Comparative Essay Munoz and Tan both describe the challenges that having immigrant parents can have in different ways. Both writers describe the effects of assimilation between two cultures. However‚ in her essay “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan’s audience is the immigrants in the United States. Whereas‚ Manuel Munoz’s audience are all Americans‚ especially whites in his essay‚ “Leave Your Name at the Border”. Munoz conquers the problem that assimilation causes through describing the coalesce of Spanish
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S. Taylor Williams reads Mother Teresa’s personal writings to analyze her internal emotional state in the article‚ Illness Narrative‚ Depression‚ and Sainthood: An Analysis of the Writings of Mother Teresa. Williams searches through Mother Teresa’s writings looking for certain words‚ a difficulty of describing feelings‚ and a search for meaning‚ which could all indicate Mother Teresa suffered from the mental illness‚ depression. S.T. Williams uses her psychiatric knowledge to inquire whether Mother
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Song of My Mother Towards the back of a closet‚ in the corner where the dust tends to linger and the light shies away‚ hangs a brown suede leather jacket right next to a pair of old jeans. A jacket that--in its newer days‚ when the zipper still worked and both pockets were hole-less--a young woman wore on occasion. But‚ both the jeans and jacket are a bit faded now‚ the threads have turned awry‚ and the zippers have lost their shine. The woman has now passed it down to her daughter‚ but her
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culture can vary a great deal. If only one culture was existent everyone would be more alike which would result in fewer disagreements but since people wouldn’t be as diverse they would be boring and ordinary. It is an issue and a blessing that children in the Chinese culture often are raised 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
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Methods to reduce Mother Tongue Interference (M T I ) in the classroom Introduction: The importance of English language acquisition as a stepping-stone for proficiency in school subjects cannot be over emphasized. The knowledge of English is important both for educational‚ national and economic development of a country. English is the official language of administration and commerce and also a major language of science. It should be further highlighted at the need for improving the quality of spoken
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Department of Applied Linguistics GC University‚ Faisalabad‚ Pakistan. I hereby declare that the title of thesis ‘Medium Of Instruction In Primary Schools Of Pakistan: A Case Of District Kasur And Bukkar’ and the contants of thesis are the product of my own research and no part has been copied from any published source (except the references). I further declare that this work has not been submitted for award of any other degree/diploma. The University may take action if the information provided is
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Christina Jules 9/26/13 Not everyone can say that parenting is an easy job. Parents work hard to focus their kids on a successful career path. A successful career path requires discipline which can come from various national backgrounds. Discipline creates a label of parenting‚ by either being critiqued or accepted by others. One parent in particular‚ Amy Chua‚ makes her own label as a strict parent. In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ the main focus is to show how Chinese parenting
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A Glimpse of Amy Tan As one of the first Asian American cultural writers of her time‚ Amy Tan is also one of the most significant contemporary writers of Literature today. Amy Tan brings to life the struggles of dual cultural identity‚ generational clashes due to age and cultural gaps minority woman face in society. Many of her stories are based upon real obstacles her‚ her Mother and Grandmother had in their lives as young woman‚ facing not only the minority issues but the sexiest stigma’s of
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really exist in reality. And for me my super hero is my mother. My mother actually is an ordinary woman. But for me she can do extra ordinary things. She is always there in times that I feel very hopeless‚ that’s why I really love her. She brought me up with a strong faith and a power to face the toughest challenges in life. She is willing to help everyone’s problems or misery without anything in return. That’s why I’m so very proud of her. For me she’s the best mother in the whole world. She’s talented
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Issues on Mother Tongue as a medium of Instruction These changes in curricular content and focus emanate from the bill’s intention to do away with the bilingual policy and to affirm mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). The bill provides that for kindergarten and from Grades 1-3‚ the regional or native language of the learners shall be used for instruction‚ teaching materials and testing. From Grades 4-6‚ there shall be a language transition plan so that Filipino and English are gradually
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