...Josifek EMLLS 112 14 March 2013 The Differences in Education between China and America A large number of students from China are planning to attend college in the America over the next five years. However, there are many differences in education between China and America. In fact, it is hard to be successful in American college. How the Chinese student to be successful, and what are the differences in education between two countries? I think there are three differences in education between China and America ways of studying was learning, and using different languages. First, there is a different way to study between China and America. In China, students study very hard every day because they have lots of homework. However, there is not much homework in the America. Chinese's teacher thinks homework is the good way to studying, but American student doesn’t have lots of homework. Chinese's teacher always gives a student some question out of the book because this is good for the GAO KAO exam. Chinese's student buy textbook each year, and it is cost more money. In America, the teacher wants to the student read book, and never give the student much homework. If you finish the lesson’s homework, it would be enough for exam. If you read the book, you will be easy past the exam. American teacher also don’t give extra homework because they know it is enough lesson for the student today. If Chinese student wants to be successful at an American college, they should study hard...
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...05/16/2015 The identity of immigrants People all over the world have different identities and citizenship. However, identities not right equal to citizenship. America is a deserve country, which have immigrants from all over the world. Some of immigrants consider themselves as American and others still identity themselves as before. The article “ note of a native speaker” and “ American dreamer” described two immigrants who have moved to America. From “ Notes of a native speaker”, Eric liu was born in America, he was the second generation as an “ ABC”, which means American born Chinese. His parents wanted him to be an American. He tried to be like that, but he found that the only way to be an American was to be white. From “ American dreamer”, Bharati Mukherjee, a woman born in India,she thought her identity was fixed when she was born, she immigrated to America for a better life and tried to disobey her family in India, she wanted to change her own identity and came to U.s because the society was more diversity. The identity of belonging based on and influence by culture , family and language. Eric Liu’s was the second generation of immigrates, so his parents were Chinese before they became to U.S citizens. However, his family did not teach him to be as a Chinese, he was totally to be taught as an American. He considered that he has became an American before he was born. “ My own assimilation began long before i was born. It began with my parents...
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...paper maintains that Chinese students can benefit a lot from studying in America. The paper will prove this statement by introducing the benefits that Chinese students want to and could get from studying in America. It contends further by analyzing with what advantages America could be the first choice, which also do students’ good. It concludes that either from students or America’s aspect, Chinese students can obtain lots of benefits from studying in America. The arguments will be supported by researches, facts and data. Outline Thesis: Chinese undergraduates could benefit a lot from studying in America. Introduction: Ⅰ. The favorable conditions provided by America in Chinese students’ view. A. The optimal way to learn English B. More convenient to visit America C. Increases life experience D. More job opportunities E. To be cross-cultural roles Ⅱ. The advantages America has A. The best education level B. Flexible education systems C. Impeccable scholarship system Conclusion: Overseas studying To be subjective, studying abroad is a serious decision to both individual and his whole family. Since the policy of reform and opening, the quantity of Chinese students heading to America is soaring high. Why more and more Chinese undergraduates go to the US? What’s the benefit for them? And what can they really gain from studying there? In this thesis, I’m planning to state that Chinese undergraduates can benefit...
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...Cultural differences in Daily communication between China and America 1. Introtion People have different lifestyle, thinking patterns, behaviors and values, which all inflect one another. In many cross-cultural conversations, misunderstanding can be caused by distinction in the understanding of a same word in the culture difference. A serious question may therefore bring great laghter, while an innocuous statement horrible anger,which caused by culture difference. Experts in sociology claimed that every single culture is distinctive. The word 'culture' is defined as follow in Oxford Advanced Learner's English Chinese Dictionary: customs,arts, social institutions, etc of a particular group or people. Among all distinctions, difference in daily life plays a special role. More details of lifes oversees are shown with the rapid development of communication and media. Facing that very difference between the Chinese and the American however, seems to have led to confusion and even further, false and unscientific evaluation, thus the eventual cultural conflict and descrimination. This paper will therefore focus on the distinction of the Chinese and American culture from the aspect of daily communication . 2.The Importance of Cross-Cultural Communication Because of various reasons, there are a lot of cultural differences between China and the U.S. This creates a barrier for cross-cultural communications. Due to globalization and social development...
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...Americanization has significant effect in the world undeniably, the effect reduces recently. Pells also claims that “There is a sense overseas today that America’s culture exports are not as important, or as alluring, as they once today such as the cultural action is elsewhere- not so much in Manhattan or San Francisco but in Berlin and Mumbai.”(248). Americanization has less impact for other countries. Chinese audiences no longer go to theater to watch Hollywood movies as frequently as before. Also, individuals do not love American food blindly since local restaurants are rising up to compete with American food. In addition, Americanization is not only losing impact overseas, it is also invaded by foreign culture such as language. Foreign languages thrive with more and more people immigrant into America, and new immigrants bring their own culture to embed Americanization. Therefore, Americanization impacts less in the world and also invaded by other culture, which reflect in decreasing market’s share in other countries’ movies rising, local foods’ equal competition, and other languages’ invasion....
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...California, Bank of America, third largest bank in the US, aimed a major campaign at the Asian market. The attractive Asian consumer segment, comprised of such diverse groups a Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Filipinos was large growing faster and had higher incomes than any other ethnic group. However, many Asian immigrants were unfamiliar with American financial institutions and avoided them. Bank of America ran translated ads in Asian language news papers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Central valley because research showed that most Asians – particularly new arrivals speak their native language them. The bank first converted its English language ads into Chinese vernacular and aimed them at Chinese immigrants who had well established urban communities numerous media available, and high incomes. Messages were also tailored to the needs of various Asian segments. For recent refugees firm southeast Asia who are generally less sophisticated about financial institutions and distrusted banks ads simply urged readers to “Come See Us” and listed the bank’s retail services. Bank of America also used TV cautiously. It dubbed or added subtitles to English language spots and ran them on Asian language TV stations. Bank of America also increased its involvement in Asian community activities – such as running a special promotion during the Chinese New year celebrations in its Chinatown branches and in civic groups such as the Chinese Newcomers Service Center...
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...northeastern or America is densely populated, because of the extensive corridors of the urbanization it has been called the national “megalopolis”” as stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html. After years of acting as the leader for technology and the industry in America the Northeastern part of America falls off of being the leader to California’s Silicon Valley. Though it’s not towards the restaurants and businesses of the Italian, French, German, Russian, Muslims, Jews, and the English; “Huge waves of non-European immigration since the 1960s have made the United States the nation with the highest immigrant population in the world” also stated by Molly Doane in her statements at http://www.everyculture.com/To-Z/United-States-of-America.html and so because of this today most of the cultures that are a part of America and its history would be the Italians, Jewish, and the English cultures. This is because before the revolutionary war people emigrated from Britain to America to the 13 colonies, then there were the Italians who immigrated to America because of the English population saying it is a land of the free and people would live better and richer than they already were. The Italians are most famous for creating the mafia and godfathers that people have heard or known about today. The Jewish have more history with America than the Italians. The Americans helped free the Jews and leads them to America so they can...
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...LANGUAGE: THE UNIVERSAL TOOL All our thought process is conducted in language. It is an aspect of humanity, and learning what fellow human speaks, teaches you more about mankind as a whole. Language influences culture. So learning a language helps one to understand how other people think and do thing basically their culture. India is a multilingual society with more than twenty two official languages and nearly thousand dialects. One of the important contributions of British colonisation is the introduction of English as the major link of communication within the country. More than three hundred million people speak English which is the third widely spoken language in world after Chinese and Spanish. First and foremost, one of the most important reasons to learn a foreign language is the stimulation it offers one’s mind .Like Child grappling with the language for the first time, it makes curious at every turn and also sharpens you memory. In the era of globalisation mastering another language really gives you a competitive edge in every aspect .Knowledge of foreign language is important for those working in business, communication and nearly every other career track .Nevertheless, for the young generation in future it will be mandatory for the career enhancement. Recent study shows Chinese, Spanish, Japanese and German are going to be the dominant languages of 21st century. Chinese and Spanish are the first and the second most spoken language in the world. Interestingly...
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...where Chinese people living together overseas (Baidu). As a minor ethnic in other countries, these Chinese chose to stay close in face of the entirely new environment, and Chinatowns were formed as time passed by. Nowadays, Chinatowns are everywhere all over the world. As one of the countries that have the closest relationship with China. American Chinatowns are important witnesses of a combination of western and eastern cultures. In order to make my research more organized, the information was searched in the order of the four themes, and I tried to combine them together in a logical way. Most information was from the internet. I also interviewed my friends who had been to some Chinatowns in the United States. To learn about the Chinatowns in the United States, I first have to learn regions with the significant Chinese populations in America. After searching online, I found lists of American cities with the biggest Chinese populations. As illustrated in the list, California Chinese population makes up nearly thirty percent of the top big cities with the largest Chinese population (China History Forum). Below is a map for the Chinese population in the whole United States. It is apparent to see that the western coast is the region with the most Chines people. Chinese population regions in the United States Chinese population regions in the United States Go without saying, there are many significant Chinatowns. San Francisco is the oldest Chinatowns in North America since...
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...Influence of language difference and clique. Nowadays, as the development of international integration increases under the globalization. The communication between countries are increasingly frequent, and modern technology has also been widely used,people are now able travel to many country in short time. America continues to be the most preferred destination for international students, Many Chinese students choose American colleges as their future college. As a Chinese international student who study abroad in America, a majority of us face a same issue, the issue is international students cannot interacting with local culture. Due to different language and different place for international students, they cannot communicate with native speakers well and do not have many natives friends. The number of international students study abroad increase in recent 10 years, most of the parents rather to pay higher tuition that want their children have a better place to study. International education offers a student a unique experience and exposure to the world by interacting with people from different cultures, religion, and socio-cultural backgrounds. However, international students whose English is not their first language often finds difficulties integrating into the new culture as their ability to communicate fluently and effectively is thwarted. International students use barely English with natives and it is hard to communicate with others. In addition, it is hard to make...
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...The Third Dumpster In "The Third Dumpster", we meet the two Chinese brothers Morehouse and Goodwin, who are trying to get along in American society. The author Gish Jen is a second generation Chinese-American, whose parents emigrated from China to America. Many of her works focus on the multicultural America, in which many different ethnic groups live, and how these get along with each other. "The Third Dumpster" was written in 2013 . The story is told through the eyes of Goodwin, as the third-person narrator is bound to him. His stream of thoughts is shown to the reader, which makes the reader sympathize with him. The story starts in medias res, where we are told about the two brothers' situation. We are told about the house, which they bought, and from here, we are told more and more about their lives in America, with the old house and the restoration of this as the main conflict. As the story progresses, we are told about the struggles which the two brothers are going through, and the conflict between the two, not only in relation to the individual moral of the two and their actions, but also in regards to their parents and how they are going to work things out with them. Therefore, one could say that there are two parallels: the main story, which takes place in the present, and the backstory of the family, Goodwin's marriage and their assimilation in America. These are told side by side, as the story progresses. Because the narrator tells the story through the eyes of...
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...Ancestors in the Americas As compare to ancient times, I feel lucky today for being Asian. As we know, Asian American populations make up one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, contributing to an increasing racial and ethnic plurality in communities across the nation. History has been told us that Asian Americans suffered too much inequality in the past and the landmark of them. Although racial discrimination still exists somehow in America, as a new immigrant, I feel such situation has been improved a lot. Language barriers, cultural disparity and other issues still become the problems for the connection between Asian Americans and the Americans, but most of us are trying to break out the barrier. By looking back to the history of Asian American, the documentary “Ancestors in the Americas: Chinese in the Frontier West” which directed by Loni Ding, reveals the arrival and harsh experiences of the large-scale Chinese immigrants on the West Coast of the United States during the 1850’s Gold Rush in California. Also, it portrays their role in developing the American West, and their battles to overcome racial discrimination. In order to have a better life for the family, the Chinese men determined to leave their families and sailed to the Gam Sann (Gold Mountain) with the “American dream”. Far from home, they always send money home without any hesitation. They separate for decades, sometimes forever. However, it is so hard to maintain life in America. They didn’t...
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...Relevant Literature Rawling, M. & Sue, E. Preparedness of Chinese students for American culture and communicating in English. * Focus groups with eight Chinese students studying in America to measure the expectations and perceived realities of their experiences. * Chinese students are unprepared for American culture and language by their classes in China. * When students experience or perceive discrimination as a result of their culture or limited English proficiency, they are less likely to engage with other members of the community. * More engagement and public efforts to address stereotyping and decrease discrimination. * Suggestion: addressing popular culture portrayals of Asians and Asian Americans * “Students may feel uncertain about how to respond to or conduct themselves in various situations, causing them to feel inadequate, misunderstood, and dejected” (Rawling & Sue, p. 31). * Suggestion: Mentorship or “buddy” program – pairing American students with Chinese students to give them a resource in navigating cultural situations. * International students feel more homesick, but students that interact with others at their host institution feel less homesick. * Zhang & Xu (2007) reported that Chinese students were not accustomed to receiving syllabi for courses and did not utilize them to gain important course information. * Suggestion: Stress importance of reading syllabi and asking questions, possibly...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ethnic group |A group that shares culture, religion, race, language, or values is an ethnic group. | | | | |Anti-Semitism |Discrimination against Jews. | |Islamophobia |Prejudice or discrimination against Islam or Muslims. | |Xenophobia |Intense or irrational fear of people from another country. | |Persecution |Mistreatment or abuse of one group by another group. | |Religious group |A group of people who share the same thoughts and beliefs about the origin of the universe, creation, | | |the afterlife and other spiritual traditions. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) ...
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...Abstract The Chinese are people who are strong and independent. As they have began to immigrate to the Americas they have started to lose some of the culture of their country. They have also taken some of their culture and integrated it into the American Culture. As the years have come and gone, there have been many different things happen to many different cultures. The cultures that started out dominating the world now are found to be one of the smallest cultures left in the world. They have been shut out by the rest of the world. How do you describe decentering of culture? Decenter is defined as: to cause to lose or shift from an established center or focus [ (Decenter, 2012) ]. I would take this meaning as the focus of an established culture is shifted due to different influences of globalization. There are so many changes that a culture goes through, and with all these changes the things that were important in the beginning tend to fade out of focus as other things become important. There are many things that can be an influence to the decentering of a culture. The practices, traditions, beliefs, and history of a certain culture can become disconnected in the present day from what was originally practiced in history by an individual or group. Immigrant children that come from a second generation are an example of this. They are a great example because the children and the parents may still practice the culture, but they may live in another country and have...
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