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re is hard and easy to define, visible and invisible in people's lives. We candefine it as the way we talk, we behave and we live which contains countless conceptsand phenomena and it is what makes us a specific human being. Culture is the aspectof our existence which makes us similar to some people, yet different from most ofthe people in the world. We humans are all basically and physically the same beings，yet we are all different beings in that each one of us has a unique personality. It isculture that binds us together into a group sharing certain degree of similarity thatovercomes individual differences while setting us apart from other groups. In this case,when we speak of culture we mean  way of life that is common to a group of people,a collection of beliefs and attitudes, shared understandings and patterns of behaviorthat allow those people to live together in relative harmony, but make them differentand apart from other people.Different scholars in different fields attach culture witfi different meanings give itdifferent definitions,
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2.2 Cultural Identity
To talk about cultural identity, we are trying to answer the question: who I am.According to Elizabeth Stone, "The particular human chain we're part of is central toour individual identity" (Samovar, 2007). Some people find that the question: "who Iam" is relatively easy and be able to produce a lengthy list of identifiers while othersstraggle to write down only a few items. The answers to the question: 'Svho I am"offer insight into various kinds of identities. In the study of modem culture, the word "identity" has two basic meanings. Onerefers to the basis and Reference for some individuals or groups to ratify and locatetheir social position or status，like gender，class and race. The other refers toacknowledging and identifying their cultural position and status.Cultural identity is the “sense of belonging to certain culture and the group ofthat culture" (Lustig & Koester, 2003). It is "one's perception of one's self thatincorporates the world view, value system, attitudes and beliefs of a group witii whichsuch information and elements are shared. Cultural identity may refer to themembership of a racial, ethnic, regional, economic, or any other social conunimityexhibiting characteristic patterns of behavior sufficient to distinguish it from others. Itencompasses all types of identities associated with social and cultural groups such asnational identity, ethnic identity, group identity, etc," (Collier & Thomas, 1998).
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Chapter EI Research Design........... 20
3.1 Research Questions and Hypotheses.......... 20
3.2 Participants ..........  23
3.3 Research Procedure.......... 24
3.3.1 Questionnaire Design.......... 24
3.3.2 Data Collection.......... 26
Chapter IV Results and Data Analysis.......... 27
4.1 Data Analysis of Cultural Identity Questionnaire.......... 27
4.1.1 Identification with Nation and Country..........27
4.1.2 Identification with Languages (Chinese/English) ..........32
4.1.3 Identification with Traditional Chinese Values.......... 36
4.1.4 Identification with Chinese Traditions and Customs.......... 40
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