My Personal Language Essay

When we settled down in beijing, I attended second grade in a persian school and attended the same school until I finished eighth grade. Since I was enrolled in a persian school, I had no chance of learning or practicing Chinese language with my classmates, on a regular basis. However, I was able to learn it through my surrounding. Since

While growing up, I spoke exclusively in Punjabi with my family and did not start learning English until I started Kindergarten. As I spent my years learning English in school, it became my dominant language (the language I think and speak in most of the time). I am still able to understand and communicate with my family in Punjabi, however, the accuracy of my pronunciation and the way I pronounce some sounds has declined significantly, to the point where I am often corrected by my parents.

I’m Vietnamese, but I cannot speak the language. Both of my grandparents are immigrants who came to Vietnam after the war. My dad was born in Vietnam and my mother was born in Louisiana. All of them speaks fluent Vietnamese, but only my mother speaks English. Growing up, it became harder and harder for me to communicate with my family in a sense that they did not know what I was saying and vice versa. Granted, I went to a Vietnamese school when I was younger but later dropped out once my family became busy with life.

At first, speaking English was a bit difficult because I did not feel confident using it with others. The most advanced students sometimes made fun of my English. The students who spoke my own language made more fun of me than the ones who were fluent in English. The teasing by the students made me feel embarrassed and shy to speak the English language, giving me a fear of being made fun of or looked at differently. Practicing the English language with my own siblings and playing with the neighborhood kids who already managed the language gave me more confidence to speak English. Taking Spanish courses in school was also an advantage, which helped me to get better at my native language and kept me from losing it.

thought I'd never leave. I spoke only Cantonese, both to my friends and to my parents.

Growing up, in a Polish household was very difficult for me since I was the only one out of my siblings who did not have a clue about our language. My parents were both born and raised in Poland, so in our household my parents would communicate to us in Polish. My mother is fluent in both polish and English, but my father is only fluent in Polish, his English is pretty broken. The years went by and it was growing more complex to communicate with my father, since he is only fluent in polish and I only knew how to communicate in English. So my parents came to an agreement that polish school would provide me with a long lasting impact. My parents always emphasized the importance of a second language, which is very valuable when you are older.

Growing up, the English language comes naturally to most; especially to those who are American born. However, English for me was a struggle to accomplish. In addition to learning Chinese, I also learned English while growing up. While in a household where my parents did not speak English fluently, I was not able to receive proper grammar instruction from them. Which came naturally to most American kids. But in my mind, I would always think how I could not pronounce the simple works like my other classmates. I knew that I had to work hard because my parents worked so hard to come to America as refuges because they wanted their future children to have a good life. Unlike most American kids who had parents to help them with reading and homework;

As a writer, I know that I am privileged. I grew up in an all-white home with all-white relatives who all speak English. The only way that I did not receive complete privilege was that I was raised poor. Neither of my parents went to college, my mother never even finished high school, so while I had the privilege of my skin tone, I started behind some of my peers because I was not raised with academic English. The neighborhood that I grew up in was primarily Hispanic, where many of the other children spoke only Spanish in the home. This means that while I was privileged at school, I was often left out in my neighborhood. I do not believe that my immediate family made a huge impact on my language. As soon as I started school I gulped down Standard English and gave up any words or phrases that differentiated me from my wealthier peers.

Firstly, Cultural sensitivity should be applied in every feature in business. It is an important consideration in advertising and promotion as well as in human resources department. Companies should take into account the languages, lifestyles and even the spending patterns of the people in the country that they choose to run their business. They must be very prudent in choosing their brand names, as it can further help them to build good reputation for the company’s

My fascination with the English language had been rooted as far back as my youth. It was as if each word stroke to me, as if each string of sentence never fails to draw me into a trance. I am Alice, and likewise, the English language is my wonderland. The thick books with large letter strewn in patterns never once intimidated me. I read Jack Kerouac, and Sylvia Plath as soon as I knew how to read, for their novels had nefarious characters, entangled in thrilling occurrences, doused in enviable lucidity. I fell in love with the English language, before I know what love is. Consequently, I had decided to study English language as to further my skills in writing, and to refine my knowledge in the subject that I had so easily fall in love with.

There are many bilingual and multicultural people in the world today. For many, the choices of which language they use, and how they use it, correspond to what social or cultural community they belong to. Amy Tan, a Chinese American novelist, portrays this well in her short essay "Mother Tongue." Tan grew up in two vastly different worlds, using different "Englishes." The first world, which consists of her close family, she speaks what we may call "broken" or "limited" English. The second world, which is her business and professional world, Tan speaks and writes perfect standard and academic English. Having to "shuttle" between these two communities with very different languages has had many different positive and negative effects on

Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, puts it best when he stated: “If people believe they share values with a company, the will stay loyal to a brand” (Fifield, 2015, para. 8). The values Schultz refers too are defined as “the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group” (Collins Dictionary Website, 2016, expression 5). In this qualitative study, “Branding in The Global Arena: The Role of Culture” (Krueger & Nandan, 2008) the significance of culture in formulating and maintaining an effective global strategy is discussed. This study by Krueger and Nandan examine branding in the global context, cultural dimensions that affect branding including specific examples from China and India, and key issues for global companies. The purpose of this critique is examinee Krueger and Nandan’s study, by examining the articles key components listed above and identifying strengths and weaknesses of the following; the article’s research purpose, methodology, results, and discussion.

Nowadays the global market is quite attractive for high competition environment. In order to be visible in global market, brands can be used to play an important role. From marketing point of view, brands are the means that consumers use to distinguish products and services based on essential and non-essential attributes and they are a source of business’s differential advantage.

Culture is the most significant factor which should be taken into account by the international marketer in overseas markets. Culture is based on history, nation, religious and social value. Understanding cultural difference is important and the sign which is relevant to cultural feature is vital to international communication (Usunier, Lee, 2009). The sign incorporates products, brand, advertisements and the behaviours of customer (Fred, 1996). For instance, some cultures are related to specific products, ‘Tee culture’ in China, ’Beer culture’ in Germany. Thus, marketers need to learn and understand the different culture in order to do the global communication (Keegan, Green, 2008).

Globalization is an inevitable phenomenon that is leading the entire world towards becoming one market, a global village. With the world becoming a single market, globalization has had a major contribution in enabling the organizations worldwide to step out of the restricted domestic markets and to set up their operations across the globe with confidence. This has largely led to a decline in the importance in national borders and a greater emphasis on what the consumers actually demand no matter the consumer is located in the very country in which the organization exists or an entirely different part of the world. Moreover, with the rapid increase in global competition, companies that strictly adhere to and cater to the needs of the local markets are finding themselves at a disadvantage and gradually losing the competitive advantage that they so much strived to achieve. However, for some products and services the tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are beginning to converge on some global norm.