Hanyong Na Michaela Vargas English 120-8669 7 October‚ 2012 Differences of Private and Public Language “I remember to start with that day in Sacramento when I first entered a classroom‚ able to understand some fifty stray English words” (Rodriguez 535). Richard Rodriguez‚ who is the author of the essay “Private Language‚ Public Language”‚ introduces how he was raised and lived as well as how he felt growing up in the States as an immigrant family. After reading the Rodriguez’s essay‚ there
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it’s an insult similar to “the middle finger”. Good evening Madam Toastmaster‚ fellow toastmasters and guests‚ tonight let’s look at body language in different cultures. Do you agree that gestures can communicate as effectively as words? I agree. Some might argue‚ it maybe even more than words. However we must be aware different culture has different body language. Therefore‚ in our personal and business lives‚ careful consideration must be given to whom we are with and where they are from. A question
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I’ve always been fascinated with the culture of Chinese myths. Since I was very young I’ve been attracted to its art‚ history‚ symbolism‚ food and culture. Chinese myths are a colorful part of Chinese culture‚ they are imaginative‚ often amusing and usually have a moral message attached to them. "Myth" is a story from ancient times‚ especially one that was told to explain natural events or to describe the early history of a people. The protagonists of these stories are a variety of gods‚ and the
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that learned from America with the organizations’ operation and management and made a great progress‚ which made America learned from it in turn. 2 Similarities between Chinese and Japanese organizational cultures Both Chinese and Japanese corporate cultures belong to East Asian cultures in essence and were deeply influenced by Chinese ancient traditional culture. They put ethics‚ morality and orthodoxy into companies’ daily operations and managements‚ also Confucianism and teamwork principle into
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comparison between Chinese and foreign humor Summary: Humor is a wonderful work of human civilization and wisdom‚ she smiled as a bridge‚ bond people in different culture‚ and made people recognizing the power of the humor in their normal communication. This paper will trace the historical origins of humor. From the humorous discourse features‚ themes‚ social functions‚ performance practices and seize of the subtle to start the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western humor.
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even when those involved are aware of many of the differences. Two concepts that I found particularly interesting and evident throughout the film were differences in language functions and differences in verbal style between Chinese American women and their mothers as well as their husbands. Understanding Diverse Language Functions Language and cultural values have a direct and interdependent relationship with one another. The language that we use to form our thoughts and perceptions is
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sound the same as to Anglo-Americans when they speak. When people from different cultures come together‚ the cultures mix and adapt. However‚ when certain groups become isolated afterward‚ the languages will develop in a couple of ways; which would eventually create language differences. The myths about the language of African-Americans come from the linguistic inferiority principle. The principle
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Western High School is known as a very diverse school. If you walk through the halls during passing period‚ you can see the many different types of students we have in our school. Not only is our school diverse‚ but all the students get along well. We have various amounts of students with different cultural and social backgrounds and we all respect each others’ cultural differences. During the first semester of school‚ my classmates and I learned about gender roles in English class. Throughout
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relationship recognized by law.” Throughout‚ will be a comparison of traditional Chinese beliefs to the beliefs of the traditional western marriage to see the similarities and differences of both ideologies and ceremonies. Confucius philosophy is heavily followed throughout of the Eastern hemisphere‚ especially in China where Confucius comes
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Morality between Asian and Western Societies Introduction Morality is a tool of indispensable regulation means in human society‚ which has an invisible mandatory "soft restraint" and brings about enormous influence on national‚ society and individual activities at all times. Moral standards of societies are products of a combination of different factors‚ including time‚ region‚ culture and others. Influenced by globalization and increasing Internet social network‚ the distances between countries
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