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-based multilingual education (MLE) is a formal or nonformal education‚ in which the children’s mother tongue is used in the classroom as a bridge in learning Filipino and English. Children begin their education in a language they understand‚ their mother tongue‚ and develop a strong foundation in their mother language. The purpose of a multilingual education program is to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to operate equally in different languages
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Amy Tan‚ author of “Mother Tongue”‚ wrote a novella on the difficulties of her mother speaking and writing English; or more simply put‚ learning the correct rhetoric. Throughout the story‚ she ridicules her mother for her lack of ability to better express her thoughts in the 2nd hardest language on the Earth but seems to do it in the most loving way possible. Well‚ she tried to the best extent she could. Given the context of the situation Amy isn’t a horrible person or hatful towards her mother‚ her
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In the article of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” written by Gloria Anzaldua‚ she discusses about the relationship between the language and identity. In the other article‚ which is “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan‚ she discusses her observation and thoughts about using the English and the perceptions‚ prejudices from other people regarding other languages. Both articles are pointing out how important is the language is in our lives and how we can suffer if we are not using do not use it correctly.
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This seminar was about the Rehabilitating the "Wild Tongue" Philosophy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The speaker‚ Francisco Guajardo‚ divided his presentation into four major parts. Francisco starts off by giving a background information of his life. In the first few minutes of the presentation‚ I learned Francisco belonged to an immigrant family. His family migrated to the United States‚ in search for a better life. Francisco grew up in the city of Elsa‚ Texas beside his two brothers
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their mother language. In the article Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan emphasized her idea that we speak different languages unconsciously and we are categorized by the way we talk. The author talked about her mother who is a Chinese emigrant wanted to provide her daughter a better environment to grow up and spoke “broken” and “limited” English‚ but anyway‚ Amy can still communicate with her mother without obstacles. Throughout the story Amy Tan uses pathos and ethos to tell us that how hard to
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March 2013 Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan Summary: In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ she narrates how her mother’s “broken” English affect her life and her career choices. She talked about the “kind of English” her and her family uses all the time. Tan mentioned her difficulties and struggles she had to deal with‚ when she was in school because her English wasn’t perfect. For her‚ learning English wasn’t easy. It wasn’t her strongest point. She was complimented with how well she does with Math
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Based on Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76-81) it is evident that language has an affect on our lives. Language defines the type of person I am generally and it has had an affect on my choices as well as my lifestyle. Language has become my way of seeing life in a different perspective. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76) she discusses the way the language that she was taught affected her life in so many ways. I can definitely relate to Tan’s essay since I as well came from a bilingual home. Like
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Reading Journal for “Mother Tongue” The title of this story is “Mother Tongue” From the background information‚ I learned that Asian American students didn’t do as well on the English & writing part of their standardized test as they did on the math part of the test. The name of the author of this story is Amy Tan. The introductory paragraph of the Amy Tan’s essay prepares you for what you will be reading by explaining to the reader about the love she has for English and how fascinated she is by
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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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