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    103515125 李家均 Call 1: Arturo and Jettrin Host: Good morning‚ world. This Is Millicent McKay in Brussels with today’s worldwide Cultural Literacy Update. If you’re new to the program‚ here’s the format: In this studio‚ three people take your phone calls and answer your questions about etiquette in their countries. Today’s guests are Jettrin from Thailand‚ Nadia from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates‚ and Sujeet from Nepal. We’re all first-name here‚ so let me welcome Jettrin‚ Nadia‚ and Sujeet.

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    Euihyun Kim SDV 100 - Lola Everett Part 2 Final exam Quote I chose that is more relevant in my life is "I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times‚ I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." by Michael Jordan. What this quote means is that it is not about your lost of the game or whenever you fall‚ it is about if you get up after your defeat. You should never

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    The descent along the disregarded road seemed never-ending. Tunnelling into a small pit‚ a sense of sympathy hit me‚ sympathy for the unfortunate community who call this place home. However‚ that feeling was soon abolished as I realised this place is no worse than those held inside. Their enthusiasm is distinctly represented through the masses of them chanting down the streets‚ fiercely threatening anyone who questions their manhood. I for one kept my opinions quiet‚ as I did not wish to “have

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    Mother tongue instruction Language is used by all as a means of learning‚ communicating and understanding. As a teacher‚ one would do their best to accommodate their learners‚ even if this means to teach in a language that would be best suited to them. As a rainbow nation with eleven official languages‚ South Africa’s diverse cultures are known throughout the world. Many of the inhabitants are either bilingual or multilingual which may pose problems when it comes to education. The preferred language

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    identify certain groups of people‚ but what happens whenever a certain group’s language doesn’t meet the “standards” of the usual American way of using language? Many problems arise. The authors‚ Amy Tan‚ who wrote “Mother Tongue”‚ Gloria Anzaldua‚ who wrote “How to Tame a Wild tongue”‚ and David Sedaris‚ who wrote “Me talk pretty one day”‚ all support a common argument that shows the linkage of identity and language. Because language is both part of identity and used to convey identity‚ ridiculing

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    Disadvantages of using the mother tongue However‚ it is just this kind of tendency that could lead to the development of an excessive dependency on the students’ mother tongue (Harbord‚ 1992) by both teachers and students. Consequently‚ students lose confidence in their ability to communicate in English: They may feel that the only way they would understand anything the teacher says is when it has been translated‚ or they use their mother tongue even when they are perfectly capable of expressing

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    Shukree Abdul-Rashed English 101 Mrs. Rabe September 5‚ 2012 Mother TongueMother Tongue” by Amy Tan is an essay discussing how English-speakers inaccurately associate language with not only words/vocabulary but also educational stature.  “ ‘Mother Tongue’ shows us that rather than becoming accustomed to English‚ we should recognize and embrace our ‘mother tongue.’ The language we use is so powerful it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or simple truth.” Amy Tan indicated

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    in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways in which the language that she was taught affected her life. Throughout the story‚ she describes her relationship with her mother‚ who speaks “broken” English‚ and how her perception of language has changed due to her mother. Whenever Tan

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    Mother-tongue Education in South Africa - Andrew Foley Introduction The question of mother-tongue education in South Africa remains a vexed one. On the one hand‚ it seems reasonable and desirable that learners should be able to receive education in their mother-tongue‚ if they so wish. On the other hand‚ there are some very real difficulties involved in the implementation of this ideal. The purpose of this paper is to clarify what these difficulties are‚ and then to suggest what

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    From Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ it is evident that language has an effect on our lives. Language defines the type of person I am generally and it has had an effect on my choices as well as my lifestyle. Language has become my way of seeing life in a different perspective. In “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan discusses the many ways in which the language that she was taught affected her life. I can definitely relate to Tan’s essay because I too come from a bilingual home. Like Amy Tan‚ I have intelligent immigrant

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