Home Work Assignment

I chose strategy when I and my teacher are having trouble communicating, and I worried about my techer dose not understand is to make an appointment to meet my teacher to try to clarify my conceans. Because, miscommunication is cause by peole dose not talk each other too much. And also if I and techer have different language, we are defficult to understand each other very well. However, if we hace language barrir we should need to talk and solve a problem. Therefore, I think I close when I and my teacher are in trouble to try to talk and understand a problem, if we have a different language.

Case Study: The Visitor -Summary And Analysis-

Mr. Vale is University teacher in Connecticut. He is looks like strict and unkindness. Sometimes his behavior is hard for people. For example, when he was in his office and his student came to meet to him with careworn face. Then his student gave his late assignment to Mr. Vale, but he did not accept completely. Moreover, He never smiles and he is always alone. In the University, he does not try to have relationship with anybody. It was the same thing though returned to the house. Why is he is lonely. Because of his wife passed away. It makes him to feel lonely.
When he went to NY for his work, and he came back his apartment. There were some Visitors in his apartment. They are Terak and Zinabi, who they are immigrants from other country. On the way, his new life started in accidentally to stay with them. Terak would like plays African music with his dram. He uses Drum then he teaches Drum to Mr. Vale. He changed by learning music. And he changes his mind; he tries to have relationship to people.
Terak and Mr. Vale went to the subway station for Terak’s appointment. Suddenly, the police came to them and they arrested Terak. Because Terak come from mid east country and he is illegal immigrant. As a result, Mr. Vale lost his chance which is to change him selves. And then, Terak’s mother came to NY for worry about him. Mr. Vale was gradually charmed by her.

Visual Dictionary

・Alienation: to make something less friendly or sympatheic towards you.

EX:I feel a sense of alienation from scoiety.


・Assimilate(d): To fully understand an idea or some information so that you are able to use it yourself.

EX: Bread is assimilateed more easily than rice.

・Barriers: An object like a fance that prevents people from moving forward from one place to another.

EX:The crowd had to stand behind barriers.

・Optimistic: Expecting good things to happen or something to be successful; showing this feeling.

EX: We are now taking a more optimistic view.

・Stereotype: A fixed idea or image that many people have of a paticular type of person ot things, but which is often not ture in reality.

EX: He dosen't conform to the usual stereotype of the businessman.

・Enthnocentrism: Based on the ideas and belifes of one particular culture and using these to judge other cultures.

EX: He is ethnocetrism of freedom.

・Empathy: The ability to understand another person's feelings, experience, etc.

EX:Enpathy for other people's situations.

・Diversity: A range of many people or things that are very different from each other. Many difference of things; culture, food, races, etc.

EX: America is proudof its diversity.

・Liberal: Willing to understand and respect to other and economic freedom.

EX: He is liberal with his money.

・Superficial: Not studying or looking at somethign thorughly.

EX: The book shows only a superficial understanding of the historical context.

My Culture Shock in U.S.

My Culture shock experience is Food. Every American food is big for me and taste is greasy and strongly seasoned. However Japanses Food is not. When I went to First food shop with my friends at first time and I ordered hamburger. But I was really supersized about size. In Japan, hamburger’s size is half size from American’s. and then I started to eat this hamburger however I could not finish to eat. Because I ordered Combo menu, it includes about hamburger, French fries, and big soda. It is enough for me. Therefore, It is my culture shock experience in U.S.

American Culture is...

I think American culture is like a Stew. It mixes many elements, such as various culture, language, a race, and constitutes a new thing. It is good exsample which is food. American food has many background, as Mexican, Asian, French, Italian, etc. Therefore, American culture is Stew.

Introduction myself

Hi My name is Gen.
I'm a Internatinal student from Japan. Now I'm studying English in Woodbury University.
I'm 23 years old. My major is business which is manegement. My reason which is I decided to come to U.S. is to learn English. Because I think that English acquisition are the minimum requirements to carry out a business in the world.