions:
In your country, list any foods you eat to stay healthy.
In your country, what do you consider to be a healthy body image (thin, plump, muscular or other)?
In your country, list any foods you eat to cure illness or disease when you are sick.
In your country, do you use home, popular, or traditional therapies to treat illness and disease? Please name.
Has your approach to health and healing changed while in the US? If “yes,” in what ways?

Interviewee Name:

(Retain Anonymity. Have Interviewee Make-Up a Name from their culture/ethnicity/nationality)

Intercultural Interview Questionnaire (to ask your interviewee)

General Questions:
How do you identify yourself culturally, ethnically and/or nationally?
What country do you consider your home?
What were your most memorable experiences growing up in _________ ?
How many countries have you lived in?
What languages do you speak?
What made you decide to move to the United States?
How long have you been living in the Unites States?
How did you feel when you arrived in the United States/California? What seemed familiar? What seemed different?
How long do you think you will stay in the United States?
How did you feel leaving your home & family?
Do you have other friends or family in the United States?
What do you miss most about your home?
What has been the most difficult thing (adjustment, adaptation, acceptance) about moving to the United States?
What has been a nice thing about moving to the United States?

Food & Meal Questions:
In your country, how many meals do you eat each day?
In your country, what are traditional breakfast foods for you?
In your country, what elements (bread, rice, meat, vegetables, or other) are needed to make a meal for you?
In your country, how often do you snack each day? What types of foods do you consider a snack?
In your country, what are the major holidays you and your family celebrate each year?
In your country, what special foods are served for these holidays?
In your country, do you ever fast? If yes, when?
In your country, what, if any, foods are avoided and/or forbidden?
In your country, what utensils are commonly used to u eat?