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    What does it feel like to be constantly left out due to race or culture? This is a normal occurrence for Eric Liu‚ a Chinese American speechwriter and journalist who has experienced many struggles with acculturation throughout his life. In the essay‚ “Notes of a Native Speaker‚” Liu’s diction‚ figurative language‚ and personal experiences help him reveal his experiences with acculturation‚ as well as explain what race and culture mean to him. Liu’s powerful diction highlights the struggles

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    Terrell smith Lisa Caloro Comp 1 April 28‚ 2008 The essay by Eric Lui‚ “notes of a native speaker” spoke about his experiences growing up as an Asian American male in the united states. Growing up‚ He had to face stereotypes and tried to overcome them all as time went on‚ so much he later felt he lost his identity of who he really was. He says in the essay “here are some ways you can say that I am white:” and then follows with a list of things that most Caucasian people do or wear on a everyday

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    courses as native English speakers to get a college degree. International students should get some advantages because they are ESL students. However‚ some teachers have a same expectations of non-native speakers as native speaking students. Many Asian students choose to study business‚ economics‚ hospitality and tourism‚ and English as their major. Those majors’ instructors have many non-native speakers in class. Many instructors have the same expectation of ESL students as they do of native English

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    Pivka October 20‚ 2011 English 101 P2 “Notes of a Native Speaker” Summary In 1998‚ Eric Liu wrote a book about his struggle with acculturation titled “The Accidental Asian”. A chapter within the book called “Notes of a Native Speaker” depicts an essay written by Liu which fully describes his struggles with race and how he overcame them. Eric Liu is an American born Taiwanese Asian. His parents immigrated to the United States before he was born and in so‚ gave him a mixed cultural background

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    English21b.1156 2/7/11 EP3 Like everything in life‚ there is always a cause to something and with a cause come’s its effects. In the case of Gloria Anzaldua and Eric Liu we see that the cause of them having to assimilate is because they live in a dominant society to which their culture and identity do not meet the standards of the currents society. This causes them to have to assimilate so that they are able to fit

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    Native speakers of English are a speaker who used English as a first language or mother tongue. Usually native speakers of English are people from English-speaking countries like the USA‚ Great Britain‚ Australia‚ Canada‚ Ireland‚ etc. Anyone may acquire the native speaker status by virtue of being just as proficient as a genetic native speaker of a language. In Singapore‚ where English has been the medium of instruction since 1987 and where‚ by now‚ there are many users of English whose proficiency

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    INTRODUCTION In this task I will talk about my research and analysis on English native speaker’s pronunciation‚ which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker‚ the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words. Analysis of

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    Sharon Lei English 101 Professor Ewan Magie 13 October 2013 Critical response to Eric Liu: “Note of a Native SpeakerEric Liu is a writer for MSNBC and a fellow at the New American Foundation. In his essayNote of a Native Speaker” he starts off listing way that characterize that he is “white”. He discussed how he did not ‘ask” to be white. That he began his assimilation‚- which means “whiting” before he was born .He described how he was raised in a non “typical “ Chinese family that

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    Speaker notes 440 Hello‚ fellow coworkers my name is Vanessa Williams and I will be presenting you with information regarding a vulnerable population. The vulnerable population I will discuss is the African American population and their perceived mistrust with the healthcare system. I believe this is an important topic to discuss because the African American population has the highest incidence of colorectal cancer however‚ they are not seeking healthcare as they should. We have often questioned

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    Within East of Eden and “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin we examine complex family dynamics existent between father and son. In both examples the relationships carry a bitter and heavy weight for the children; for Cal Trask in East of Eden a determination to prove worthiness of his father’s acceptance fuels the story. In contrast “Notes of a Native Son” tells a tale of understanding and acknowledgment. Baldwin writes “We had got on‚ partly because we shared‚ in our different fashions‚ the

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