GREETINGS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE: A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HCMC University of pedagogy Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh Student: Huynh Thi Thanh Chau
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a lifetime and it is formalized by a wedding ceremony. At any time‚ the wedding is the beauty in the minds of the Vietnamese people. Let’s see how Vietnamese people hold one. Depending on habits and customs of different ethnic groups in Vietnam‚ there are various procedures of a wedding ceremony‚ but in general‚ there is an important ceremony: the Wedding. The traditional Vietnamese wedding consists of a set of ceremonies: The first is the procession to receive the bride. The groom has to come
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Vietnamese Noodle soup Vietnamese noodle soup‚ which is known as Pho‚ is a traditional dish of Vietnam. It includes noodles made from rice‚ beef or chicken‚ and is often served with fresh mint‚ cilantro‚ basil‚ lime‚ bean sprouts and peppers. Consumer can also order raw beef fillet with their soup. Pho is originated in the twentieth century‚ during the time Vietnam invaded by France. It is first appeared in southwest of Hanoi‚ in Nam Dinh Province. It is usually eaten at lunch or dinner. The
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Sociology 33 2 April 2014 Culture Assignment “‘The sense of the dead is that of the final‚’ says a Vietnamese proverb‚ meaning that funeral ceremonies must be solemnly organized‚” as stated in the Vietnam Tourism website. The way a funeral is organized in Vietnam is strongly influenced by Chinese; as stated in the article “Culture of Vietnam‚” ones with various rites and activities. Most funerals in Vietnam consist of three stages. In the tourism website they also state that‚ “The date and time
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people choose their own marriage-partners based on love‚ and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of Westernization‚ many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas‚ often combining both Western and Eastern elements The Culture of Vietnam which is the agricultural civilization
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Being raised in a Vietnamese American household I was taught to value respect over everything else. This quote by Chinese philosopher Confucius helps to embody this idea‚ “Without feelings of respect‚ what is there to distinguish men from beasts.” However‚ having to experience this culture of formality firsthand as a child of two refugees‚ I discovered that not only is this completely false but that Confucius was nothing more than an old fool. The idea that a family‚ or society for that matter‚ must
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Vietnamese school culture deeply values maintaining social and academic impeccability. The struggle to appear competent and successful in work life makes expressing vulnerability in personal life a taboo. In high school‚ this cultural expectation has even influenced relationships with my parents and close friends - my interactions even with my own mother have for years been formal and polite‚ even indifferent. For example‚ I have never quite felt present around the family dinner table‚ always feeling
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L1 maintenance and cross-generational shift from L1 to L2 among Vietnamese Americans Social Issues Over the past 3 decades‚ there have been different studies on Vietnamese socialization and adaptation to the United States‚ as well as their language maintenance and shift (Luong‚ 1990; Pham‚ 1990; Bankston & Zhou‚ 1995; Young & Tran‚ 1999; Zhou & Bankston‚ 1994‚ 1998‚ 2000; Chung‚ 2000; McDonald‚ 2000; Nguyen‚ Shin & Krashen‚ 2001). In the field of sociology‚ researchers have used survey and ethnographic
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A major event that occurred in the wake of the Cold War was the mass migrations of many Vietnamese people to Australia. According to Ashley Carruthers (2008)‚ the only Vietnamese to previously arrive in Australia were generally tertiary students‚ wives of Australian soldiers or orphans from the war. Following the 1975 surrender of South Vietnam however‚ the Vietnamese were forced to flee their homes in a desperate attempt to escape the newly-communist rule of the North. Due to the economic prosperity
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Vietnam and largely took place during the second half of the 20th century. While Korean immigration has been fairly gradual‚ Vietnamese immigration occurred primarily post-1975‚ after the fall of Saigon and the establishment of restrictive communist policies in Vietnam. Whereas many Asian immigrants came to the United States to seek better economic opportunities‚ Vietnamese immigrants came as political refugees‚ seeking asylum from harsh conditions in their homeland. The Refugee Act of 1980 helped
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