Global Thinking / Local Voices

Edited by the 2011 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor, Russell C. Leong, this edition of the CUNY Bulletin of Asian American / Asian Studies features highlights from past issues of the Bulletin from 2002 to 2008, recent conferences on New York City politics and the Asian American community, a list of AAARI’s top online videos, … Read more

Language Difference and Way of Thinking

An efficient way to teach a foreign language, especially to adults, is to compare it to their native language. A study of the linguistic differences between them will help locate the difficulties in the learning process, thus increasing the predictability and purposefulness in teaching. This contrastive analysis is also the basis for translation studies and … Read more