Culture is the holistic interrelationship of a group＇s identity, beliefs, values, activities, rules, customs, communication patterns, and institutions （Dodd, 1998）. Values are important components of a given cultur...Culture is the holistic interrelationship of a group＇s identity, beliefs, values, activities, rules, customs, communication patterns, and institutions （Dodd, 1998）. Values are important components of a given culture accepted by individuals sharing that culture. They are deep and hidden elements of the cultural iceberg that are seldom questioned or defended but can reflect different characteristics of different cultures. Kluckhohn and Strodbeck＇s value model is used here to analyze distinct Chinese and American culture.展开更多
Learning style is the most important variable that affects the success of English learning. It can both give full play to student＇s learning superiority and make up their inferiority. The formation of learning style ...Learning style is the most important variable that affects the success of English learning. It can both give full play to student＇s learning superiority and make up their inferiority. The formation of learning style is related with external elements, including culture. Chinese culture greatly differs from American culture. With the distinct cultural differences, the learning styles of the Chinese student and the American student show clear differences.展开更多
The Chineseness of Chinese American literature is often assumed to be an unquestionable premise,but Chinese American writers are in fact ambivalent toward Chinese culture.By revisiting Frank Chin’s persistent accusat...The Chineseness of Chinese American literature is often assumed to be an unquestionable premise,but Chinese American writers are in fact ambivalent toward Chinese culture.By revisiting Frank Chin’s persistent accusation of other Chinese American writers’“faking”of Chinese culture,this paper examines the changing attitudes of Chinese American writers toward Chinese culture and the quintessential Americanness of Chinese American writings.Through a comparative analysis of the Chinese elements in the texts of Frank Chin and Maxine Hong Kingston,it is argued that the kind of culture in Chinese American literature is an indigenous American product with a Chinesesounding name invented to survive America and therefore should be properly called(Chinese)American culture.In Chinese American literature,the Chinese elements are employed instrumentally as empowering ethnic markers to fortify the American cultural values at the core of this ethnic American culture.展开更多
文摘Culture is the holistic interrelationship of a group＇s identity, beliefs, values, activities, rules, customs, communication patterns, and institutions （Dodd, 1998）. Values are important components of a given culture accepted by individuals sharing that culture. They are deep and hidden elements of the cultural iceberg that are seldom questioned or defended but can reflect different characteristics of different cultures. Kluckhohn and Strodbeck＇s value model is used here to analyze distinct Chinese and American culture.
文摘Learning style is the most important variable that affects the success of English learning. It can both give full play to student＇s learning superiority and make up their inferiority. The formation of learning style is related with external elements, including culture. Chinese culture greatly differs from American culture. With the distinct cultural differences, the learning styles of the Chinese student and the American student show clear differences.
文摘The Chineseness of Chinese American literature is often assumed to be an unquestionable premise,but Chinese American writers are in fact ambivalent toward Chinese culture.By revisiting Frank Chin’s persistent accusation of other Chinese American writers’“faking”of Chinese culture,this paper examines the changing attitudes of Chinese American writers toward Chinese culture and the quintessential Americanness of Chinese American writings.Through a comparative analysis of the Chinese elements in the texts of Frank Chin and Maxine Hong Kingston,it is argued that the kind of culture in Chinese American literature is an indigenous American product with a Chinesesounding name invented to survive America and therefore should be properly called(Chinese)American culture.In Chinese American literature,the Chinese elements are employed instrumentally as empowering ethnic markers to fortify the American cultural values at the core of this ethnic American culture.
