Personal Worlds
Student-to-Student
Interview Program

Everybody agrees ~ the one-to-one interviews
need to be longer... There is not enough time
to discuss all that they want
to share with each other!

Personal Worlds brings together local high school students and USC international students enrolled in the Language Academy at the Rossier School of Education.

The goal is to share personal ideas and experiences that expand inter-cultural exchange. In addition to the important substance of interviews, high school students practice skills needed when meeting new people to discuss their personal backgrounds and opinions - skills of speaking comfortably and listening respectfully in order to reach beyond small talk toward effective communication about different cultural views of life and varying national perspectives on international issues.

Pictured on this page, 25 students from Bell High School helped us launch the program in Spring 2004 with 25 Language Academy students. They set a very high standard of success! and everybody had a great time!

The Personal Worlds interviews are part of VIP Day - a program of activities for a full day at USC centered around case teaching of international issues.

For the 2nd Personal Worlds program in Fall 2004, the Bell High School students were guests of the Language Academy's International Expo - a pot luck lunch and cultural fair.

Spring 2004 Interviews
(this page)

Fall 2004 Interviews

International Expo 2004


Personal Worlds
is part of
V.I.P. Day