English learning, as one of the essential parts of most Chinese people’s daily life, is often associated with people’s academic progress and career development. Many parents consider that children will miss many good job opportunities without a good grade of English. Thus, lots of parents are willing to spend a large amount of money and energy on their children’s English learning. Even some parents are anxious at the mention of English, they make their children learn English at a very early age. In general, there are two main reasons why English learning can be so popular in China. First of all, English is the most widely used language as lingua franca in the world, especially in the commercial circles and academic world. In fact, it is essential …show more content…
It is a very good piece of news for English learners who do not like English or learners who fail to master it, since some of them think that English will not impede their future development anymore. A lot of people hold the view that the practical value of English for Chinese development remains to be deliberated. In recent years, Chinese traditional culture has been given more attention than ever before, for China is becoming stronger, and the Chinese culture is propagated and spread to overseas, which is a manifestation of China’s cultural confidence. Lots of people think that the significance of English has been lessened due to the proposition of English reform and cultural confidence. Therefore, the enthusiasm for mastering English also goes down accordingly. People like this have considered English as one of the main subjects of exam, and their main purpose of learning English is to pass examinations. Nevertheless, there are still many people firmly believing the significance of learning English. Hence, what attitude should people adopt towards
cooked right, later Laila is sexually assaulted by rasheed, that is also when she got pregnant. This makes the book more engaging for readers for a lot of reasons. The one major reason is that all the readers want to see how they will get past this and succeed at life. Another reason why this part and or passage is engaging is because readers can connect and relate to what happens to the girls, and compare how they succeeded to the girls. "You try this again and I will find you.
The causes and effects of the decline and fall of Han China during the classical era had similarities and differences when compared to the political, economic, and social causes and effects of the decline and fall of Rome during the Classical era. First of all, the political causes of China’s decline and fall centered mostly around corrupt government officials. Corrupt officials would not pay taxes which upset the peasants and in turn caused political unrest among the Chinese people. Similarly, Roman emperor Caligula didn’t care about the well-being of the Roman Empire and instead preferred spending his time partying and having orgies which bankrupted Rome and led to a raise in taxes. As a result of raised taxes political unrest began to spread throughout Rome.
Years after this mentality is taught, it will stick with the students and improve their outlook on the world. In Mrs. Hamma’s class, teaching basic English to immigrants will help improve their speaking abilities as well as improve their social standing. Joseph Fong, a Chinese immigrant taking the course, presented to the class his reason for taking the class. He says “I taking the course in Basic English to speak good and improve my position better in this country” (Mohr 197). At this moment in time, clearly, he is not proficient in speaking English.
“As China is currently undergoing major development, there will be an increased interaction between China and America. The fact that the language might be useful in the future may also help to motivate students” (He 5). About five years ago, I lived in Germany for about 6 months. While I was living there with my cousin and his family, I noticed many of the Germans that I befriended were either bilingual in German and English or they spoke other foreign languages including: Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, and even Russian.
AP Chinese Vocabulary Description : AP Chinese means advanced placement Chinese, this program offers college level courses to high school students, so that they can have an opportunity to earn credit for Chinese course at the college level. Like other College Board programs, it is available to anyone worldwide who wishes to participate. Author : Penny The AP Chinese exam consists of two essential aspect : Chinese language and Chinese culture.
The statistics demonstrated by the quotes are used to inspire the audience to get back to a place where learning another language is encouraged. The quotes demonstrate the beginning of the decline and ignorance of languages in America. McGray uses the statistic of 13,000 children learning Chinese to show the influence outside countries have on American education. The author also uses this to show how this influence inspires students to learn and how just learning about a countries culture will incite students to learn its language. Statistics speak for themselves in McGray’s article to communicate the difference that time and experience has on foreign
With the unbelievable speed of the development of the national transportation system and the speedy industrial growth, the United States was undergoing an incredibly economic growth during the late nineteenth century. The railroad rapidly spread all over the states and the middle class was experiencing remarkably prosperity. But behind the beautiful and glamorous cover, in the shadow of that age, the poverty of the labors; the corruption of the government; the challenges of the American democracy, were latent crisis that made the age gilded. China today is experiencing uniquely similarity of the Gilded Age of the US, and it looks exactly like a shadow of it. Highly developing transportation system; booming of the industry; progressive middle-class;
Most children who growing up in immigrant families understand Chinese, but their Chinese level is different because of parents ' level of English and place of residence varies. If the mother has high degree of English, the children’s Chinese will be relatively poor in some extent. The children who live in Chinatown
The Ancient Chinese were famous for their important inventions and technology. It was more advanced than any other culture in the world. Having these inventions China became more powerful and without these inventions, life would 've been difficult. Using these inventions it has attracted the whole world with its fast economic growth. During Song and Tang Dynasty China had invented inventions such as paper money, canals, and porcelain.
Chinese Immigration When Chinese people started immigrating from a vast number of small cities in China to the United States, it was for a better life and better job opportunities. Chinese immigrated mostly for the same reason, to find freedom. Immigration not only changed the lives of those moving away from China, but the American citizens themselves who already had their lives put together. Hard working Chinamen move to the US to work for a small amount of money to provide for their families. Companies in the US were in need for cheap laborers, this made Chinese immigrants a prime group of people as they had the values, and desire to work hard for their families no matter the risks they took, or the extra hours they had to work.
The impact of the Chinese Cultural Revolution on the arts and education The Chinese Cultural Revolution was a deadly weapon used by Mao Zedong to enforce his political power and wipe out the Chinese intelligentsia for the next few decades. It was a turning point in Chinese art, education and other traditions. When Mao officially encouraged his student army to destroy the “Four Olds”: old customs, culture, habits and ideas, China made a sharp turn towards cultural and intellectual decline. Visual art in late 1960s China was heavily influenced by politics and the wishes of the Chinese Communist Party. One of those policies was the cult of Mao Zedong.
In fact, many people against Tan ’s point of view that English is very useful and important. However, others, including me agree with Tan’s idea. Indeed, there are many reasons that agree with the author’s
Personal Statement I would like to confirm that it is my motivating of Chinese culture that ignited my passion for cultural and creative industry. As a Tourism Management major student, I was able to explore the Chinese diversified cultures and landscapes, which offered me an insightful understanding of the Chinese cultural development. Under the guidance of commercialization, some cultural heritages have developed into huge tourism souvenir markets full of counterfeit and shoddy products. The over-commercialization reveals the fact that the Chinese culture is facing a severe situation. The country calls for a better cultural development strategy, which cultural and creative industry can offer.
The traditional Chinese cultures have a development process for thousand years, now we are creating another kind of traditional culture especially under the wave of globalization. Although the form of expressing or performing the culture experienced some changes but the basic idea and belief behind rarely changed. To promote Chinese culture we would refer to the essence of Chinese wisdom so the following is actual practicing of different dimensions of Chinese traditions which show the beauty of China. The family concept is the essence of Chinese culture.
In the English learning literature, the development of a positive attitude towards learning could be attributed to Integrativeness, or the genuine desire to learn a new language so that one can communicate with the members of the community who use the language as their medium of communication (Dörnyei, 1998). However, as the world has become more borderless as exemplified by the EU and the ASEAN, other attitudinal factors were conceptually included. The additions were attributed to the changing of concept from ‘English is a second language to learn’ to ‘English as an international language’(Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009). This resulted to the addition of other attitudinal factors that include Direct contact with English speakers (attitude towards actually meeting English speakers and travelling to their countries) ; Cultural interest (appreciation of cultural products from English speaking countries conveyed by the media); Miliu (the general perception of the importance of English in the learners’ friends and family) (Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009). From the aforementioned attitudinal factors, the following hypotheses were