SPEECOM
SPEECOM
Name: Jenevieve Limqueco
Date: June 19, 2014
Section: C36
Title: Why Do Chinese Families Don’t Say ‘I Love You’?
Purpose: To inform other people why Chinese people have a hard time saying ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones
I. Introduction 1.1 Attention Step / Attention Grabber Did you know that Chinese families don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones? 1.2 Involvement Step I, myself a Chinese, don’t say ‘I Love You’ to my parents or to my siblings. 1.3 Indication Step Why do Chinese people don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones?
II. Body 2.1 Chinese parents are not good at expressing positive emotions. 2.1.1 Parents don’t praise their children 2.1.2 Parents express their love through actions 2.2 Chinese parents are used to educate their children with negative language. 2.2.1 Parents would always reprimand their children 2.2.2 Parents have high standards with regard to their children 2.3 Using “我喜歡你” rather than “我愛你” 2.3.1 “我愛你” is more of a blunt and powerful signifier of commitment rather than affection
III. Conclusion Chinese parents don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their children, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love them. They show their love and affection through their actions. 3.1 Quotation “Chinese families know how to love fiercely. They do it through immense generosity, unwavering loyalty, and a lot of food. We love differently, not better, not worse, but definitely different.” - Cindy 3.2 Challenge I challenge every Chinese student in this class to start saying ‘I love you’ to your parents every now and then, and break this norm.
SOURCES: http://www.businessinsider.com/i-love-you-in-china-2014-1 http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/9795009/Why-Chinese-parents-don-t-say-I-love-you http://mabelkwong.com/2014/02/20/why-asians-dont-say-i-love-you-to-their-parents/ http://www.lovelovechina.com/relations/love-through-actions/
Name: Jenevieve Limqueco
Date: June 19, 2014
Section: C36
Title: Why Do Chinese Families Don’t Say ‘I Love You’?
Purpose: To inform other people why Chinese people have a hard time saying ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones
I. Introduction 1.1 Attention Step / Attention Grabber Did you know that Chinese families don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones? 1.2 Involvement Step I, myself a Chinese, don’t say ‘I Love You’ to my parents or to my siblings. 1.3 Indication Step Why do Chinese people don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their loved ones?
II. Body 2.1 Chinese parents are not good at expressing positive emotions. 2.1.1 Parents don’t praise their children 2.1.2 Parents express their love through actions 2.2 Chinese parents are used to educate their children with negative language. 2.2.1 Parents would always reprimand their children 2.2.2 Parents have high standards with regard to their children 2.3 Using “我喜歡你” rather than “我愛你” 2.3.1 “我愛你” is more of a blunt and powerful signifier of commitment rather than affection
III. Conclusion Chinese parents don’t say ‘I Love You’ to their children, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t love them. They show their love and affection through their actions. 3.1 Quotation “Chinese families know how to love fiercely. They do it through immense generosity, unwavering loyalty, and a lot of food. We love differently, not better, not worse, but definitely different.” - Cindy 3.2 Challenge I challenge every Chinese student in this class to start saying ‘I love you’ to your parents every now and then, and break this norm.
SOURCES: http://www.businessinsider.com/i-love-you-in-china-2014-1 http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/9795009/Why-Chinese-parents-don-t-say-I-love-you http://mabelkwong.com/2014/02/20/why-asians-dont-say-i-love-you-to-their-parents/ http://www.lovelovechina.com/relations/love-through-actions/