ARECLS‚ 2008‚ Vol.5‚ 105-135. THE INFLUENCE OF CHINESE CORE CULTURAL VALUES ON THE COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOUR OF OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH ABDUSALAM ABUBAKER Abstract This study is based on three dimensions of Hofstede’s framework‚ which are power distance‚ masculinity versus femininity‚ and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede (1980) considers the Chinese culture to be characterized by high power distance‚ medium masculinity and weak uncertainty avoidance. For this reason
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Three Contributions Of Chinese Immigrants The Chinese started immigrating to the United States in 1849. They left China in search of a better life. Life in China in the 1800’s was very hard. There wasn’t enough food‚ money and the cities were overpopulated. They heard about the United States and believed there was an opportunity to start over again. They hoped to find jobs on the railroad or to strike gold. When they arrived in the United States‚ life was difficult. Laws were made
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From Chinese Cinderella Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong‚ Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood‚ but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home. Time went by relentlessly and it was Saturday again. Eight weeks more and it would be the end of term … in my case perhaps the end of
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FROM CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah’s ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is the story of pain‚ rejection and triumph. Mental pain‚ contempt and cruelty were the harsh realities of her life. But the will to succeed and win recognition proved to be powerful motivating factors. The subtext is based in the years 1940-1950 and on memoirs of Adeline’s childhood. This extract is based on one of the few occasions when she went home. The title has a dreamy fairy tale like tone. It is used in an ironic manner and appropriately
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Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. It is often referred to as the spring festival because it signals the beginning of spring. It is a time when families and friends get together to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It originally lasted for 15 days‚ but now only lasts for 5 to 7 days. The exact origin of this Chinese New Year holiday is too old to be traced‚ but many explanations still exist. One idea is that the holiday originated when a beast named
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global luxury market. Sheguang Hu is a one of the Chinese brands that stands for China’s couture designers and homegrown brands are stepping out on the international stage. There are many other designers with Chinese background – from established talent with international renown‚ for instance‚ Grace Chen is showing off their wares in Paris and Milan fashion week in this year‚ and like Guo Pei - the designer who spent two years hand-making Rihanna’s Chinese couture Met ball gown‚
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significance of the Chinese holidays celebrated in Suriname which has significances among the Surinamese people. These two significant holidays are: The Chinese New Year and The Chinese Moon Festival. They are also the most important and economic holiday for the Surinamese Chinese and also worldwide for the Chinese people. These holidays are not nationally in Suriname as yet. This is not only celebrated by the Chinese but also celebrated by the non-Chinese people. These Chinese holidays are to bring
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A brief introduction for Chinese culture Cultural background China‚ as one of the four homes of the world’s earliest civilization‚ has a recorded history of nearly 4‚000 years. Through centuries of migration‚ merging and development‚ it has formed a distinctive system of language‚ writing‚ philosophy‚ art and political organization‚ which came to be recognized as Chinese culture. It originated from Xia‚ Shang and Zhou dynasty‚ which was known as slave culture period. Xia
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Why Chinese Mothers are superior In 2011 Amy Chua wrote an article in which she involves people in how Chinese parents are raising their children. There are huge differences in how western parents are raising their children and how Chinese parents are raising their children. As a western person the methods Chua is using seems a little rough‚ but maybe it is the way to go. Her children have never been at a sleepover and the only choices they had was playing the piano or the violin. While reading
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History of art Presentation Chinese painting and calligraphy * Introduction: Chinese art So‚ my topic is Chinese painting and calligraphy. Since the topic is extremely large‚ I have chosen to focus on the evolution of both disciplines from their origins to the 13th century (the dates for this semester). But in this chronological presentation‚ I would like to emphasize also on the main principles‚ techniques‚ and methods. My purpose here is to show you how Chinese painting and calligraphy‚
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