Although Chinese dialects make up the majority of language use in the home at over 50%, more and more households are using English in the home. ... This all started to slowly change after many policymakers feared that the Chinese speakers in Singapore would support the revolution in China in the early 1950's. ... It would be the same for participation in the Chinese folk religions, one would have to have knowledge of the Chinese language and often a specific dialect(Clammer 91). ... So children often attend an English stream school but a Chinese language church for the sake of family to...

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Tan knew her mother could express herself very well in her native tongue, but was ashamed of her translation of it. ... This involves her looking down upon her mother because she still carries a very heavy Chinese accent that is part of Tan's Chinese heritage. ... But unfortunately, if we as humans cannot effectively communicate our thoughts and feelings we are looked down upon, even if it is just because of a loss of meaning in the translation from native tongue or even a cultural communication difference, these labels reflect how we view ourselves and how other people perceive us....

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From Ethiopia to China, I travelled along with the cast and took on manifold roles ranging from a King's attendant to an accuser in front of an audience constituted of thousands of people who were lost both spirtually and physically due to poverty and other circumstances unknown to our American sensibilities. ... Through the painful experience of frustration and loneliness, I found my own unique way of expressing myself through art, that translated into an asset to help others in need and show them what could not be expressed with words alone. ...

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