Essays Tagged: "Language barrier"

Sinclair's Purpose in Writing "The Jungle"

hey are not wealthy andthey are easily fooled by schemes designed to take what littlethey have. The language barrier encountered by these people is amajor factor in allowing them to be swindled. The i ... them to be swindled. The immigrants ofthis period tend to trust anyone who is fluent in their nativelanguage.This fact is put to use twice early in their time inAmerica. A Lithuanian lawyer is sought ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Apr/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet as an Adaptation of Shakespeare's Text.

famous love story in the form of a film. Luhrmann saw a tragic flaw in the 400-year-old story: it's language. When performed on a nearly blank stage, or read from plain text, the story is not accessib ... r read from plain text, the story is not accessible to our 21st century MTV generation. Despite the language barrier, Luhrmann could not part with the beauty of Shakespeare's Elizabethan words. Instea ...

(7 pages) 122 1 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Sales distribution Channel,Taxes, Quota, Tariffs in Korean Seafood

or enter into a representative agreement, especially for the purposes of market entry. Finally, the language barrier and established social/ business circles make it extremely difficult to enter the K ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Essay about documentary "Daughter from Danang."

I want is money" (I want to connect this to the end by showing how Heidi experienced CS and use the language barrier as an example)."Daughter from Danang" is a documentary about Mai Thi Heip. She was ... problems like not being able to 't buy their favorite foods, and communication problems due to the language barrier. It may start to seem like people no longer care about your problems.This may lead ...

(3 pages) 20 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Fight against Modern Day Slavery

against their capturers. The Africans go through many obstacles such as dealing with the unfamiliar language barrier and trying to learn the American court system as their fate and freedom is on the l ...

(3 pages) 90 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Workforce adapting to comply with the American with Disabilities Act.

set the rules for which employees had to follow in orderto maintain their jobs. Discrimination for language barrier, race, color, age, disabilityand more was nothing easy to fight against; until The ... also describes a situation, "at the Blue Cross and BlueShield of Florida, a supervisor learned sign language to communicate with a deafemployee whose productivity was low but whose quality of work was ...

(9 pages) 196 0 5.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Homeless People

of homelessness are multiple and complex. For some people it is difficult to find a job because of language barrier or lack of education, usually state will require workers to have some education bey ...

(1 pages) 34 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Miscommunication in R.K. Narayan's short stories: "A Horse and Two Goats", "The Watchman", and "The Evening Gift"

he Watchman, and The Evening Gift. In A Horse and Two Goats, miscommunication is conveyed through a language barrier; In The Watchman, it is brought about by an age difference; and in The Evening Gift ... iously talking business was out of the question since neither of the parties understood the other's language. Eventually Muni took the money which he thought was for the goats, leaving them behind and ...

(7 pages) 30 0 3.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Re:

people here are so nice where ever you go exspecially the girls our age the only problem now is the language barrier. But that will all change: in time I'll be wooing girls with my sexy rolling of my ... ely want to share the experience with you. I think you'd enjoy it, excpecially once i can speak the language and get around better. So come this summer I am sending you a plane ticket to come visit, s ...

(2 pages) 980 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

How Amy Tan Relates The Immigrant Experience With Her Mother’s

her mother's immigrant experience and her feelings towards her mother's struggles with the English language.Many people come to the U.S. hoping for a better life, but are faced with tough challenges. ... a better life, but are faced with tough challenges. Of all the challenges they are faced with, the language barrier is one of the hardest to break through. Tan's mother has gone through many experien ...

(2 pages) 30 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

International Communication

ing head: INTERNATION COMMUNICATIONInternational Communication�AbstractThere are around 6800 languages spoken in the world today. A person will never know when they may come across someone who ... tionIn the medical field there is no guarantee that the people you take care of will speak the same language as you do. As with many careers at some point in time you will come across a road-block. Wh ...

(4 pages) 34 0 4.7 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

"Dances with wolves"

ly, until he is discovered by his Sioux neighbours. At first the Indians and Dunbar are held by the language barrier, but soon they begin to communicate, learning a few words of each language. Interac ... ian tribe. On the other hand the movie does accurately show Indian cultures, lifestyle, traditional language, and their attitude towards the native land and animals. I believe this is historically acc ...

(3 pages) 26 0 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Rocket

ism. The movie depicts the sociological theme of French Canadian discrimination demonstrated by the language barrier, racial harassments, and physical assault between Maurice Richard and English speak ... lated to the French Canadian population, who projected their hopes and dreams onto the "Rocket".The language barrier between the French and English speaking people played a huge role in French Canadia ...

(5 pages) 19 0 4.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Language Barriers and Customer Service

Language Barriers and Customer Service"Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. ... rvice however, is not one of them. The process to be analyzed is customer service; specifically how language barriers can create unsatisfied customers for Baderman Island. The need for multi-lingual e ... dThe largest problem encountered during analysis of the customer service process at the Island is a language barrier between the staff and the guests. Customer service is one of the few processes that ...

(11 pages) 98 0 0.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Illegal Immigration

ublic assistance. It is very hard for some Americans to communicate with immigrants. Because of the language barrier it makes this a huge disadvantage. Because immigrants generate an overall increase ...

(2 pages) 53 1 3.5 Jan/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Bloomingdales international cu

nique needs, that will have to be catered too in order to achieve return business and new clientele.LANGUAGE BARRIER World wide there is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast diffe ... re is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast differences among nations as to the languages commonly spoken. Even within nations, there is often diversity as to the languages spoken. ...

(4 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Asian American literature

The need for America to value the Native Speakers of Languages other than English. The recently arrived immigrants face a language barrier which is only ... of color. They are easily distinguished from other Americans because of their different appearance, language and culture. Lee portrays many of these immigrant groups becoming a scapegoat to the unhapp ... a ¡°native¡± of America. The American citizenship and proficiency in English language do not make him an American. The metaphor of voyeurism describes his state of denial, the s ...

(10 pages) 40 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Bloomingdales International Cu

nique needs, that will have to be catered too in order to achieve return business and new clientele.LANGUAGE BARRIER World wide there is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast diffe ... re is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast differences among nations as to the languages commonly spoken. Even within nations, there is often diversity as to the languages spoken. ...

(4 pages) 22 0 4.5 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Culture Clash

in August of 1975 at the refugee campsite. In their first couple of months, aside from the obvious language barrier, there were many misinterpretations, misconceptions, miscommunications and misunder ... a house in Vietnam is made with "a few chips out of the woodwork or things lying on the floor".The language barrier and misunderstandings has always been a problem for the two families. One of the po ...

(6 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Bloomingdales international customer service

nique needs, that will have to be catered too in order to achieve return business and new clientele.LANGUAGE BARRIER World wide there is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast diffe ... re is over 200 different languages spoken. Thus, there are vast differences among nations as to the languages commonly spoken. Even within nations, there is often diversity as to the languages spoken. ...

(4 pages) 27 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays