Interview Me Ashwin Me : Hello Ashwin. : Hello Tim. : Im here to ask you a few questions about PUMSA.

Do you mind answering

these questions? Ashwin Me Ashwin : Sure, go ahead. : Alright, what means does this club use in communicating with the members? : We use social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We also use

our wordpress website, Youtube, emails, telephone and verbal communication. Me club? Ashwin : Oh there are plenty, you yourself should know this as a Malaysian; we have : Secondly, are there any examples of special lexis or jargon we use in this

many mix terms from Mandarin, Malay and Tamil words into our speech, and also random Malaysian slang words such as lah or aiya. Me Ashwin : I see. Does this club have any public goals? : The goal right now is to create a home away from home, meaning we

connect Malaysians with each other and have events and activities to bring them closer together and yet participate in the Purdue community as well. Me use? Ashwin text messages. Me mechanism? : From these genres does PUMSA have a type of feedback or information : As mentioned before, we have emails, blog posts, tweets via twitter and even : Interesting. Regarding communication again, what types of genres do you

Ashwin

: From time to time, we distribute feedback forms through physical and online

surveys. Theres also a Contact Us section on the website. Otherwise, people will normally approach a committee to verbally give their feedback. Me : Right and speaking of committee members, what do you think are the levels

or variants of expertise in the club? Ashwin : Everyone has a different level of expertise. Since we consist of members

from freshmen to seniors and even graduate schools, with different majors such as finance, actuarial science, engineering, etc. we naturally have a difference in level of expertise. Me Ashwin : Thank you Ashwin for your time. : Youre welcome!

Observation during a Committee Meeting As I entered the room, the members Despite the fact that a mix of Christians, typically greet each other with Muslims, Buddhists and Hindis all of them

assalamualaikum, and waalaikumsalam which are Malaysians, are wishing each will be returned accordingly followed by other in the Muslim way. This practice has some handshakes to the committee members been incorporated in all Malaysians since the before the meeting starts. national religion is Islam. Here we can see certain lexis.

The meeting started and the President One of the means of communication with greeted the committee and proceeded with members is through Google Drive. the meeting on Google Drive.

During

the

meetings,

the

committee Different lexis and language used such as

members were communicating in Malay and lah or Malay language used. Manglish. Slang words such as lah were used frequently.

The president urged the media team to post More ways of communication and genres more Instagram pictures that are related to from PUMSA. PUSMA so that the members will be more engaged.

Spring BBQ was brought up as the event Events to unite the members and make them date is drawing near. We discussed this for feel more at home. This helps with the goals

quite some time as it is open to all members of the association. of PUMSA.

I noticed that the committee members Experienced people are like the president consist of both experienced and and the vice presidents and the

inexperienced people.

inexperienced people include people like me.