After reading the strongly written “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ it shows a great deal of strength from the Asian American culture. Throughout the reading it showed how hard it was and still is for Asian Americans to work through the difficulties of the English language. The essay talked first about the different languages of English that this young lady learned and used through her life. The second part was about the difficulties that she had through school because English wasn’t here strongest subject
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each other differently depending on the situation‚ changing their register and using abbreviations to create sentences for people to understand better. In relation‚ to being unable to perform a standard form of English‚ as displayed in Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue and Robyn Kina’s case‚ both characters are not able to communicate and express their ideas clearly‚ based on their accent and limited communication skills of the English language spoken in their community‚ which excludes Kina and the hospital staff
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I believe Amy Tan’s purpose for "Mother Tongue" was to make others aware of the different forms of English Language that has been translated by different cultures‚ specifically the Chinese translation. I arrived at that decision because she clearly expresses personal emotions‚ opinions‚ life events‚ and observations. I don’t believe the author’s goal changed throughout this analytical process. I found one other key point while conducting active reading on my selected article. On page 21 the author
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The Achievement of Desire In his writing‚ Richard Rodriguez describes himself as a “scholarship boy”‚ a label he read about in Hoggart’s book‚ The Uses of Literacy. His description of himself and Hoggart’s description of a scholarship boy do seem to align with each other in various ways‚ which Rodriguez points out in his essay. He gives block quotes from Hoggart’s book and then relates those quotes to his own life to show the reader just how much the two descriptions align with each other. Rodriguez
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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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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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Summary of Mother Tongue Mother Tongue‚ a narrative essay written by Amy Tan‚ who is an Asian American writer‚ introduced an array of stories that Tan and her mother experienced and thus highlighted the extent to which culture and language affected both author’s sensory perception of the world in both childhood and adult life progressively. The entire article was example-oriented which implied that Tan structured the essay by utilizing instances‚ not only from her perceptive but rather the comparisons
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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
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Consequences from the Need of Education Richard Rodriguez’s “The Achievement of Desire” could easily be categorized as a bildungsroman. The author uses literary devices to elaborate on his bicultural hardship as a Mexican American boy seeking higher education. In the essay‚ the author contributes literary elements of satire‚ flashbacks‚ and deductive reasoning to lure the reader into further in-depth thinking. As a child Rodriguez was the exception to the stereotypical student coming from a low-income
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Universality of The Achievement of Desire In The Achievement of Desire‚ Richard Rodriguez talks about his experiences from when he was a young boy until he becomes an adult who have realized his life goals. As a boy‚ Rodriguez describes himself as a “good student” and a “troubled son” (Rodriguez 565) at the same time. In his essay‚ Rodriguez tells his readers how education can alienate students from their parents‚ culture‚ class‚ as well as from their past. The essay also reflects the situation that
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