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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Cultural diversity and Cultural shock Variety of behavior found among the people within or far apart from the nation can be termed as cultural diversity. The way they live till the way they think varies‚ within the one from next culture. It can be seen within the community‚ where the people from around the world lives and the way of thinking varies from us. It is one of the great aspects of life too in which we can learn about other cultures and learn the way they see. It not only helps to learn
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name is _______. The title of tonight’s lesson is “Chinese Revolution & its Aftermath.” We’ll be covering the period in Chinese history‚ from 1949 to 1976. Why are these dates significant? (Answer: Oct ’49 Mao & Communist est. People’s Republic of China & Sept ’76 Mao dies & the‚ so-called‚ “Gang of Four” are prosecuted in Oct ‘76). The historical events we’re most interest in are the Great Leap Forward‚ 1958-61 & the Cultural Revolution‚ 1966-76. However‚ we’ll also spend some time on the end of
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introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school‚ Tan always excelled in mathematics and science‚ but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact‚ because when I was growing up‚ my mothers limited English limited my perception of her" (Tan‚ pg#70).
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Growing up‚ Amy Tan went through a time when she felt embarrassed and disappointed in who she was and where she came from. But as she got older she realized that she should have nothing but pride in her culture and what makes her who she is. Therefore‚ Amy Tan wrote the short story “Fish Cheeks” to explain to readers how she was able to overcome shame about her heritage and how she became proud and thankful for it. Amy Tan was able to move her short story along by using transition sentences. They
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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
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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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In the article‚ "Mother Tongue" by author Amy Tan‚ she uses its context to persuade readers not "Judge someone’s intelligence by their English" (Tan‚ 20) but instead treat others the way you would want to be treated‚ therefore acceptance is essential because it helps us respect other people who are different than we are‚ to avoid misconceptions about another person‚ and to accept others for who they are regardless different ethnical backgrounds. Acceptance is important‚ because it helps us to respect
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Thesis: In Two Kinds‚ Amy Tan uses defiant americanized Jing-Mei and her native mother’s expectation of obedience to depict the clash of the cultures and its effect on the relationship between the two. I. Jing-Mei is overpowered by her hopeful and ambitious mother who believes that anything is possible and is willing to take any measures to achieve it: however her ambitious nature weighs heavy on Jing Mei and places strains on their relationship. a. “My mother believed you could be anything you
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Throughout generations‚ cultural traditions have been passed down‚ alongside these traditions came language. The language of ancestors which soon began to be molded by the tongue of newer generations. Though language is an everlasting changing part of the world‚ it is a representation of one’s identity‚ not only in a cultural way but from an environmental standpoint as well. With newer generations‚ comes newer forms of languages‚ although these generation’s’ way of speaking has came from elsewhere
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