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The strange environment of the United States and high learning pressures made DuanYing Chen suffer a lot, he might want to go back to China. He is an outsider of the US. Chen does not speak English, he does not know anyone. Freud stated that one direction of suffering is from the external world(26). The US culture and environment are so unfamiliar to him. Duanying chen is not enough 18 old when he comes to America. Everything he learns from his parents and is taught t in China may not work in…

In the book Understanding Comics McCloud talks about how he humans are so condition to recognize different icons and know what they stand for. Comics have two important icons that looked over a lot by people. With these icons that comic just wouldn’t make sense. These icons are the word bubbles and the panels. In his novel McCloud says “…the most widely-used most complex and most versatile of comics’ many synesthetic icons is the ever-present, ever-popular word balloon” (McCloud,). Comics won’t…

texts that embrace linguistic and cultural diversity. By using a culturally relevant pedagogy in our classroom we are adopting an approach that values and engages the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of students who are in the process of learning English and meeting the academic challenges in content areas. I believe that a culturally responsive approach to teaching is not a substitute for “good teaching,” but rather it is an addition to the “good teaching” and an approach to thinking about…

Abdulqader Abdulqader Writing 6B Oct, 06, 2016 The Influence of the Arabic Culture on the American Culture Every culture has different categories, habits, history, and civilization that made this culture be famous. There are many ancient civilization in the world such as: The Roman, Greek, Babylonian, and Egyptian. Every culture can influence on the other cultures in different shapes. There are several reasons for the influence of the Arabic culture on the American culture such as: art,…

So with him, she spoke in moods and gestures, looks and silences, and sometimes a combination of English punctuated by hesitations and Chinese frustration: "Shwo buchulai" – Words cannot come out. So my father would put words in her mouth. "I think Mom is trying to say she’s tired," he would whisper when my mother became moody. Understanding each…

century in Old French. Many other Romance languages have their own version of this word, including Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, but not until the 14th century, making the French the first to use this term. The first definition listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, OED, for “retard” means “to hold back, delay, or slow (a person or thing) with…

The aim of this experiment was to investigate the impact of leading questions on memory recall. The results obtained were deemed statistically significant , which indicates that there is a positive correlation between the choice of verbs and the estimation of speed. These findings matches those of the original study conducted by Loftus and Palmer in 1974. They found out that the re-phrasing of words in a question could affect a witness’s answering. The findings also positively supports the study…

The Anglo-Saxon vs. The Modern Era: Contrasting Religions of Then and Now The cultural values of the Anglo-Saxons from the early Middle Ages reflect a somewhat different mindset than those we possess today. We tend to see more mockery towards religion and beliefs now, as opposed to how they portrayed such perspectives in the Middle Ages. The Danes and Geats in the epic Beowulf considered God as an Almighty Lord worthy of man’s respect and worship. However, in the movie Beowulf and Grendel…

The Window Project for the children of Brazilians born and / or raised outside of Brazil whose parents seek to maintain the language and Brazilian culture. We note that the new multicultural generations face many barriers to learn and internalize your language coming from a unique context. In the large group formed by Brazilian immigrants in the US, we note that the group of families who are here temporarily because of work or academic specializations is smaller than the group of families that…

Beowulf is an Old English epic story believed to be written somewhere between the 8th and 11th century in England, making it one of the oldest existing long poems. Beowulf, the main character, is a man of extraordinary stature that saves the Hrothgar and his people, the Danes, from the vicious monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf defeats Grendel, he clashes with Grendel’s mother and the evil dragon. Beowulf shows characteristics of an epic hero through traits of being brave, strong, and…