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1 American and Taiwanese Values ESL 156 M1567 Comparative Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Presenter: Yen-Chen Peng Fall 2008

2 Outline Factors that affect life in USA Factors that affect life in USA Factors that affect life in Taiwan Factors that affect life in Taiwan American Values American Values Taiwanese Values Taiwanese Values Compare ethnic diversity and size Compare ethnic diversity and size Exchange Cultures Exchange Cultures References References

3 Factors that affect life Factors that affect life America America Political problems Political problems Illegal Immigrants Illegal Immigrants Taiwan Taiwan Political problems Political problems Historical Factors Historical Factors Education Education

4 American Values American Values * Freedom * Individualism * Self-reliance * Competition * Independence

5 Taiwanese Values Freedom Freedom Being Humble Being Humble Being Respectful Being Respectful Social democracy Social democracy Friendly relationship Friendly relationship

6 Compare ethnic diversity and size American American Area: 9,826,630 kilometers Population: 300 million Capital: Washington D.C Language: English Religion: Christian 86.4%, Protestant 52%, Roman Catholics 24.5%, Judaism 1.4%, Islam 0.5%, Buddhism 0.5%, Hinduism 0.4%

7 Compare ethnic diversity and size Taiwan Taiwan Area: 36,000 square kilometers Population: 23 million Capital: Taipei City People: 98% Han people, The 13 different tribes of original inhabitants Language: Mandarin (The official language) Taiwanese, Hakka Religion: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam

8 Exchange Cultures

9 Reflection on meeting with American students Reflection on meeting with American students Before Before * Unfriendly * Standoffish * Individualistic Now Now * Friendly * Talkative * Enthusiastic

10 References http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%B E%8E%E5%9C%8B&variant=zh- tw#.E4.BA.BA.E5.8F.A3 http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%B E%8E%E5%9C%8B&variant=zh- tw#.E4.BA.BA.E5.8F.A3 http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/lan/Cht/about_taiwan/ge neral.asp?id=5 http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/lan/Cht/about_taiwan/ge neral.asp?id=5 http://www.taiwanfun.com/information/indexTW.h tm http://www.taiwanfun.com/information/indexTW.h tm http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question ?qid=1406010312672 http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question ?qid=1406010312672

11 Thank you for listening


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