English culture

Culture-oriented English teaching in P.R. China I. Introduction: With the world economic and social development and globalization in the 21st century, it is an obvious circumstance which the number of overseas students in different countries has been snowballing. Facing the increasing severe talent market, more and more students in China do choose to have further education in foreign countries mainly in English-speaking countries to meet the standards of their personal internships. Notwithstanding the experience is a pleasant and rewarding as well as difficult and challenging process, a large number of students have met cultural shock problems in their life in English-speaking countries. Previously, Chinese university English teachers generally emphasized on demonstrating linguistic features in English language teaching, and Chinese students could hardly adapt to foreign cultures, and did come up with many problems mainly cultural problems in their academic career or daily activities. Nevertheless, the importance of developing students＇cultural proficiency has been realized recently and some progressions practicable have been made. This is only a good beginning, and what’s more is that culture awareness is more…

invasions of two Western powers, namely France and America. Under the Chinese rule, assimilation was inevitable that, like many other Asian countries, the culture of Vietnam is considerably influenced by its Chinese counterpart, as reflected in many aspects of life such as educational system, literature and social norms (Nguyen, 2002; Le, 2011). Huyen (2002) reported that Vietnamese culture clearly reflects a blending inheritance of Confucian ideologies, Taoism and Buddhism (as cited in Le,…

My viewpoint on my own culture as well as other cultures has not changed by reading this module but perhaps it has been enhanced and become more solidified. “Culture is the knowledge, language, values, customs and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society” (Kendall, 2016, p. 45). Each person and every culture brings a uniqueness to the world that would create a void if lost. American culture is wonderful, but so is…

With the influence of English language and culture expanding all over the world, many people have strong views toward this trend. It is accepted that English plays a significant part for both society, and what’s more , a lot of attention is being drawn to the change of economy. However, whether the impact of English deserves such a concern , people have different ideas. And it leads considerable concern that it can produce positive effects in more than one way and it also can bring about…

years to learn English and it has been worth it. Being capable to read and write in English has opened many doors into professional and personal opportunities. In Fields of Reading there are three essays where three women share their experiences with language. The first essay is “Trading Stories” by Jhumpa Lahiri where she indicates what moved her to create stories. The second one is “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan where she describes her expired…

people grow older they develop their sense of identity and belonging based their interaction with their environment and the other people around. To many identity is belonging to something you identify with or as a part of. Moreover, a lot of people just adapt the identity and the culture they are raised on. Many parents will not discuss what is Identity or what does it mean to be a part of community with their children and they expect their children to grow up to be like them. Leila Ahmed and…

their own culture. For Rodriguez, on the other hand, he believes that it is a lot more convenient to become bilingual with a public language like English. Even if somebody looses their private languages culture. I stand in the middle of Rodriguez and Espada. I believe that you should not be taking others language away from them. I also think that people should learn to speak English since that is easier. Espada claims that people who are Latino and speak Spanish are treated unfairly. He notes…

According to the Journal of Teacher Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching by Geneva Gay, it states, . Culturally responsive teaching is important because when teaching students literacy who have a different culture other than the dominant American culture, because a teacher has to be able to teach them new things based on their knowledge of what they know about their own cultureEffective culturally responsive teaching for literacy is different from ESL or ELL instruction because ESL…

Human Geography P4 1/22/2017 1. A. Folk culture can be defined as culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. B. Pop culture can be defined as culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. C. The diffusion of folk culture compared to popular culture, is that folk culture is transmitted from one location to another more slowly and on a…

Language is the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. The common trope “language in culture” has various contextual meanings and helps highlight several actions that language does: language creates culture, language gives identity, language brings people together, and language keeps people apart. The frequent use of the trope “language in culture” and the actions of languages do a significant job identifying…