Essays about: "Mandarin"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 22 essays containing the word Mandarin.
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16. Linguistic Landscaping in Singapore: The Local Linguistic Ecology and the Roles of English
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e. READ MORE
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17. Necessary skills for leaders to build effective teams in China : A difference comparison between China and the West
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : Past scholars tended to focus on the leadership techniques of success managers, but the current trend is to focus on the basic principles of management, which is often referred to as team-building. In this research, I compared the differences in traditional culture, social structure, education system and politics framework between China and West in order to discuss the necessary technique for doing team-building in Chinese companies and how those techniques are different from team building techniques used in Western management. READ MORE
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18. “The natural law of education”- Homework assignments in mathematics, a Chinese perspective
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)Abstract : The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the attitudes of several mathematics teachers towards homework as part of the workload of 10-11 year old students at a school in Yunnan Province, China. The focus is to describe and analyze their reasons for assigning homework as well as the nature of that homework. READ MORE
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19. Iamitives : Perfects in Southeast Asia and beyond
University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : This study explores grammatical markers with meanings similar to the English perfect tense and words like already, as found in numerous languages across the world, and perhaps especially in languages of Southeast Asia, with the aim of describing the main function of these markers. Such items have previously been treated as belonging to the same category as the perfects of European languages but are tentatively termed "iamitives" in this study (from Latin iam 'already') since they differ from perfects in many respects. READ MORE
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20. To What Extent is the English Language Present in Modern China?: An Analysis of Key Words and Trends Within Popular Chinese Entertainment, Media, and Cultural Mediums From a Sociolinguistic Perspective, Primarily Focusing on Southeast China, and the Reasons Behind the Scope of This Phenomenon
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/KinesiskaAbstract : This study is designed to analyze the sociolinguistic situation in China with regard to the extent to which the English language has become audible and visible within modern, and present-day, Chinese society. This critical examination is from a sociolinguistic and culturally analytical standpoint, and employs theories and concepts from the field of sociolinguistics to assess the phenomenon of the spread of, specifically, the English language in different facets of Chinese culture. READ MORE
