...CSM 104 Research Essay Why you should learn Spanish before you learn French? Speaking a new language helps you to get to know another people and culture, as language and culture go hand in hand. Because language simultaneously is defined by the world around us, learning another language opens one's mind to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world. While most of us can't hope to learn the languages of more than one or two cultures other than that of our own, those that we can learn help us to learn how other people learn and think. In North American, most people choose French and Spanish as their second or third language. Many people believe that Spanish is actually more useful than French, and obviously the foreign language most spoken and studied--by far--in the North America is Spanish. Compare with French, Spanish can offer a wealth of literature of Latin language, both modern and traditional. For example, when you are reading a Latin American websites, you may find that you could gain a sense of how other people think and fee if you know Spanish. As a matter of fact, both of the languages belong to the Latin group of languages. Hence, they show some similarities too. On the one hand, French is spoken by the country of France in the continent of Europe. On the other hand, Spanish is spoken in the country of Spain in the continent of Europe. However, French and Spanish are two languages that show enormous differences between them when it comes to the pronunciation...
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...Steps to Moving to a new country Mayar Lampkin Everest University Ever wonder what it is like to move to a new country? Well wonder no more I will tell you. Moving to a new country can be fun and exciting adventure but it takes a lot of work and planning. Before you go and experience the new culture make sure you do research on the country. Another is to make sure you have the right paper work and documentation. The last step is to make sure you pack up essentials. It sounds like a lot and hard work but in the end it is all worth it. Doing research about the country you will live in is very important because you will be informed about the cultures and customs of the country. Also researching what cities are safe to live in and what cities are dangerous is good way of keeping yourself safe and out of trouble. Make sure to research living situations is it mostly apartment/condo living or is it houses? Knowing that information is good for when you are packing because you will know how much space you will have. A good way of research is finding a group on a social media website and asking them questions about the country and living situations. This step will be the most important step out of all three. Having the right paperwork and documentation is very important or you can get in serious trouble and or road blocks along the way. Making sure you know what you need is important. For example if you do not already have a passport make sure you apply for one right...
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...languages or the political or institutional recognition of two languages" (merriam-webster dictonary). In Canada, the recognition of two languages, namely English and French, came in 1969 under the Official Languages Act, which was later revised in 1988. While the federal and provincial governments’ attempts to provide support for English and French in Canada, bilingualism is a failure because based on the most recent statistics, it is on a decline and many Canadian citizens believe it no longer plays a significant role in today's society. The Official Languages Act in Canada is passed at the federal level. The purpose of the Act is to ensure respect for English and French languages, to give both languages an equal status and to support its development. All across Canada, in federal institutions, Canadians are able to receive services in either English or French. Even in communities where French and English linguistics is a minority. This strategically resulted in increasing employment opportunities for bilingual Canadians in all federal institutions (The History of Bilingualism in Canada). Also, the federal government put in place the Official Languages in Education Program, where provinces and territories will get funding by the government for providing instruction in a second language, for example French immersion education (The History....). In addition, in 1974, the government passed the Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act where all consumer products sold in Canada...
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...Essay – B Me talk pretty one day – David Sedaris ”Me talk pretty one day” is a story about how David Sedaris started to learn French. He moves to Paris after taking a one-month French course in New York. Throughout his essay he explains how his ability to speak French is developing, and how his fellow students and teachers are affecting his learning. He brings up many aspects of good and bad things that contribute to your learning. It is clear that he wants to use his own story as a representative story of how learning languages is a process that takes time and effort. “And it struck me that, for the first time since arriving in France, I could understand every word that someone was saying. Understanding doesn’t mean that you can suddenly speak the language. Far from it. It’s a small step, nothing more, yet its rewards are intoxicating and deceptive.” Page 3 line 120-124 This quote is from the absolute ending of the essay. This is where his entire point with the essay becomes clear. Basically the first two and a half pages is a short story with a 1st person narrator. I think this structure is his way to make sure that we can identify ourselves with his situation. Most people have tried to learn a new language, and know how hard it is to remember grammar and regular everyday words. It is frustrating if you can’t remember a certain word or phrase that you need. I think that this is why David Sedaris in general has a negative attitude to his learning process. It’s...
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...of the equality of intelligence makes significant and empowering learning possible? In short, the question refers to whether as human beings are equally capable learning anything for an example we have to learn it in the language that we are not familiar with without being instructed by an instructor. The Flemish student revealed that the method of equality was above all a method of will,one could learn by oneself and without a master explicator when one wanted to, propelled by one’s own desire or by the constrains of the situation as they were able to learn the French language without the explication of the master, Therefore to answer the question I will agree with Ranciere educational principles in my argument I will first outline what the reading is about then move on to discuss the explicative order then after discuss, then after discuss the notion of emancipation and its significance to learning and lastly Ranciere take on equality of intelligence among people. In the text the writer wrote a about Joseph Jacotot “ the ignorant school master” who was a French school master who taught his Flemish students how to read and write French without his explication,Jocotot did not know Flemish so he had no clue how he would instruct the student. So he gave them a French book which they had to read and they had a copy of translation the book written in their language, when they where half way through the book he made them to repeat it until they could recite it, therefore the...
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...told I mispronounced words at a very young age, e.g I used to say 'squiggle' instead of squirrel, so I am interested to find out why these mistakes happen. I always enjoyed the analysis aspect in GCSE English Language and I am looking forward to actively engaging with everyday language and understand how it works. In primary school, when I was around 9 years old, we were taught French once a week for about an hour. A lot of the teaching involved reading and repeating different French words; this was backed up with the use of pictures. This gave me a very basic understanding of the French language. I expanded my knowledge of the French language by going on holidays regularly to France whilst growing up. At secondary school I developed further knowledge for the language, as French was a compulsory subject. I was also given German as a subject to study, which gave me a brief insight on the German language. Out of the two, I preferred French, so I decided to take it as a GCSE option. The way that they taught us French was by the use of reading, writing, speaking and listening activities. I found French GCSE challenging, especially...
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...want to learn a new foreign language. Travelling to a foreign country and learning the language by a native citizen is one way to learn it. This is the way the author learns it and in Me talk pretty one day we read about his experiences with a native teacher. David Sedaris tells the story of how he tried to learn French and therefore travelled to Paris, France. Going back to school was strange but still it was exciting. He sees himself as a debutant to school, one going back to school again. He looks back at the college life and compares himself with a youngster. “After paying my tuition fee, I was issued a student ID, which allows me a discounted entry fee at movie theaters, puppet shows, and Festyland, a far flung amusement park that advertises with billboards picturing a cartoon stegosaurus sitting in a canoe and eating what appears to be a ham sandwich.” (p.1 ll.2-5) He looks positively at his options as a student and in a way he is regressing. He tries to remember all the good things about being a student. Sedaris uses a lot of metaphors throughout the text. He does this to make a point and to describe the point he is making more precisely and understandably. His teacher is a mean woman and has unusual learning methods. To describe these methods he uses the metaphor: “That’s the way they do it here – it’s everybody into the language pool, sink or swim.” (p.1 ll. 16-17) The teacher expects every student to perform from day one. This is hard for a team of new French learning...
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...account their relevant comments and criticisms, so make the most of the experience of those who have gone before you and follow the recommendations closely! Of course, it’s not easy to judge a method before you’ve tried it, it makes sense to choose one that offers a money back guarantee. 2 Make a point of studying every day Language learning is rooted in the idea of constant repetition. For example, if you learn 10 expressions and then interrupt your studies, this is what happens: the next day you will have forgotten one of them, the following day two, the day after that 3, and so on. But if you study regularly, everything becomes easier and the "wastag" extremely limited. 3 It is absolutely essential to pronounce the French text out loud Get rid of the idea once and for all that you can learn to speak "in your mind". Repeat out loud. Nobody’s spying on you! When you learn a language you gain the respect and admiration of others. A French person who makes a few mistakes when speaking English is never an object of scorn. Quite the contrary! 4 Listen to French radio stations This is an excellent way to "immerse" yourself in the sound of the language. Don’t try to understand; just let the music of the language do its work. Take the metaphor of a jigsaw puzzle. All of us can put in the four corner pieces of the puzzle without any trouble....
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...think of people speaking French, when thinking of Mexico I think of people speaking Spanish so naturally when I think of the United States I think of people speaking English, but this is not the case. For many decades people have been immigrating to the United States from other countries and therefore much of the United States may not speak English or may speak it as a second language. I have always wanted to live Paris, I mean who really has not, it is the city of love but I do not speak French fluently so I would feel out of place there and would not be able to function like I do in the United States because there is a language barrier. How would I go about solving this problem if I truly wanted to go to Paris? I would fully immerse myself in the French language and culture because it would be the fastest way for me to learn the language. An hour or two a day of French would not profit much in me learning because I would rely on the language I am using the most to get me through the day. Were as if I were required to speak and use French only I would be forced to become more familiar with French ultimately using it fluently. This is the point of many state debates about English-only. Many states have educated students from different countries with a bilingual approach for many years. They have been taught in their native language for a majority of their school day and have been learning English as a second language. How can we expect students to learn a language that they...
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...Table of contents Tables of contents Executive summary Chapter1. Introduction 1.1. Importance of cultural awareness in globalization 1.2. Relationship between France and Indonesia Chapter2. Business culture for negotiation 2.1. Concept of business culture 2.1.1. Study of culture and national culture 2.1.2. Effect of national culture on business culture 2.1.3. Essence of business culture study in negotiation Chapter3. Business culture in France and Indonesia 3.1. Hofstede’s dimensions of culture 3.1.1. French national culture according to Hofstede 3.1.2. Indonesian national culture according to Hofstede 3.2 Business culture in France 3.3. Business culture in Indonesia Chapter4. Conclusion and recomendation Appendix Reference 1 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 21 1 List of figures: 1. Figure 1 France and Indonesia’s Hofstede scores in graph 20 2 Executive Summary This report firstly examines how actually national culture indirectly affects business culture and negotiation result. The topic about culture is raised knowing that globalization comes as trend that forces business people all over the world to interact and work together in order to survive and compete. To negotiate with people from very contrast background is not similar with business dealing between executives from the same culture. Lack of cultural awareness can fail business people from achieving their aims. Culture is very sensitive matter; an insult to culture not only will ruin...
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...People are moving away from their own country to experience the world and many take great pleasure getting involved in different cultures. Countless of people spend many hours trying to learn a foreign language, so they can become fully integrated in their new host country. It is often said that the best way, to get to know a foreign culture and language, is ‘learning by doing’. Still, not everyone agrees that this way of achieving knowledge is the correct way, since it can result in some incorrect speaking. David Sedaris discusses this problem in “Me Talk Pretty One Day”. The text “A Modest Proposal” is written by David Sedaris in 2005. A theme explored in the text is the interest to learn a foreign language. To shed some light over this topic Sedaris uses his personal experiences, as he moved to Paris to learn French. At 41-years-old he wished to speak French fluently and he attends an international language school in Paris. From the very first day, the new French teacher overwhelms Sedaris. The teacher picks on every single student in the class and they all become targets of her belittling. All of Sedaris confidence disappears throughout the classes and even outside the classroom, the teachers influence is seen, since Sedaris suddenly avoids all situations that involve speaking French: “When my phone rang, I ignored it. If someone asked me a question, I pretended to be deaf. I knew my fear was getting the best of me when I started wondering why they don’t sell cuts...
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...When you are learning English as a second language, it is important to learn through the use of good habits. Any student, whether learning to drive or learning a new language, will need to make sure they are learning good habits and not bad ones. Once Bad habits are formed, they are extremely difficult to break, and it will make learning that little bit harder. If you are learning English as a second language through self-teaching methods rather than going to a class, it is important to find the right resources to help you. For example, just reading a translation book will not help you with your pronunciation. You might think that your pronunciation of certain words and phrases is correct, but once you are faced with a native speaker, you may find that you were wrong. Good pronunciation is a good habit you will want to make sure you keep. Why You Should Work On Pronunciation Pronunciation is extremely important when learning English as a second language. It is the pronunciation that allows you to communicate easily with others. More importantly, it allows others to understand you. It is vital that you listen to English speakers, whether that is an English speaking CD to go with a book, or in a classroom. There are lots of English words that are confusing unless you know how to pronounce them. Often, in English, there are words that sound similar, but are not spelt the same way. Also, there are many words that when you look at them, offer you no clues as to how...
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...experiences to learn a foreign language, French. He has some struggles learning it even though Sedaris has taken some French lessons in New York before moving to Paris. But being 41 years old and start all over in school again can be a challenge, especially if you have a strict teacher. Before David Sedaris decided to move to Paris, France, he took a French course in New York, where he lived so that he would not be an absolute beginner when attending the French class in Paris. The first day of school, Sedaris seems excited and it all seems, as he writes, nerve-racking. He already knows that he is expected to perform, which put a definite pressure on him with the French teaching system, ‘’That’s the way they do it here – everyone into the language pool, sink or swim’’. He also does not feel as confident with the French language as the other students, but he realizes that his nervousness is the least of his problems. The teacher of his French course is a very intimidating woman, who seems to have no interest in the students’ well being. She is picking on the students and making fun of their answers, because of their broken French. Their teacher seems very violent, ‘’We soon learned to dodge chalk and protect our heads and stomachs whenever she approached us with a question’’. She does not hit them or anything, but I think she is just using big arm movements to express herself better. Furthermore, she does not tolerate that the students speak anything else than French, which is...
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...I. Introduction: There are a number of languages spoken throughout the world. Every person knows at least one language. However, many people have the capacity to learn and speak a second language from another country. This ability is called bilingualism. According Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development, bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages. II. Attention Getting: My name is Lotta Ntsame and I am from Gabon . I am bilingual because I am from a french speaking country ,so I speak french and since I am in the United States I also speak English. Preview Main Points: Today, I will explain how being bilingual is beneficial for people. Body: I. Cognitive Advantages According Buzzle.com, bilingual people have some advantages in thinking because they have two or more words for each idea and object. They can develop a creative thinking and an ability to think more flexibly, and they are more sensitive to the needs of the listener. II. Curriculum Advantages A. According Reshma Jirage in "Benefits of being Bilingual", a bilingual education offers better curriculum results. Bilinguals tend to show a higher performance in examinations and tests. B. Binlinguals also find it easier to learn a third language than monolinguals find it to learn a second language. III. Cultural Advantages A. Bilingualism helps to understand other cultures. Walthan Forest notes that bilinguals have two windows on the world. They have the opportunity to experience two cultures. For...
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...Bonaparte was one of the most intelligent, power driven emperors in French history. During the French revolution, the people were at war with their government because the peasants overthrew every form of government that was made. Peasants were getting tired of social classes and being taxed so heavily. During this time, the reign of terror had begun. The reign of terror was made of radicals (a group of peasants) who killed people who did not agree with the revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor which ends the French revolution. Napoleon was a hero to the citizens of France because he did great things for their country. The way Napoleon used the power he had and gained more embodies the ideals of the French revolution because he did everything in his power to make things fair. Napoleon embodies the ideals of the French revolution because of his treatment towards the peasants. After the French revolution, Napoleon wanted to give more rights to peasants in other countries. For example, Napoleon issues an imperial decree in Spain that outlaws feudal rights (document 2). To give the peasants more land, the number of convents in Spain are eliminated. Napoleon also wanted the peasants to be taxed less so he made it illegal to tax imports with in Spain (document 2). Napoleon wanted to...
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