Mother’s tongue – Amy Tan Introduction: I. My background and how it has not hindered my learning English language. I come from a Jewish Italian parent but it has not affected me or my language as I do have perfect English. I compare my experience similar to Amy Tan and I can definitely correlate with her with respect to coming from non English background but it has not hindered my quest to learn English language. Body: I. About Amy Tan’s essay – “Mother Tongue” In Amy Tan ’s essay - "Mother Tongue"
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An Argument for Using Native Language in the Classroom In the essay “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan describes the limited English skills of her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant‚ noting that “my mother had long realized the limitations of her English” **Tan citation here**. Tan goes on to describe how her mother had to compensate for these limitations throughout her life. This is the experience of many immigrants to the United States‚ who struggle to learn a new language while adapting to life in a new country
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What is Your Tongue? Language is developed to allow people to interact in communities and it allows oneself to create an identity. In “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she writes about how her mother’s broken English‚ and about the extent that it affected her language. She writes this piece in a method that is easy to understand‚ and she simply expresses her personal opinion: That whenever someone doesn’t speak proper English they are susceptible to criticism and bad treatment. Amy Tan expresses how
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Amy Tan Mother Tongue: In the short story "Mother Tongue" by author Amy Tan‚ she speaks of her mother’s English as "broken English" because her mother came from China and spoke as though she was unintelligent. Growing up Amy knew two languages. When she spoke to her mother she used elementary style words and spoke as though she did not know the language‚ while in front of fluent English speakers‚ she spoke eloquently with an impressive vocabulary. Amy becomes uncomfortable with the word broken
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Amy Tan’s story “Mother Tongue” starts by the affirmation that she is not a scholar of English or literature. She is just a writer and the person who understand the power of language. From Tan’s observations from her daily life‚ she realizes that there are different types of English that she uses. The first time Tan notices the difference is when she gives a speech on her book “The Joy Luck Club” using academic English‚ the one that she never uses to talk with her mother. The second time is when
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Comparison of “Mother Tongue” and “How to Tame a wild Tongue” I have read through two articles and I have my own thought about them. The two articles author‚ Amy Tan (Mother Tongue) and Gloria Anzaldua (How to Tame…) both discussed the topic about the language and life. They have many common points such as they all born in a bilingual family‚ and it brought a great change in their lives. The difference is two articles have different focus. “Mother Tongue” Focus more on the change what
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Soe Tun English 103 Professor: Lucero Date: 10/17/2014 Mother Tongue For many people‚ language is not recognized as a form of communication‚ but as a barrier that limit them to connect with the world. This is a very common problem for people who immigrated to United State from other countries and who grew up under nonnative English-speaking family as a first-generation Asian American. In the article “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she tells her personal story of how she overcomes her own language obstacles
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Deshanna Glenn Jomelyn Belcher Antonio Rivera Mother Tongue Mother Tongue‚ written by Amy Tan‚ is a short story about her family. Amy’s family is Asian Americans‚ whom came to America later in their lives‚ the reason why they do not speak English very well. In her short story‚ Mother tongue‚ She emphasizes the idea that we all speak different languages without being consciously aware‚ and that we are categorized by the way we speak. Amy Tan said that she begin to realize the unusual differences
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In the story “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan tells the story of her mother and how her use of English within the family affected her early in life. She describes how that limited use of English had the potential to affect Tan’s choice of careers and her influence on literature. She begins by describing how she assumed the role of translator for her Asian born mother‚ who spoke with “broken English.” She describes situations where she assumed the role of translator for her mother. She was thrown into adult
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After re-reading Mother Tongue‚ and per “about the author”; Amy Tan’s goal is to share a part of her life story as a first generation Asian-American as well as sharing some of the struggles she faced during her educational period. She talks about how she speaks one English with her mother‚ such as “broken” or “limited” English‚ and speaks “standard” English with the rest of the world‚ in which she learned in school. The author’s purpose really did not change much for me‚ I feel she still refers to
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