My 6 culture shocks in Canada as a Chinese immigrant - Comprehensible Input Chinese Story 我在加拿大的文化冲击

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In this video, I share 6 culture shocks I have as a Chinese immigrant living in Canada. Learn Chinese through this comprehensible input story.
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📍I'm Meiling. I grew up in Tianjin, China. I lived in different cities in Canada and the US. Currently, I'm based in Toronto. I'm a UX designer by day and a Chinese teacher by night.

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@raymondblake5765 4 ай бұрын

I am a canadian who lived in Korea for a year. Here are the things that gave me culture shock: 1) when at a red traffic light, peiple ALWAYS go through the red light if there are no cars coming. This just doesnt happen in canada. 2) i saw people.passing ambulances with sirens on as though the emergency didnt matter. In Canada you just dont do that. 3) i saw couples physically fighting eachother. The man hitting the woman. Although this happens in canada, it doesnt happen in public and a man hitting a woman is frowned upon. In korea ( at least in 2010) it is more common to see in public and considered the business of the couple involved.

@kenneseyl2819 Жыл бұрын

i wanted to say thank you for your very hard work from all of us viewers!! you put a lot of time and work thank you😄👍✨ especially i love reading the Pinyin with the subtitles! you have a really good personality that makes it fun to watch all videos 👍 get rest and be healthy~!

@acupofchinese Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad to hear that you enjoy my videos. Best of luck for your Chinese learning. 加油👏

@GREGSJH13 4 ай бұрын

I just came across your videos and I’m looking at all of them, they are really helpful. Thank you!

@acupofchinese 4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@sanazintheuniverse 3 ай бұрын

谢谢。你好❤❤

@peanutsandpop Жыл бұрын

Hi Meiling, I really enjoyed this video. I am a Canadian who has been teaching English in Taiwan for the past 21 years. My Chinese is bu hao 😒unfortunately. I certainly experienced culture shock here. To a Canadian it seems very odd that a group a people who are quite open about asking your age and salary within a few minutes of meeting you, are so reticent about telling you other (more interesting) things about themselves. I think you can be very proud of the personal growth you've obviously experienced while in Canada as you have adapted so successfully to a completely different culture. Take care! Patricia

@acupofchinese Жыл бұрын

Thank you Patricia! Wow you have so much experience teaching and immersing in a different culture from your own. I have to say asking about age and salary is like a common topic in Chinese culture, especially older generations like to ask 😂 I see how that gave you culture shock considering it’s different in Canadian culture.

@nguyendinhloc6437 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Meiling (I guess it’s 美玲, and your name is Mỹ Linh in my mother tonge - Vietnamese). I’m a Finnish-Vietnamese living in Helsinki, Finland. I find watching your videos and speaking out loud super helpful. A thousand words of appreciation to you! Kiitos paljon avustasi, Meiling! Olet paras Chinese KZbinr sydämessäni 😊

@acupofchinese Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I’m so glad to hear that. My name in Chinese is 美灵, so your guess is very close. Kudos to you speaking multiple languages!