Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan is about a event in Amy’s. Amy is a young Chinese girl that has a crush on the minister’s son. At one point in Amy’s life her mother invites the minister’s family over for a Christmas eve dinner. After being told she was very apprehensive of the minister’s son and his family coming over for dinner. The reason she was so apprehensive was because of the meal that her mother cooked wasn’t a traditional American dinner. But it was all traditional Chinese food. Amy felt that her
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Mother tongue instruction Language is used by all as a means of learning‚ communicating and understanding. As a teacher‚ one would do their best to accommodate their learners‚ even if this means to teach in a language that would be best suited to them. As a rainbow nation with eleven official languages‚ South Africa’s diverse cultures are known throughout the world. Many of the inhabitants are either bilingual or multilingual which may pose problems when it comes to education. The preferred language
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In the article Tan shares how growing up with a mother who speaks very little English has shaped her life. Tan explains how she uses different Englishes when talking with different people. She makes her argument for the power of different Englishes by showing examples from her life and how the different ways the people close to her spoke influenced her life. Tan’s position is that she loves language and how it is used to impact people’s lives or change the way they think. Tan was determined to become
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Mother-tongue Education in South Africa - Andrew Foley Introduction The question of mother-tongue education in South Africa remains a vexed one. On the one hand‚ it seems reasonable and desirable that learners should be able to receive education in their mother-tongue‚ if they so wish. On the other hand‚ there are some very real difficulties involved in the implementation of this ideal. The purpose of this paper is to clarify what these difficulties are‚ and then to suggest what
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Disadvantages of using the mother tongue However‚ it is just this kind of tendency that could lead to the development of an excessive dependency on the students’ mother tongue (Harbord‚ 1992) by both teachers and students. Consequently‚ students lose confidence in their ability to communicate in English: They may feel that the only way they would understand anything the teacher says is when it has been translated‚ or they use their mother tongue even when they are perfectly capable of expressing
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Mother Tongue: The Struggles of Communication Communication is arguably the most essential and powerful part of everyday life. Societies ability to run smoothly‚ efficiently and benefit as many people as possible‚ hinges greatly on communication and how effectively it is used. We need to communicate to get new and innovative ideas across‚ to state opinions‚ to sort our arguments and most importantly‚ to better understand those around us. The short story Mother Tongue by Amy Tan addresses the reality
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here to the United States in hopes of finding a better job or just a better lifestyle overall. Amy Tan‚ born in 1952 in Oakland‚ California is famous for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989). In this book‚ it explores the relationship between four traditional Chinese mothers and their four Chinese-American daughters. With focusing more on the mother and daughter from the section of Two Kinds‚ this mother and daughter duo had the
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In the article "Mother Tongue"Amy Tan shares her personal opinions on the English Language. She discusses the different forms of English that she uses in her daily life. One form of English she grew up with is her mother’s broken English which by others is sometimes seen as limited and fractured. Amy sees her mother’s language as vivid‚ clear‚ and natural. It is direct and full of imagery. She can understand it clearly. It is her mother tongue. She discovers that Asian-American students don’t
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“A Pair of Tickets” The short story “A pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan is really an interesting story to read. This short story is about June‚ a Chinese girl who travels to China with her father after the death of her mother. June was struggling with herself identity‚ but traveling to China and meting her twin sisters make her realize how much she was missing on her culture. I have experienced many things in life that are identical to this story. June was struggling with her identity because she looks
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“Rules of the Game” “Rules of the Game” was written by Amy Tan. This short story takes place in Chinatown district of San Francisco during the 1950’s. Waverly was known as the child prodigy after she grew interest of chess while her brothers were playing it one day. Her brother‚ Vincent‚ had received a used chess set that were also missing some pieces from a Baptist Church Christmas Party that her family had attended. Waverly‚ being six years old‚ learns to play chess and becomes a national
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