Identify two different multilingual communities and compare how different

Assessment essay title: Identify two different multilingual communities and compare how different communities negotiate their multilingual identities.

Research question: What are the strategies Arab and Chinese communities use to build their identity in a migrant setting?

Introduction (250 words)

Main body (2000 words) Show theoretical understanding of problems and issues, provide critical thought and standard academic citation throughout the essay.

3 strategies below >>>> remember academic citation – you need to find evidence citations for everything you say for each strategy.

Education – focus on the language and linguistics aspect – (1000 words)

Chinese community - Talk about the language aspect of it. How do they protect and encourage their own community language – do they encourage it or not – in terms of learning Mandarin, what sort of support is there. ? How do they use language to construct their different identity? PLEASE DON’T JUST STATE YOUR OPINION, YOU MUST FIND AN EVIDENCE FOR IT. Chines community – Chinese community they use mandarin within the home with their kids – They also have chines after school clubs that are well established to build their chines identity - karate or judo classes available for them - That is the way they establish their identity (there are two articles called ‘The Relationship Among Self-esteem, Acculturation, and Recreation Participation of Recently Arrived Chinese Immigrant Adolescents’

VS Arab community - How do Arabs reproduce their identity – how do they encourage - Islamic school – learn Arabic as a language. Religious education – which takes place in homes, institutions, there is an article I sent you called Qur’an education and non-confessional RE: an intercultural perspective – do they attend Islamic, after schools clubs or religious education in order to support their language Arab community? yes - also you can add your own points and research ideas on education for Arab community – how different are they compare to Chinese in western world – how do they use language to support their identity – what do they do to maintain their language - (Compare and contrast – are they similar if they are why, if they are different then why are they different and how effective? - is this how they negotiate their identity in a migrant setting? - Please find articles or books to back up your argument or point) Find some relevant theories of language and identities e.g. Sociocultural theory, interactionist etc. – don’t talk about the theories individually, you must apply these theories in your argument. – use academic citation

Cultural activities – (500 words)

Chinese community - The Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year as it is a good beginning for them – they celebrate and have cultural dances VS Arab community - The Arab Muslims celebrate Eid twice year as Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr as it is the last day of the holy month of Ramadan - they don’t dance but families donate to charity and but rather Eid celebrations can last up to three days. This could be their way of maintaining their identity as they live far away from their homeland in a migrant setting. Find examples of eid and chines new years that are different – what do they do differently (Compare and contrast – are they similar if they are why, if they are different then why are they different and how effective? - is this how they negotiate their identity in a migrant setting? - Please find articles or books to back up your argument or point) Find some relevant theories of language and identities e.g. Sociocultural theory, interactionist etc. – don’t talk about the theories individually, you must apply these theories in your argument. – use academic citation

Values and beliefs (500)

Chinese community – greeting - Chinese may shake hands but often they nod or bow instead of shaking hands – there is an article I sent you that talks about Chinese greetings and nor and bow it’s called ‘Research on Cross-Cultural Elements in Japanese-Chinese Interpreting Practices’ - VS Arab community greeting – One custom that show an identity of Arab Muslim individual is articulating a long greeting in Arabic whilst shaking hands by saying “assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu” Greetings between the same sexes often involve kisses on the cheek. Male can kiss male on the chick- female can kiss female on the chick. - Very high respect is often paid to elders by kissing their forehead and by greeting them first – there is a an article I sent you that talks about these values it’s called – ‘The Relationship Between Language, Identity and Cultural Differences’ (Compare and contrast – are they similar if they are why, if they are different then why are they different and how effective? - is this how they negotiate their identity in a migrant setting? - Please find articles or books to back up your argument or point) Find some relevant theories of language and identities e.g. Sociocultural theory, interactionist etc. – don’t talk about the theories individually, you must apply these theories in your argument. – use academic citation

Conclusion (250 words)

Do not introduce new idea rather remind the reader what is the big issues or the big idea drops out in your discussion arguments above –

Criteria

Demonstration of theoretical understanding of problems and issues that have characterized the development of the subject

Evidence of independent study/reading and critical thought

The extent to which the essay is well-presented and conforms to standard academic citation and bibliographic conventions

Harvard system for referencing

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