Vietnamese language

the role of contexts and what is perceived to be (im)politeness by interactants are taken into account, the direct mapping of politeness linguistic strategies onto interactants’ utterances is no longer possible. Taking an example of these three utterances: (1) (a) Pass me the salt. (b) Could you please pass me the salt? (c) Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt? (Locher 2008) Depending on the context these sentences are uttered and also the relationship between interactants, any of these…

people communicate the way they believe they do, and compare their perceptions to reality. The following is derived from my data and observations. In order to understand their language ideologies, I, as the researcher, needed to interview my subjects prior to our discursive event. I asked many questions regarding their language habits and ideologies, and not only recorded their answers, but how they communicated…

and differences between Vietnamese American and…

and I attended Vietnamese classes where we learned how to read and write Vietnamese. Vietnamese is not that hard to learn because the letters are similar to those in the English language, but the difficulties was in the accent marks on the words. A wrong pronunciation of the word meant another word. For example, the Vietnamese word for dad is ba, but the word for an older person is bà. The wrong pronunciation could be disrespectful towards the person you are referencing too. Vietnamese was my…

Every country carries its own distinct language, a variety of cultures and a wide range of traditions; having different cultures means having different characteristics in human personality and the traits which are incorporated within citizens. Global webs are being formed with amazing connectivity tools that help unite each other, in a place where it becomes very easy to share, exchange and respond to certain qualities. These connectivity tools comprise of transport and travelling vehicles as…

2011). Huyen (2002) reported that Vietnamese culture clearly reflects a blending inheritance of Confucian ideologies, Taoism and Buddhism (as cited in Le, 2011). In Vietnam, a person is expected to exhibit his “strong sense of being a part of a community than being an individual”…

In the United States it is reported that 55.4 million people spoke another language other than English. Bilingualism only gets more common as the years pass. In 1980 only 11 percent of Americans spoke more than one language at home. Many families, strive to live in a bilingual home, because it is said that Bilingualism is the future of America. It keeps alive cultures, and is known as a natural resource. It also enhances a person social sensitivity, problem solving, and rule-discovery tasks.…

In contemporary America, the diversity of language has undoubtedly grown in prominence, as communication has continued to develop, and cultures have continued to intertwine. With countless forms and types of languages existing in the modern society, many have inevitably learned to speak and adapt to the common language that is English. While it would often be highly beneficial to learn that common language, in regards to opportunities for success, it is also true, however, that if one decides to…

under the broader heading of teacher cognition, which also involves related concepts such as attitude and knowledge. However, in this literature review, key components of this section are the study of teachers the development of teacher cognition and language education research, definitions of teacher cognition, the relationship between teacher cognition and behaviour, appraisal of data collection methods in teacher cognition research, and the selected studies on teacher cognition about EMI in…

antithesis, first person pronouns, and diction to convey the struggle that our younger selves went through and how it connects to our current perception of school and society. Modeling Rodriguez's essay, I contrasted my younger self’s perspective on language compared to now. The antithesis…