Blog Assignment 4

Recently, there are more and more international students coming to the United States to study. And they will meet all kinds of problems during the days in which they are studying in the US. In the reading material, the author’s main problem is that he cannot communicate with American students and he also has less communication with Chinese students. From my perspective, even though Liu wants to practice his English, avoiding talking in Chinese is not a good idea. Actually, no matter how independent you are, you should have some friends who can help you when you meet problems. And as an international student, the people who are from your own country are the best choice because they can understand you easily without language and culture problems.
As I am an international student, I can easily understand Liu’s situation and mood. Because of the different culture, the class style in the US is quite different then from in China. Therefore, Chinese students may not adjust to the style of the class immediately. To solve this problem, international students should communicate with students who come from your own country frequently in order to reduce some pressure and understand some American culture more easily.
Communication is very important for international students because it will reduce the possibility of feeling lonely and homesick. Originally if you have trouble making American friends, you can initially choose a group of Chinese friends to familiarize yourself with the area better. Try to figure out each problem one by one, then you will become more successful in your academic study.


Vocabulary
Sarcasm: [mass noun] the use of irony to mock or convey contempt

Punctuation: [mass noun] the marks, such as full stop, and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning

Animate: [Verb]
1. bring to life (give inspiration, encouragement, or renewed vigor to)
2. give (a film or character) the appearance of movement using animation techniques
[Adjective] alive or having life

Blog Assignment # 3

Because of different cultures, different countries have their own rules of using gestures, eye contact, and body space. There are lots of difference between my country and the United States of using these rules. Firstly, using gestures in the USA is quite common when people are making a conversation. However, even though we use some kinds of gestures, we don’t use those as usual as American do. What is more, the eye contact is pretty important in both American and Chinese communication. When people focus on eye contact, it is not only showing the respects, but also helps a lot to make their speech or conversation more clearly. For instance, professors always use eye contact when they are presenting some new lessons or ideas. It makes easier for their audience to understand. Last but not least, you should have a body space when you are talking with someone. This rule between China and America is quite different. American style prefers to less space when they are talking while Chinese people would like to leave more space. In the United States, people talks without leaving a big space because they want to make communication relax and show their friendly. However, getting a little distance for Chinese means respect. Therefore, different cultures make different rules of communication.

Blog Assignment 2

Option 2

Some experts and academicians consider that different cultures play different roles in determining how much of people’s private selves they will show in public. And the study also shows that the first four minutes of expression are pretty important to make a friend or not in the future.

In my country, China, people feel shy to communicate with others for the first time in tradition. They do not kiss each other for the first time and do not show the enthusiasm to a stranger because they think that action is not polite for the first time meeting. Moreover, they also hide their emotions in order to make the first time expression of themselves implicitly because they do think the one who has an inturned character is mature and they do not think the one who has few words are hard going. Therefore, people do not have the custom of showing their emotions immediately.

However, people’s opinions are changing recently. They are demonstrative of their affection for others in public nowadays. For example, businessmen hold hands to show the honest and friendly to their cooperation partners. Also, friends use a hug to show the close friendship even though they do not kiss each others as Spanish do. In conclusion, the first time expression is very important and it may decide your succeed or not in career and life. Therefore, to choose a feat way to make first expression is useful and necessary.

Blog Assignment # 1

The writer, Amy Tan, mainly uses some examples of her mother to talk about the language problems among different people because of the habit of using language. From my perspective, different generations have different use of language. Also, people use different forms of language in different occasions.
As grammar and vocabulary are changing all the time, different generations have their different types of using language. For example, people use “Good-bye” in old time, but they use “Have a good day” instead of the simple word now. It is obvious that words are changing and the new fashionable speech is coming out quickly. Therefore, it is the main reason for the difference of using language in different ages and generations.
Moreover, the importance that people use language in formal situations is the correct grammar. In less formal situations, almost people do not care about their grammar and speak out what they are thinking immediately; however, when people are doing a speech or speaking in public, they have to focus on not only the content but also the grammar in order to make all their audiences understand easily. And that problem often happens to a beginner who is studying a new language because the first part in their language study is how to write. For instance, I have a Korean friend who is studying Chinese for 4 years. His academic writing is good and his presentation is perfect as well because he studied a lot about the formal grammar during the past 4 years. However, in daily life, when we use Chinese to communicate, there are lots of problems for him to understand me because I do use slang and I don’t care about my grammar very much.
Language is a magic thing that could make a same meaning in different ways. Therefore, people have to try their best to understand or explain some words to their different generations.

personal introduction

My name is Jilong Wang and I am 19 years old. I am from the easten part of China, Qingdao, which is a city owns a long beautiful coast line and some famous brands, such as Tsing-Tao beer, Haier and so on. Every summer, there are lots of visitors coming to my hometown to have their summer vacation because the weather and temperature in Qingdao is comfortable for human body. There are three people in my family, as the normal family member shown in China, father, mother and me. I love music very much and that could be proved by my roommate because I listen to music and sing at the same time every day. Also, I would like to swim when I feel tired or pressure because when I am under the water, I think I can forget everything in the world. My major is international business and I want to become a successful businessman. I choose the University of Delaware because the location of Delaware State is like my hometown in China. I choose to come to the United States to finish my university studies because I want to view more of the world and study some new ideas and different culture. That is me and nice to meet you guys in E110 class.