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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Oct 3‚ 2014 Rachelle Worrell In Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" the emphasizes on american english‚ views on Amy’s mothers "Broken English". When speaking from amy’s mother tongue she rights using all sorts of different grammatical. When she is addressing an American professional Amy’s english is very proper. Amy views her mothers "broken english as normal. Amy knows her mother is not a dumb lady by any means she understands things like the stock market. Amy is frustrate by how society looks down on her
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very important. The short story Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ is a great example of how the tone of words speak volumes. The story speaks from the story takes place on June 27th‚ at the village square where everyone gathers around for the annual lottery day. Some were looking forward to the annual lottery day‚ but some were dreading it. The annual holiday consisted of all the townspeople gathering for fun and activities. Followed by a day of activities‚ the “lottery” instructed every family members
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short story by Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” serves as a mirror to see our own society and rituals at an extreme. Throughout the story the author normalizes the characters’ inhumane ritual so the reader would be able to understand the underlining meaning of the story. In our society there are rituals that we do not dare to question because they have been embedded into our lives. The character Old Man Warner justifies such rituals by saying‚ on page 142‚ “There’s always been a lottery.” he himself not
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Reflection over Shirley Jackson’s Lottery. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a good‚ classic piece of horror literature. The reader is not aware of what is happening till the very end of the short story‚ moreover‚ in the first half of it the reader is supposed to think the described society‚ people‚ town‚ its life are as normal as his own and contemporary to his own time. The author tells us about such things as taxes‚ tractors‚ post office and bank‚ teen-age club and the Halloween program in
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Amy Tan: Mother Tongue 1. Tan starts with speaking to a group that had her mom in it. This provided details of how she felt with the way all speak in different situations. Another situation was when she described her having a conversation with her mom on the phone. Her mom uses very broken English and I felt like I was standing there listening to both sides of the conversation. I made me remember times talking with my grandma and a couple of her saying. When Tan uses “tell him front of his boss
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Transitional Phases "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan shows the many differences between immigrant families and non-immigrant families. Amy Tan describes the difficulty of growing up in a Chinese home and the transitions that she had to overcome to "fit in" to an American society. Personally‚ the transition between living above the Mason-Dixon line and then moving below it‚ was similar to that of Tan’s situation. Even though mine and Tan’s experiences vary from cultural and ethnic backgrounds
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After reading “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ I have realized how many variations of English that are actually used today. When I am writing a essay‚ or speaking in front for a audience‚ I try to sound very formal. I use words I normally don’t. But more importantly‚ I structure the way I write or speak differently. Most of the time‚ I don’t focus on the words I put in my sentences‚ or how I structure them‚ I just say it. Like Tan‚ I speak differently with my family compared to when I am speaking to my
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"The Lottery and Religion Organized religion and traditions have been a common idea throughout every civilization since the beginning of thought. All of these religions have had some sort of doctrine of faith or standardized set of codes and practices that have been passed down through the ages. In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" The author presents the idea that without questioning the practices of our rituals‚ we lose the meaning of why they were conceived in the first place. The first
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Mother Tongue Amy Tan Amy Tan is an Asian writer who grew up in America and had to over come her difficulties with the English language. She grew up with her mother who didn’t speak proper language she spoke “broken” English. During Amy’s childhood the broken English affected her and made her different from the other kids. Tan has faced many difficulties in her life because of her mothers broken English which she grew up with: it has developed her to be the person she is today. When Tan was younger
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