Interview with an Expatriate. (For academic purposes)

[lheng]

Greetings, everyone!

I am currently a college student now. I am hoping that someone could help me with my interview. I only have three questions to ask.

 

1. What are your pleasant experiences in communicating with Filipinos? 

2. What are the challenging situations you have encountered? 

3. How did you deal with these challenges? 

 

I badly need your cooperation. Thank you in advance ♥ 

[manofthecoldland]

42 minutes ago, lheng said:

Greetings, everyone!

I am currently a college student now. I am hoping that someone could help me with my interview. I only have three questions to ask.

 

1. What are your pleasant experiences in communicating with Filipinos? 

2. What are the challenging situations you have encountered? 

3. How did you deal with these challenges? 

P.S.  I and other foreigners have often experienced students doing surveys similar to yours while sitting in our malls while drinking coffee.

I badly need your cooperation. Thank you in advance ♥ 

1. In the PI it is considered acceptable to address a total stranger without triggering a suspicious and semi-paranoid response or refusal to acknowledge the speaker, in non-commercial situations.

In simple terms..... people are open to strangers approaching or talking to them without automatically assuming negative intentions.

2. Limited English or cross-cultural understanding....

In simple terms..... miscommunication.

3. Patience. Try again with simpler language, use my limited Pilipino  or find and use a translator.

If you are seeking actual anecdotal first-hand experiences of  specific situations...... that would require telling lengthy stories.  There are some scattered about on the forum, probably under 'Language' threads.

Hope it helps you a bit.  

Edited July 25, 2020 by manofthecoldland
post script addition.

[lheng]

6 minutes ago, manofthecoldland said:

1. In the PI it is considered acceptable to address a total stranger without triggering a suspicious and semi-paranoid response or refusal to acknowledge the speaker, in non-commercial situations.

In simple terms..... people are open to strangers approaching or talking to them without automatically assuming negative intentions.

2. Limited English or cross-cultural understanding....

In simple terms..... miscommunication.

3. Patience. Try again with simpler language, use my limited Pilipino  or find and use a translator.

If you are seeking actual anecdotal first-hand experiences of  specific situations...... that would require telling lengthy stories.  There are some scattered about on the forum, probably under 'Language' threads.

Hope it helps you a bit.  

Thank you, Sir.

[Mike J]

21 hours ago, lheng said:

1. What are your pleasant experiences in communicating with Filipinos? 

2. What are the challenging situations you have encountered? 

3. How did you deal with these challenges? 

1 -  When I walk or am shopping I will often complement parents on the children, quapo, quapa, love that hat, etc.  The parents always smile and appreciate the comments.  Sometimes I will have children come to me for mano po even when they do not know me.  It is this warm, friendly, and gracious nature of Filipinos that I have come to love and respect. 

2 - The main challenge I have faced with english speaking Filipinos is that the words are often pronounced differently here than USA.  For example I wanted to buy wax for my car.  The clerk did not understand what I wanted.  I explained what I was doing (wash and polish the car), and he smiled and said "okay you want wax", but he pronounced it with the "ah" sound.   So even when each of you know the word, the pronunciation may be so different as to be a challenge.  Also there will be english words that are new to them.     I was not able to buy shoe laces until I bent down and tugged on my own shoe lace, etc.

3 - When shopping for an unusual item I will now use my cell phone to google the item and show the clerk an image.  This is really helpful for both of us ;and much appreciated.   It also gives me the opportunity to learn new words.