This is specifications that professor gave me:
Research Paper Project – Discovering My Asian American Connection.
Each member of the class shall carry out a project individually that aims to address the theme of linking Asian American experiences to American lives. The purpose of the project is to promote a better understanding and appreciation of Asian Americans in the United States. Each student is advised to select a project topic which is most feasible based on her/his own experience, preparation or training, and interest. Moreover, the project must involve student participation or observation going beyond library research or readings alone. It is advisable, however, to begin your planning of the project by conducting some library research.
Examples of such “action” include:
Attending community meetings (church, political, social service, professional, or neighborhood) and talking with Asian American and other members;
Volunteer work tutoring Asian American children or adults in the community;
Touring or filming an Asian ethnic neighborhood, noting environment, housing, public services, and other indicators of live quality;
Interviewing extensively several persons of different ethnic background, comparing their experiences and major concerns living in the U.S.;
Arranging to spend time with one or more local Asian American families, observing and talking about family practices, history, food, customs, religion, and so on.
The Research Paper Project is to base on a theme “Discovering My Asian American Connection”. You are expected to explore your interactions with individuals from one or more Asian descent in a local community or communities in the U.S. (not one existing only in the cyberspace or in Asia) and observe the multi-faceted relationships between Asian originated peoples and cultures and the daily conduct of American life. It does not matter whether your project involves the experiences of three (minimum) or twenty (maximum) individuals, but it is imperative that you clearly identify the ethnic origin(s) of your subject matter, your relationship to them, and comment on the significance of one??s ethnic origin/identity/culture in shaping experiences in America. The final product should contain components of a research paper. They include sections mentioning project goal, methodology, major findings, and conclusion/implications.
This is outline that I suggest to you @ Essay Town: If you have any problem to write paper with my outline, you just ignore my outline. However, please use a topic with Korean American Experiences. Moreover, Please include sections mentioning project goal, methodology, major findings, and conclusion/implications. These are the most important things.
Outline:
This paper is based upon the interview I have had with my employers, a first generation Korean-American, and their daughter, the second generation. My interview focuses on both a similarity and a difference between them with respect to how each of them identifies themselves and her. First, I will describe the interview with the father and mother, and based upon the interview, I will try to give my own understanding and perspective on the issue of identity for Korean-American. And then, I will describe the interview with the daughter (Sunny, 24 years old girl) and will do the same. The main issue that structures the whole paper will be the relation between identity and language.
1. Introduction
Being “Korean” can be attributed to our understanding of the history, both the struggles and accomplishment of people in the motherland and here in the United States, and an attempt to add to the history itself. Moreover, it should be cemented in understanding and practice of the language.
2-1. Interview with parents, a first generation
2-2. Parents” perspective on their daughter”s learning Korean
2-3. methodology
2-4. my opinion
here is some excerpt from 2.
They lived America for 27years, of course, they feel more comfortable speak Korean. They think that their daughter learns some subtle Korean culture from them and that is
a great treasure and remembering where she came from is very important.
They asked me that the blood that runs through me. is it Korean or American?
They think that their daughter grew up here. Therefore, she cannot but reflect some of the environment in which she grew up in, which is America. There is nothing wrong with that; it”s just being true to who she is. However, they don”t think she could ever say, “I”m American”.
3-1. Interview with daughter, a second generation
3-2. Daughter”s perspective on learning Korean
3-3. methodology
3-4. my opinion
Here is some excerpt from 3.
One thing she feels strongly is that she does not consider her as 100% American. She thinks that in this society people still look at her race and categorize her by her skin color. The mere fact that she speaks English perfectly and that she identifies herself with Americans more than Koreans doesn”t mean that she is an American. However, she doesn”t feel learning Korean is necessary.
4. Conclusion
I think that her stance on not learning the Korean language simply because she didn”t see the need to do so is completely justified. It would be good if she were be able to speak Korean given that she identifies herself as a Korean-American. I believe that language is a crucial element in understanding cultural and historical background.
If I am correct, then her understanding Korean will definitely help her to identify herself better. This is important since she is not only just a Korean descendent but also identifies herself as a Korean-American.
Please don”t use the book called “Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues (Author: Min, Pyong Gap).” This is my textbook. My professor said not to use textbook.
Thanks.
