Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Reflection about “Achieving Community”In the article “Achieving Community”, Suresh Canagarajah describes a senerio in his survey on language maintenance in the Sri Lankan Tamil…Feb 26, 2018Feb 26, 2018
Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Blessings for Lunar New Year in ChinaSpring festival in China is one of the world’s most prominent and celebrated festivals. Families will get together and have lavish reunion…Feb 20, 2018Feb 20, 2018
Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018The Relationship between Culture and LanguageLanguage is employed as a medium to convey information at the same time maintains culture ties.Feb 10, 2018Feb 10, 2018
Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Benefits of Being an International StudentThe main benefits of studying abroad includes experiencing personal growth, expanding the horizon, improving language skills, making…Feb 4, 2018Feb 4, 2018
Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018Difficulties I face as an international studentI just graduated from the high school when I first landed here in the United States. It’s been four months now and I’ve had some wonderful…Jan 27, 2018Jan 27, 2018
Tianyi ZhanginLinguistics 3C Winter 2018My Goals for the Winter QuarterIn this new winter quarter, I want to challenge myself and broaden my horizon further by trying something new.Jan 20, 2018Jan 20, 2018
Tianyi ZhangWhat I miss about homeIt was 5:00am in Wuhan International Airport. My parents, uncle and grandma had stayed with me until I entered the security line. Carrying…Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017
Tianyi ZhangReflecting on my goal of the first quarterI have been experienced the pure American college life for a month. Reviewing my goal to learn time management that set at the beginning of…Oct 28, 2017Oct 28, 2017
Tianyi ZhangWhat I have learned after I came to the United StatesWhen the plane arrived at the LAX internatioanl airport, I was so excited because it was my frist time to come here, everything seemed…Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017
Tianyi ZhangExperiencing and embracing different cultures in AmericaGetting off the car, here I was in Santa Barbara. As a foreigner, even though I had already known there are some differences exist between…Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017