The Relationship Between English And Hmong

This means that language itself is not just a form of communication, but also a means of connecting to the culture shared between the adolescents and other Vietnamese people in the community. Vietnamese parents tend to enforce the acquisition of the Vietnamese language upon their children because they experience the phenomena of language loyalty and language maintenance. Language loyalty is “the tendency to remain loyal to the community language” (Danesi, 2016, p. 100), while language maintenance is “the tendency to maintain the language” (p. 100). According to Stoessel, these two factors are “critical for the survival of a minority language” (p. 100). Applying it to the participants in the case study, the minority language would be Vietnamese since the

III. (Credibility Statement): You guys are probably like why should I listen to this guy, “he 's probably making this up or something” but hey why would i lie about my culture.

For my research paper, I wanted to identify some of the academic barriers Hmong high schools face such as: lack of educational skills, lack of academic support from their parents, lack of communication with school counselors and how it affect the student's academic. I also wanted to provide recommendations for school counselors to better assist the academic needs of Hmong high school students. Please let me know if it's off topic or is still to broad. I'll greatly appreciate your feedback.

Kan and Kohnert (2005) investigated the lexical-sematic development of preschool bilinguals at a Hmong-English preschool. Nineteen typically developing, native Hmong speakers ranging in ages from 3-5 participated in this study. The researchers decided to measure the lexical-sematic development of their participants using picture naming and picture identification tasks. They selected items from the English version of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI; Fenson et al., 1993). Two bilingual preschool teachers from the school chose items from the inventory they felt were culturally relevant to the preschoolers they taught. The researchers selected 100 nouns from the teacher selected tasks to use in their measure. Then they taught the teachers to administer the measure because neither of the researchers spoke Hmong. The researchers used procedural reliability to ensure bilingual preschool teachers could administer Hmong tasks without error. Pui Fong Kan observed during the administration of these tasks. She conducted the

In order to be a culturally competent practitioner, educators and families could start with critical reflection on attitudes and values and or the ways in which children respond to diversity within their community.

On the other hand, the U.S. Hmong community has experienced a drastically different history, resulting in a socioeconomic status well below the Asian American averages. Hmong Americans arrived in the United States as political refugees escaping communist forces in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. During North Vietnam’s invasion of Laos, the U.S. CIA began recruiting and training indigenous Hmong men to fight in General Pao’s Secret Army. 60% of Hmong men in Laos received financial assistance from the CIA in exchange for their service. After the takeover of pro-U.S. governments in South Vietnam and Laos, Hmong soldiers escaped to Thailand where they were forced into refugee camps. The first wave of Hmong who arrived in the U.S. in 1975 were primarily

Lor (2010) examined the impact of minority teachers, especially Hmong teachers, have on student achievement. Lor (2010) provided a background of Hmong teachers, as well as, a history of the Hmong culture dated back during the Vietnam war. Lor’s (2010) research methods consist of interview questions pertaining to participants’ life experiences, school experiences, college years, teaching practices and philosophies. In conclusion, participants’ teaching practices comprise of inspiring students’ learning and achievement beyond the classroom.

I have found the stories of the Hmong's very fascinating! I would say that when you come from a different culture, everything seems to be so familiar. However, when traditions are so strong and hold a very important place in the lives of individuals, it is very hard to accept changes or adapt to a different culture. People have so much faith on their traditions that everything new is interpreted as a something wrong. In the few pictures I have of me as a child, I am wearing a bracelet with red beads and a seed that has the shape of an eye. According to my mother, children had to wear them in order to be protected from any type of illness or from any harm. It was a type of amulet. I come from a catholic family, and supposedly I was baptized

As human services workers we have to be aware of the different cultures and how to respond to them so that we are able to provide the best treatment the clients. The American Psychological Association suggest that we first need to learn about ourselves by exploring our historical roots, beliefs, and values so that we can realize the pervasive role culture plays in our lives (Clay, 2010). After accomplishing this we need to educate ourselves about the different cultures we are going to work with through journal articles and books, along with learning a second language is a good way to further cultural education (Clay, 2010). You state that members of class have learned about culture in different ways depending on their background, these ways

Belonging to one of the largest ethnic groups in Asia, the Hmong language has an ample number of speakers, however the distance between the communities has prevented the widespread use of the language and has also created several distinct dialects. In order to prevent this language from unnecessarily going extinct, moving forward with preventative preservation measures, specifically in regards to education, is imperative. Such measures may include immersion schools, computer programs, and bilingual education.

Best practices in the development of attitude and skill involves making counselors aware of their possible negative and positive impacts on a culture. Counselors should be sensitive to their own cultural heritage and the complications it might bring to clients. Counselors should manage expectations and understand the limits of their involvement. They must remain nonjudgmental and objective when working with different ethnicities. Counselors’ attitudes should be gracious and understanding to belief systems different from their own.

Reading through the few definitions of cultural competence in the attachment really spoke to me in regards to how to practically keep an environment that is accepting of diversity. What I really took from it is that we must have the capacity to do a cultural self-assessment. Sometimes it is easy to think we are loving and accepting of differences, but really thinking about how we treat people with differences will show the truth. We will have children in our classes that just act a little differently from the average. Frustration is an easy response, but remembering that this could just be a culture difference is so important. Once recognized, we can find out what the child needs. It might be a different need from the majority of the

“The New Kids” is a great read with simply astonishing stories. I find the stories very humbling, and the book teaches me to be understanding and nonjudgmental of others, especially my future students. I do not know what my students had to go through in their native countries, and what traumas may haunt them. Thus, the book is a reminder to me of how many hurdles, newcomers to this country still face, and how much they struggle to overcome them. They need to stay extremely patient and humble, and very often resign from what they were taught, and what was “normal” in their culture to “blend in better”. I also realize that I must not make any assumptions about my students’ behaviors or attitudes. There may be so many reasons why they behave in the certain ways. They may be shy, afraid of speaking, some may not simply know the language, or they may just be abiding the rules of their culture. I must never think that they are unintelligent, odd, or unimportant, just because they cannot express their thoughts clearly. Going through the cultural transition is very hard, painful and in many cases, it is a long process. For many immigrant families, it is also very difficult to find

Language as a combination of single words and different ideas affects us everyday in life. In the essay “Mother tongue” by Amy Tan, the author describes how her mother’s English influences her in her career and life that the “mother tongue” does not limit her as a writer, but shaped her and her perception on life instead. And her attitude to her mother’s English changes from the initial embarrassment to the final appreciation.

This article points out the outstanding similarities and differences between English and Kihaavu languages. First, it looks at those areas of similarities and differences so as to predict errors a Kihaavu native speaker learning English is likely to encounter. Second, it suggests some techniques in learning as a remedy to difficulties.