MS Jansen Name: Kaixi Wang (Kassie) #10036067 Class: ES4E-1F Date: 18 March 2013 Instructor: MS Jansen The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society 1. My Impression of Netherlands After my graduate from high school‚ I made a decision of continuing my further education in Europe with a personal reason of my adoration of
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Students Declaration 22 Appendix 23 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Netherlands is a part of the mainland Western Europe‚ densely populated and recognized globally for its windmills and Clogs. The Dutch United Provinces proclaimed their independence in 1579 from Spain. During the 17th century‚ the Dutch United colonies gained a reputation as a leading seafaring and commercial power. The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815 after it regained independence from a 20-year French occupational
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is not justifiable and does not appeal to values which the relevant public shares. (Keer‚ 1976) This assignment is going to evaluate two policies by discussing success and failures of each. First the Dutch integration policy will be discussed followed by the policy of minimum wage in the UK. The Dutch Integration policy was questioned and
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is the major city of the country. Netherlands had struggled for independence from Catholic Spain during 80 years war. The Dutch people received independence from the House of Habsburg in the Treaty of Munster in 1648. It became the first bourgeois republic in the world. In the 17th century‚ Dutch explorer explored the new territory and settled in foreign countries‚ the Dutch East India Company made the overseas trade developed rapidly‚ the Netherlands has a huge merchant fleet all over the world
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motivated by competition and achievement‚ whereas at a low score‚ it depicts a society that values a balance of work and life as important. With a difference of 52 on the scale‚ the Netherlands drastically differs from the UK. With a score of 14‚ the Dutch culture indicates that it is important to like your work instead of being the best at what you do. Here‚ the quality of live is valued as success compared to standing out of the crowd. It furthermore means that caring for on another is an important
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becomes disheartened after an emotional collapse‚ PK is sent to a hell like Dutch boarding school. This is where John. G begins to develop the setting of racism. PK’s voice is screen played to gain the sympathy from the audience‚ as he is portrayed as naïve and excluded by the other students. As soon as PK arrives at the boarding school‚ he is enclosed by people who are racist and violent. This is exposed when the Dutch priest promotes hate against the British who dominated them during the invasion;
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Northwestern University College of Business Education Hotel and Restaurant Management Department A Term Paper LEFTOVER FOODS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Technical Writing and Scientific Reporting Prepared by: Glaiza Mae Rarangol Jarmaine Leigh Tabili Andrew Asuncion Bachelor of Science in Hotel Restaurant Management II College of Business Education Prepared for: Rodalyn Rarogal Instructor March 2013 DEDICATION This
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1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European
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Nature &Development of the English language: The English language‚ and indeed most European languages‚ traces it original roots back to a Neolithic (late Stone Age) people known as the Indo-Europeans or Proto-Indo-Europeans‚ who lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from some time after 5000 BC (different hypotheses suggest various different dates anywhere between the 7th and the 3rd millennium BC) The exact nature of the original Indo-European language was not known as no writings exist from
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Germanic and West Germanic as they have survived until today. The table below illustrates their division and distribution. Researchers are not unanimous in their estimation of the number of Germanic languages and their distinction. Until recently Dutch and Flemish were named as separate languages‚ now there is a common term for them – the Netherlandic (Netherlandish) (Note 7) language as spoken in The Netherlands‚ together with the same language in northern Belgium‚ which is popularly called Flemish
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