Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Why Some Immigrants Tend To “Forget” their Original Language?As Suresh Canagarajah describes in his article “Achieving Community,” it is common for Sri Lanken Tamil people in Toronto to claim that…Feb 26, 2018Feb 26, 2018
Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Happy Lunar New Year!In China, Japan and other Asian countries, people celebrate lunar new year besides (solar) new year like western countries, which is…Feb 20, 2018Feb 20, 2018
Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018the Purpose of Language and the Relationship Between Language and CultureWhen I was a little child, I learned that there are other countries other than China and other languages other than Mandarin. Since the…Feb 13, 2018Feb 13, 2018
Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Benefits as an international studentWhile being struggling as international students at UCSB, we still enjoy lots of advantages. We experience new foods, customs and…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018
Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Difficulties as an international studentAs a international student at UCSB, we face lots of challenges. It’s mainly our language barriers and culture barriers that cause the…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Sandy LuinLinguistics 3C Winter 2018New Quarter Goals in Winter 2018During the last few months, there has been a lot of things happening — the fire, the flood and so on. With all these distractions, I have…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018