Question 1 In this case‚ A is trying to sell his 1970 MG for $12‚000. K offers $10‚000 and realizes there is a problem with the vehicle. A tells K that he appreciates the offer but others are coming to see the car as well‚ at this point he also says that he is going to get the problem with the car fixed and he will contact K back. K never agreed to anything here. He gives his offer and it was not accepted at the time by A. “To be valid and therefore legally binding‚ 5 conditions must be met. First
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The bonds between a mother and daughter are something not easily replicated. The Joy Luck Club‚ by Amy Tan‚ follows the relationships of four women and their daughters. While they all face different situations‚ it all boils down to the importance of family support. All four of the Chinese-born mothers left China and set out for America with high hopes for themselves and their children’s’ futures.They want to give their daughters what they didn’t have growing up. “‘In America I will have a daughter
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Shaun Tan (1974) -Conceptual Framework- Artist Shaun Tan grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth situated in Western Australia. As a young boy he was always known as the “good drawer” at school which‚ in a way‚ made him forget about being the shortest kid in every class. In 1995‚ he graduated from the University of Western Australia with joint honours in English Literature and Fine Arts and is now working full time as a freelance author and artist in Melbourne. Shaun started sketching and
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with discipline and taught to work hard because it is debatable if this will result in successful children or if they will hold a grudge against their parents. This is the message the professor and mother of two Amy Chua writes about in the article written in 2011 “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” Amy Chua has raised 2 children with discipline and
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tame a wild tongue‚ which was written in Spanish as well as English by Gloria‚ expressed her feeling that as a Mexican immigrant but being raised in the U.S. when she facing with culture and social differences. The followings are my rhetorical analysis which focus on her situation background‚ her purpose and claims. At the very beginning of the article‚ she used a metaphor to set up the overall emotion. “Wild tongues can’t be tamed‚ they can only be cut out.”In this sentence‚ ‘Wild tongues’ refer to
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Mothers tongue analysis Profound writer and best-selling novelist Amy Tan is well known for her works which tends to explores mother daughter relationships. In her narrative essay “Mother Tongue” she discusses the discrimination and prejudice opinions on “broken English”. Amy makes the readers realizes how not being an American can not only influence the way we speak English‚ but have an effect on how we handle real life situations. She does so by incorporating her mother’s real life struggles
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remains a second language in Singapore. So parents must be realistic in their expectations. Mr Lee was alluding to the furore which erupted after media reports that the Education Ministry was looking at whether to reduce the weighting of the Mother Tongue Language‚ reports that have since been debunked. Speaking at a dialogue following a Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in East and Southeast Asia‚ Mr Lee said no one can master two languages at the same level. So if parents want their
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Issue 1 (22)‚ Volume 8‚ 2009‚ http://www.esp-world.info ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES Galina Kavaliauskienė Mykolas Romeris University‚ Vilnius‚ Lithuania Abstract A revival of interest to using a mother tongue in the English classroom is stipulated by necessity to improve language accuracy‚ fluency and clarity. This paper aims at examining students’ perceptions of the use of mother tongue and translation in various linguistic situations. The activities that
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Amy Tan’s "Fish Cheeks" and Maya Angelou’s "Champion of the World" Maya Angelou and Amy Tan discuss religious problems and culture differences in their literature. The authors have captured these differences by their past experiences of friends and family. Both authors come from a diverse culture‚ but both face the same harsh society of the American culture and beliefs. The Author’s both tell about situations in their short stories of being outcasts and coming from different racial backgrounds
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Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education has been encouraged by United Nations Educational‚ Scientific‚ and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to early childhood and primary education since 1953. Mother Tongue Based Bilingual or Multilingual Education is a program used since 1953 by different countries around the world like Indonesia‚ Cambodia‚ Nepal‚ Philippines and a lot more. This way of teaching is using the child’s first language‚ their mother tongue which is called the L1 in teaching in school
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