Wolf Tales Recording with Josefiina Jara: FLE400, 23 October 2018

Item information

Title:

Wolf Tales Recording with Josefiina Jara: FLE400, 23 October 2018

Description:

This recording was conducted as part of FLE 400: American English pronunciation for International Students with Professor Mary Michaels Estrada in October 2018, in the D.H. Hill Jr. Library. Josefiina Jara is a senior exchange student from Finland, studying Paper Science and Engineering at NCSU. Being from northern Europe, Jara cites the weather in Raleigh as being one of the surprises about coming to America for the first time, but adjusting expectations is something that she has understood as an international student. She describes challenges in the use of a second language, navigating a new academic environment with different expectations, and becoming comfortable in her new home, but Jara finds pride in all she has learned and in getting out of her comfort zone. She recalls the scale of the school especially excited her, and the variety of active groups encouraged her to get involved on campus, like joining the Women’s Soccer Club. She underlines how important the open-mindedness of campus and Raleigh is to students who are new and don’t speak English as their first language, and how this aids an easier transition into American life for international students. [Preferred citation: Wolf Tales recording with Josefiina Jara, 23 October 2018, NCSU Libraries Wolf Tales Recordings, MC 00581, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]

Topics:

People
Student Life

Subjects:

English language -- Pronunciation
Students, Foreign

Original Format:

Digital video recording, sound, color

Extent:

9:24

Item identifier:

mc00581-wt-jara-2018102302

Producer:

North Carolina State University. Libraries more info on North Carolina State University. Libraries 

Interviewee:

Jara, Josefiina more info on Jara, Josefiina 

Interviewer:

Ferris, Virginia L. more info on Ferris, Virginia L. 

Created Date:

2018-10-23

Genre:

Interviews
Oral histories (Document genres)

Names:

North Carolina State University -- Students more info on North Carolina State University -- Students 
Jara, Josefiina more info on Jara, Josefiina 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

Wolf Tales: As part of the NC State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center, the Wolf Tales project collects the stories of the NC State community, past and present. NC State community members are invited to share memories of the events, people, and places that shaped their time at NC State. Stories are preserved and shared with current and future generations, to tell the history of NC State University through the voices of the people who lived it. Wolf Tales recordings and transcripts will be archived at NC State University Libraries and shared online through our Special Collections website.