MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTIION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT BUKKAR AND KASUR By Muhammad Imran Shah 2009-GCUF-691-233 Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements for the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN LINGUISTICS [pic] DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS GC UNIVERSITY‚ FAISALABAD. December 2011 DECLARATION The work reported in this thesis was carried out by me under the supervision of
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TOPIC: MOTHER TONGUE – BASED MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION THESIS STATEMENT With all the students having a difficulty in coping with their lessons‚ Mother tongue-based multilingual education may be helpful or not in solving this problem. OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Purpose of Mother Tongue-based Education A. Reasons why the Mother Tongue should be used in primary schools B. Points and ideas about Mother Tongue-based Education III. Target learners of Mother Tongue-based Education IV. Effects of Mother Tongue-based
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Tan’s short story‚ “Mother Tongue” is an admirable tale that discusses the implied meaning of languages and how language is not only a device of communication‚ but a social tool of measuring an individuals’ worth. Tan’s purpose was to show us how language separates‚ unites‚ or isolates those who don’t speak the common way as well as others. The differences between us and others do not make anyone less of a person. She tells us the different circumstances and struggles when her mother had been denied
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Mother’s tongue – Amy Tan Introduction: I. My background and how it has not hindered my learning English language. I come from a Jewish Italian parent but it has not affected me or my language as I do have perfect English. I compare my experience similar to Amy Tan and I can definitely correlate with her with respect to coming from non English background but it has not hindered my quest to learn English language. Body: I. About Amy Tan’s essay – “Mother Tongue” In Amy Tan ’s essay - "Mother Tongue"
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Everyone speaks‚ writes‚ and reads a different way. 2. Tan speaks in different types of English‚ the "broken/ fractured" English she speaks with her mother and the English she speaks at large group speeches using "carefully wrought grammatical phrases". These divisions are important to Tan because she grew up with understanding her "mothers tongue" knowing it was considered "broken" and pushing herself in school to learn more about the language becoming a writer. These affect
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found it challenging because it appears there was always more than one answer while also wary of following the correct grammatical format. For Amy Tan‚ the author of Mother Tongue‚ she too confronts with difficulties in understanding the English language. Tan is convinced of this fact through her standardized test scores on the achievement test‚ IQ tests‚ and her SAT. She found that on
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become different to us. Each author used their own style when they write their own texts. So‚ the text is different‚ but every author Used Ethos‚ Logos‚ Pathos in their texts. In (“Mother Tongue” and “Intercultural Communication Stumbling Blocks”) and in my visual. Each of us describe the analysis in own ways. Mother Tongue by Amy Tan is person experience article. In this article Amy said ‘’I am not a scholar of English or literature I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English
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Deshanna Glenn Jomelyn Belcher Antonio Rivera Mother Tongue Mother Tongue‚ written by Amy Tan‚ is a short story about her family. Amy’s family is Asian Americans‚ whom came to America later in their lives‚ the reason why they do not speak English very well. In her short story‚ Mother tongue‚ She emphasizes the idea that we all speak different languages without being consciously aware‚ and that we are categorized by the way we speak. Amy Tan said that she begin to realize the unusual differences
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Rodriguez Uses of Literacy I feel as if Richard Rodriguez is so lost in the Hoggarts’ text he becomes both the reader and writer .He is using literacy so often that it seem like Rodriguez is actually the one writing the "The Achievement of Desire." While reading‚ Rodriguez discovered Hoggart’s book that defined his own life. It was evident Rodriquez wasn’t the only one struggling with the scholarship boy role. But the great thing about Rodriguez throughout the text he realized how much he
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Soe Tun English 103 Professor: Lucero Date: 10/17/2014 Mother Tongue For many people‚ language is not recognized as a form of communication‚ but as a barrier that limit them to connect with the world. This is a very common problem for people who immigrated to United State from other countries and who grew up under nonnative English-speaking family as a first-generation Asian American. In the article “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she tells her personal story of how she overcomes her own language obstacles
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