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    migrate to a different country. Samuel P. Huntington once said‚ “ Immigrants pose a challenge to our policies and our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.” Huntington is suggesting that immigrants are making it difficult for the American people who are trying to find out who they are as a person. This can be seen in Richard Rodriguez’s argument “Blaxicans” and Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” because they both talk about how immigrants have affected their identity by giving anecdotes about

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    regardless the objections from Mary. When the survey results came back‚ it did not define any problems or raise the red flags for the management. Diagnosis of The Problems There were three major management issues in Sambian Partner and caused its keep losing talents: 1. Problems With Leadership 2. Poor Leader-Member Relationship and Communication Barriers 3. Lack of Recognition and Motivation Problems With Leadership Helen inherited this position from her father. Although she was an award winning

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    J.G Ms. D English 301 10/2/13 Mother Approved Amy Tan is a passionate writer of books such as “The Joy Luck Club” and other published works. Now that we have read her text read her text “Mother Tongue”‚ we learn new things about her as a writer. In my first response to Amy Tan’s passage I described her as a self-motivated author as I read what motivated her to write. She introduced readers to her mother‚ a woman who enjoys reading Forbes and listening to the Wall Street Journal talks.

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    Amy Tan‚ the author of “Mother Tongue‚” gives the audience a new outlook and better understanding of the struggles that every immigrant who lives in United States had gone through every day. Amy Tan gives the audience the positive view on the “broken” English speakers by using herself and her mother as an example. Her mother did not get respect from the hospital and also the stockbroker due to her limited use of English. In contrast‚ Amy Tan was treated very well because of speaking proper English

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    A Literary Analysis on “Mother Tongue” By Demetria Martinez “His nation chewed him up and spat him out like a pinon shell‚ and when he emerged from an airplane one late afternoon‚ I knew I would one day make love with him” (Martinez‚ 3). And so it starts‚ the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her)‚ who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria‚ a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez’s story of María is told against

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    For ethos‚ or credibility‚ Tan makes personal references to her mother and factual events‚ as well as a description of her own accomplishments‚ which give credibility to her and her work. Her mother proved to her that she could understand people when they spoke perfect or regular English as well as when she read in English. The logic behind this validates her point that if she can

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    In Tthe story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a Chinese immigrant of English language writer‚ starts beingsher essay by with the author stating that while she is not a scholar of English literature‚ but she is trying to give express her personal opinions about regarding English language and how fascinating the language is for hershe finds the language. In addition‚ she explains that language is becomes a powerful tool to evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth. Furthermore

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    national or international language‚ it is recommended that children experience at least five to eight years of education in their mother tongue while gradually being introduced to other dominant languages (Thomas & Collier‚ 2002 in Oredina‚ et al 2015). The strategy of beginning school in the first language and eventually adding other languages is commonly called Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education‚ or MTB-MLE. A UNESCO report (Baron‚ 2012) on the importance of language to the Millennium Development

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    Sometimes the limitations comes in the shape of not being able to talk the right way‚ not being able to keep up with other children in the same age and lots more. All of that is explained in one sentence Amy Tan wrote. The title of her article is ’’ Mother Tongue’’ and it was in 1990. The main purpose of her article is to show that there are a lot of people that want to learn a new language but face difficulties with their families as the family don’t talk that language very well. As Tan said‚ she describe

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    In the articles‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Rhythm of the Caribbean: Connecting Oral History and Literacy" by Glasceta Honeyghan‚ the authors discuss different types of language styles that they grew up with. The authors discuss their difficulties and what was enjoyable to them. The articles remind us that working hard on what you enjoy will be worth it one day. In the article‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ Tan describes what it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the United

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