We are the same, only different: A bilingual (Chinese and English) children's book on cultural diversity and multiculturism

The thesis aims to showcase the two distinguishable cultures, Chinese and Filipino, side by side and highlights their diversity with a positive approach on cultural differences through a bilingual (Chinese and English) children's book and to be a medium to encourage young readers to embrace mul...

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Main Author: Tanhehco, Colwin Wong
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Animo Repository 2015
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Online Access:https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5548
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Institution: De La Salle University
Language: English
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Summary:The thesis aims to showcase the two distinguishable cultures, Chinese and Filipino, side by side and highlights their diversity with a positive approach on cultural differences through a bilingual (Chinese and English) children's book and to be a medium to encourage young readers to embrace multiculturalism and help them become aware of the sameness of their own culture with others.The story text of the book is presented in the story text in both Chinese, with pinyin equivalent, and English and with cartoonish, naive illustrations used in the book to attract the attention of the proposed audience--primarily Filipino, Chinese, and Filipino-Chinese children ages 5-8 years old.