problem of Americans falling behind in global competitiveness which encompasses in all aspects of a society’s success. There is said to be a major correlation between parenting styles and the overall country’s competiveness considering education‚ values‚ and work ethic is implemented in the home through parenting styles before a child ever reaches institutionalized schooling. Many persons believe American parenting lacks discipline and structure and believe Americans should adapt a more Chinese style
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1. Discuss any differences in cultural values or nonverbal communication that you are aware of between your culture and your friend’s culture. Culture is defined as the complex whole that includes knowledge‚ belief‚ art‚ law‚ morals‚ customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society. Now‚ we look at the meaning of nonverbal communication. Non-verbal communication means communication without the use of spoken language. Nonverbal communication includes gestures
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is the study of individuals and their personalities and identities‚ within particular cultural contexts (Miller‚ 2007). Although American and Chinese people are raised in different cultures‚ their cultures are somewhat similar. Even though individuals are raised thousands of miles apart‚ is it possible to possess some of the same personality traits? In the American culture‚ baby showers are held to celebrate the impending birth of a baby. Family and friends bring many necessities needed for the
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Differences between Chinese and Western Education Most Chinese parents like to ask‚ “How old should be the best age for children to study overseas?” “Is the foundational education as good as China in other countries?” As the matter of fact‚ the argument about advantages and disadvantages between Chinese Education and Western Education is keeping on all the time. This question is also one major concern among those students who are considering going abroad. In order to find out the most suitable way
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strongly tied to her Chinese identity‚ while in America‚ she traded her culture for her freedom. However‚ they are similar in how they were still tied to their origins as a Chinese woman. A difference between the life experiences of the sisters is that the sister in America had more freedom. The Chinese culture had great limitations on women’s freedom. The sister that left for America did not need to be confined to those restrictions on women‚ she was free from it. In the Chinese culture‚ women were
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Individualism in American Society A Reflection on the Repressive Desublimination of American Individualism The idea and practice of individualism has been subject to repressive desublimination in America. Repressive desublimination is when a hope‚ a need‚ that has been buried and denied by an oppressive system‚ is allowed some room to breathe‚ then co-opted and redirected back into a form that ultimately reinforces the oppressive system that denied and suppressed out hopes and needs in the
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Individualism vs. Conformity The lives of human beings are centered around the thin blue line that separates conformity and individuality. Many times one is confused and rushed‚ and this line is drawn too short or too long‚ thus being too much of a conformist or an individual. The "individual‚" in the American conception‚ is an independent and inventive agent‚ relatively autonomous and morally responsible to him or herself. A widespread of specific propositions concerning "human nature" was derived
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One of the biggest debates in the respects of sociology and psychology is the debate between individualism and nationalism. Many believe that the human capacity‚ or ability to be great‚ is best shown by the individuality of a person‚ and that a person can serve as an individual to the rest of the society. The other side of the coin is that being human is not anything significant as an individual and that any kind of development is dependent upon nationalism. But‚ does being in a collective group
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浙江大学2013–2014学年秋冬季学期 《 西方新闻语言 》课程期末论文 姓名 庞振峰 学号 3110000361 专业 化学 成绩 News Discourse Analysis from the Perspective of Ideology ——The Comparison between the Reports towards July Urumqi Riots from Western countries and China Abstract：An ideology is a set of comprehensions and ideas to objects and the world which directs one’s goals expectations and actions.Ideology is not inherent in one’s brain‚ but from the existence of societies.Ideology is generally referred
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Cultural Differences between Chinese and English Names The names are common language phenomenon‚ not only because it is a kind of identification code between people to distinguish each other‚ but also because it is a national historical and cultural information carrier.It conveys a language of a nation‚ as well as history‚ geography‚ religion‚ custom‚ social status and other aspects of information. Names have been interpreted in two senses:a broad sense and a narrow sense. The names ‚in its
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