No Longer at Ease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is the story of an Igbo (also spelled Ibo) man‚ Obi Okonkwo‚ who leaves his village for a British education and a job in the Nigerian colonial civil service‚ but who struggles to adapt to a Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe. The novel is the sequel to Achebe ’s Things Fall Apart‚ which concerned the struggle of Obi Okonkwo ’s grandfather Okonkwo against the changes
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Thirdly‚ the assimilation process for Vietnamese families into the Australian society started from differences in the aspects of coping the comprehension in terms of nature and degree. The Australian system has pressured many Vietnamese families to adapt to the new environment by causing them to be able to determine the goal and structure of Australia (Broderick 1993). The self-regulating acts may lead Vietnamese family to imply some changes in their daily life pattern‚ especially their family structure
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Have you ever sat in the classroom‚ waiting and waiting for that bell to ring‚ for you to finally leave? Many people claim that school days should be longer‚ due to the academics of students in America. However‚ the long‚ aggravating days at school just add to the many things piled upon students. Longer school days will only add to the stress‚ there would be less time for after-school activities‚ and parents and taxpayers would have to pay more to provide the salary of teachers. To begin with‚
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Running head: ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 1 Contrastive Analysis: English and Vietnamese Greetings Nguyen Thi Bich Hang University of Education ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 2 As we all know‚ differences in culture are one of the main problems leading to a failure of communication. Thus‚ if learners want to develop their communicative competence in the target language‚ besides listening and speaking‚ they should improve a wide knowledge about sociolinguistics. Usually in daily
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and Christmas‚ Hispanics celebrate Cinco de Mayo‚ and for Vietnamese people‚ we celebrate a very important holiday which is the Vietnamese New Year. In my speech today‚ I will inform all of you how the Vietnamese New Year came into being‚ the tradition rituals‚ and how we celebrate the New Year. Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for over decades. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year‚ which we call Tet‚ have many similarities. It was
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Homeward Bound Homeward Bound is a satiric play‚ which attacks the socially accepted standards of today’s society. This play is known as a comedy of manners; defined as light social satire. Homeward Bound also consists of amusing characters that the audience can relate to. This type of play appeals to mostly sophisticated audiences and actors because the play consists of clever use of language and brilliant conversation. Elliot Hayes’ use of satire in Homeward Bound plays an
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Name of my culture: Vietnamese STRENGTHS 1. Vietnamese values are based on allegiance to the family that believes responsibilities‚ rights and commitments of a group or a family are important (Pamela‚ 1996). Example: in my family‚ my mom always gave a thoughtful care to my grandma. My mom said my grandma took care of my mom the whole life already‚ and that was the time my mom had to take the responsible to my grandma. This shows me the traditional moral idea for Vietnamese as well as Asian family
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1.2 An overview of Vietnamese spoken language Le (2013) cites Huynh (1987) who argues that the Vietnamese language has three mutually intelligible dialects‚ namely Southern‚ Central and Northern with distinctive phonetic differences. Although these dialects vary in tone and pronunciation‚ they do not prevent Vietnamese people from understanding each other in communication. Le (2013) argues that spoken Vietnamese has a long history‚ which is considered to have existed since the fourth century BC.
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After I read about the Vietnam Wars I can infer that the Vietnamese people and culture over the centuries have been very proud and have stayed almost the same over the time periods of war and struggles. It all started in 208 B.C. from what I have read. The Vietnamese people were first invaded by China time and time again and continuously being pushed around. Every single time the Chinese invaded Vietnam‚ Vietnam became a territory of the Chinese. Every single time a rebellion would end up sparking
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Discussion of Art within the Vietnamese Community In a monograph titled “Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community‚ Culture‚ and Politics in the Diaspora” which focuses on Vietnamese people‚ both in Viet Nam and in the diaspora‚ Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde uses Chau Huynh as a case study to exemplify transnationalism‚ globalism‚ and the changes needed to bring about peace. Valverde’s discussion is not a simple one; it is complicated by the fact that there are three perspectives from which to consider
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