Understanding other cultures can expand your comprehension of the world and shine light to new perspectives. When I was younger I used to be able to understand and speak Vietnamese as a result it lead to me to become closer to my family. Since Vietnamese is a dominant language in my family‚ rarely do I get a chance to really talk to anyone in my family. Ever since I lost my second language it feels as if I’m not even apart of my culture. The United
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paper will discuss Vietnamese Americans and their journey to America. I will talk about how these incredible and resilient people fought to succeed it a world that seemed to hold the odds against them. The culture‚ beliefs‚ and challenges of Vietnamese people are a precise paradigm of their strength and perseverance. Unfortunately‚ Vietnamese Americans make up only a small percent of the total American Population today. There are many stereotypes associated with the Vietnamese‚ but the truth is
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Running Head: Vietnamese Culture Vietnamese Culture: A Comparative View of Vietnamese and U.S American Values Intercultural communication and differences among cultures is something that I have been interested in since I began in my communications major. I had never been directly affected by intercultural boundaries until I began working at an after school program in Elk Grove. Many of the families that I work with are Vietnamese and it has been difficult for me to communicate with them
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the book is named Nancy and she is important enough to have her diary published because her life went from being a normal teenage girl with normal problems‚ to an abnormal girl with AIDS and abnormal problems. She agreed to have her diary published so that other people who think that AIDS and rape can’t ever happen to them can have a different perspective. The times in which this diary takes place is from April 14‚ 1991 to April 12‚1993. the book starts out when Nancy is getting ready to
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Analysis of “Disability” Nancy Mairs’ “Disability” is a short story from Carnal Acts that describes how Nancy Mairs‚ the speaker of the short story‚ studies the media’s view on disabilities. She is a victim of multiple sclerosis and feels inferior to everyone because she has a disability. The audience knows how she feels about this; she feels that handicapped people should be treated equally. She knows that she is not alone‚ but she feels like she isn’t accepted by everyone. This short story depicts
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Propaganda can be used in a positive way such as the just say no movement that Nancy Reagan created about drugs. “Drugs take away the dream from every child’s heart and replace it with a nightmare‚ and it’s time we in America stand up and replace those dreams.” This all started when Nancy Reagan was at a school in Oakland a little girl raised her hand and asked “what do you do if someone offers you drugs?” Nancy replied “well‚ you just say no.” That is how the just say no campaign all started.
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Name of my culture: Vietnamese STRENGTHS 1. Vietnamese values are based on allegiance to the family that believes responsibilities‚ rights and commitments of a group or a family are important (Pamela‚ 1996). Example: in my family‚ my mom always gave a thoughtful care to my grandma. My mom said my grandma took care of my mom the whole life already‚ and that was the time my mom had to take the responsible to my grandma. This shows me the traditional moral idea for Vietnamese as well as Asian family
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1.2 An overview of Vietnamese spoken language Le (2013) cites Huynh (1987) who argues that the Vietnamese language has three mutually intelligible dialects‚ namely Southern‚ Central and Northern with distinctive phonetic differences. Although these dialects vary in tone and pronunciation‚ they do not prevent Vietnamese people from understanding each other in communication. Le (2013) argues that spoken Vietnamese has a long history‚ which is considered to have existed since the fourth century BC.
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Running head: ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 1 Contrastive Analysis: English and Vietnamese Greetings Nguyen Thi Bich Hang University of Education ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE GREETINGS 2 As we all know‚ differences in culture are one of the main problems leading to a failure of communication. Thus‚ if learners want to develop their communicative competence in the target language‚ besides listening and speaking‚ they should improve a wide knowledge about sociolinguistics. Usually in daily
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Culturally Competent Care of Vietnamese Americans Carrington College California Culturally Competent Care of Vietnamese Americans Nurses provide care across many cultures. In this paper we will focus on the culturally competent nursing care for Vietnamese Americans who according to the US Census compose approximately 4.8% of the entire United States population. Successful medical care includes understanding of cultural beliefs and finding the ideal blend with western medicine. In order
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