The Joy Luck Club and The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club describes the lives of first and second generation Chinese families, particularly mothers and daughters. Surprisingly The Joy Luck Club and, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts are very similar. They both talk of mothers and daughters in these books and try to find themselves culturally. Among the barriers that must be overcome are those of language, beliefs and customs
Introduction Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a specific plan for your future in short-term of six months or twelve months. It is necessary that you have objectives set up for yourself, and plans and actions to be taken in order to achieve those objectives. Following PDP is a good way to improve yourself, and to acquire skills and knowledge. Therefore, it is advisable to continue doing PDP one after another. Also, PDP includes your CV, so you can update it with new experiences or skills acquired
view. I was born in Tianjin, and had been living in Tianjin until I went to college in Shanghai. Though we were taught with standard Chinese (Mandarin) to meet the requirement of The Department of Education during the 18 years of compulsory education, teachers would still combine Tianjin dialect in classes, to some extent. So it’s natural that students speak Mandarin with Tianjin dialect. On the other hand, children are greatly affected by their parents, who are also speaking Tianjin dialect. In this
51 published in 2013, over 90% of people aged 6 to 65 in Hong Kong have reported themselves as native Cantonese speakers. However, Cantonese is merely referred to as a regional dialect “with no standardized written form” (Ng, 2009: xxi) while both Chinese and English are currently deemed as the official languages of Hong Kong. The language system in this metropolitan city is somehow complicated because of its colonial background. In the following sections, Hong Kong’s colonial history will be discussed
poem “Write around the absence,” it showcases the importance of having the courage to stick to one’s own cultural interpretations despite living in a country where your culture and or values are considered a minority. With the narrator being of a Chinese descent living in an English majority, she describes and questions the dominant nature English has over her thoughts, expressions, and life; despite being equally bilingual. Expressing the anxiety and oppression she feels about having the “tones”
in the regions. At the same time, Chinese-English bilingual education becomes increasingly popular in China due to the important global challenges the country faces. In order to evaluate the extent to which this form of BE is beneficial it is necessary to consider individual and social opportunities and costs of bilingual education, particularly connected with English language proficiency. This essay will examine social, economic and cultural benefits of Chinese-Engish bilingual education and attempt
understand. The most widely spoken language on the world is based in the most populated country on the earth that is China, beating the second most spoken language, English, by two is to one ratio, and Mandarin Chinese is the most popular language in the world. There are about 1,213,000,000 people who speak mandarin today. While there is only 508 million people speaking English. When both culture meet and mix, there would be a chance of new language developed. Language is undeniably very important, so have
Learning Chinese-Personal Narrative In 1995, I decided to volunteer as a missionary for my church. On the application form, there was no space for suggestions as to where in the world I would like to serve as a missionary. Church leaders assign missionaries to the place they feel we should go. I was surprised with the assignment to serve in Taiwan, speaking Mandarin Chinese. I had no previous experience with Chinese people or their language, so I felt fortunate that the church provides 2
husband with these words, “It has become our language of intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with” (Tan 1). Under the assumption that Louis DeMattei (Tan’s husband) has no prior history with the Chinese Language Tan makes an important point of the use of the “broken” language she learned from her mother. Demattei doesn’t inquire or correct Tan when she switches between the English she acquired from the vast expanses of English literature and the
influenced by different traditions as a mean of identity and distinctiveness; each distinctiveness and identity takes its own shape form as seen in the Mandarin Chinese and English Languages. Within each language puns and wordplays stand as crucial roles to the fun of communication as well as understanding the cornerstone of each respected culture. Mandarin Chinese is one of the most prominent languages that people around the world use this day; it is a tonal language because it consists of a great amount
stereotyping and must be stopped in order to have less conflicts within Chinese and a harmonious society. Before having the interview, I have asked some Hong Kong teenagers their opinions towards mainland Chinese. Most of them do not like them and think that they are unhygienic, uncivilised and impolite like what I think. This shows that many Hong Kong teenagers may have the same view as mine. They said they do not like mainland Chinese even though they have never visited mainland China. Then how come
take Mandarin classes to fulfill my global pathway requirement because I live in Manhattan and it will be very convenient for me to be able to speak an intermediate level of Mandarin in the city that never sleeps. As a result, I will have less of a hard time when I travel to Chinatown in the future. Furthermore, although I am a citizen of the United States, it is an irrevocable fact that I am still Chinese. I have spent most of my lifetime in the United States and my skill of speaking Mandarin has
place, and circumstances in which a tale, play, or movie takes place. Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets”, this short story is about her journey to China to explore her identity and self-awareness. As the narrator, Amy Tan presents a story about a young Chinese-American student, June May, the protagonist. June began her journey with her father to China with the purpose of meeting her half-sisters for the first time. “A Pair of Tickets” has two main settings: San Francisco, USA and Guangzhou, China. In this
time. Also, the Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappinesses were happening during this period. Although, the time has passed, the histories and the civilizations have not passed. These family virtues, serious, working attitudes, sense of justice and the great Confucian tradition have been deeply assimilated into the Chinese people. Some Chinese traditions are different from North American’s. The Chinese culture has many
Aix Sponsa or the Wood Duck is said to be one of the most beautiful breed of ducks in North America. Just is name, Aix Sponsa, means “The Water Bride.” Ever since the first American settlers arrived in the eastern shores of North America people have been mesmerized by the beauty of this colorful animal. But instead of just standing there and marveling at it they hunted and used the Wood Duck as means for survival. This made the Wood Duck one of the most popular games ducks in North America. And by
The term "Mandopop" refers to the most popular genre in Chinese language contemporary music. "Mando" refers to the Mandarin Chinese language. Equally as popular is "Cantopop", "Canto" refers the Cantonese Chinese language which is a Chinese dialect spoken in the southern provinces and Hong Kong. A third term "Gang-Tai pop" 港台 is yet another term referring to the combination of Cantopop and Mandopop. "Gang" refers to the Chinese pronunciation of Hong Kong - "xiang gang" 香港 and Tai refers to
illustrates the importance of Chinese dialect preserving. This essay will describe the problems regard to disappearance of the dialect, and outline the solutions that make the efforts to preserve the dialects, with accurate evaluation. Dialects are one of special culture with many characteristics in China. Throughout approximately 130 local dialects, many Chinese dialects even have longer history than Mandarin itself, so the dialect is an indispensable part of Chinese culture. If China does not try
the people from the mainland of China. When I was in high school, there was much news reporting Hong Kong wanted to be independent. They always said “our Hong Kong people were … Chinese were….” It felt like they didn’t regard them as Chinese. Also there were always some people claimed they hated Chinese and asked Chinese not to travel Hong Kong. Ironically, after the number of tourists from the mainland of China decreasing, they regretted because they wanted money. At first, I thought those views
INTRODUCTION Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is a luxury hotel line which owns and manages hotels and residences (linkedin.com, n.d.). They currently have 45 hotels and 15 residences and are steadily continuing to grow (Mandarinoriental.com, n.d.). Excellent quality and service are absolutely essential; Mandarin Oriental’s states, “Our mission is to completely delight and satisfy our guests. We are committed to making a difference every day; continually getting better to keep us the best” (Mandarinoriental
affordability if she does not have the health insurance. In terms of Medicaid, it is also critical since it serves as the precondition of Long Term Care Services and Personal Care programs that the client currently relies on-- a home aid who speaks Mandarin and takes care for the client five days per