PASIG CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) has added seven more languages from the current 12 major local languages as medium of instruction from Kinder up to Grade 3 under the Mother-Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE). The additional languages are Ybanag for pupils in Tuguegarao City‚ Cagayan‚ and Isabela; Ivatan for the Batanes Group; Sambal in Zambales; Aklanon in Aklan‚ Capiz; Kinaray-a in Capiz‚ Aklan; Yakan in Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao and Surigaonon covering Surigao
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Peiwen Su Professor Ibrahim English 107 October 5‚ 2014 Mother Tongue Amy Tan uses her mother’s experiences as a sample to represent a type of new immigrants who is always disrespected by locals and have troubles in dealing a lot of things; the reason why this happens is because they cannot speak English well. However‚ from Tan’s perspective‚ although non-native speakers should also improve their English if they want to fit in to different cultures‚ native speaker
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December 6‚ 2012 “Mother Tongue” In the short autobiography narrative “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan she discusses the reasons why she was passionate on becoming a writer. It is no surprise‚ that her vision in the work of fiction it is outstanding throughout her struggles with the English language as a Chinese young girl born in an immigrant family. She faced many obstacles of the culture of the 1950’s‚ 1960’s and 1970’s. However‚ she never gave up on the dream of being a writer and defeat
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Essays #1: Rough Draft Language & Power in “Mother Tongue” A higher level of sophistication and articulation in one’s speech portrays one as a very well educated person. Such a person’s "language" makes them an admirable individual that can lead people and hold power with ease. In the article “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan emphasizes the idea that we all speak different languages unconsciously and that
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In the short stories of Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and Public and Private Language by Richard Rodriquez‚ both essays describe an influence on the English language and what impact they had while coping with that language. For Amy tan in Mother Tongue‚ she roots the common source for who had what kind of impact on her learning of that language. In Public and Private Language‚ Richard Rodriguez establishes a view point on why it is important to be given a public identity. Both stories come together to
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A person’s language can help us to identify their values. In the passage‚ "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua and "Mother Tongue" by Any Tan‚ discussed about the difficulties they faced while adapting to a new culture and acquiring a new language. It shows the role of a new language and how it effects their private as well. People from different culture always shows difficulty in adjusting within a new culture and when they do so‚ they would more likely to lose their own values. Language
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reached puberty they were tattoo as a sign of adulthood. Other religions view tattoos as a sign of maturity. In the Italian Apennines tattoos were used as a way to reproduce the stigmata of the saint. The Aztecs‚ Maya‚ and Native Indians have used tongue piercings as part of their religious rituals. Ancient Egyptians used different kinds of piercings as signs of a person’s social status. The wealthier a person was the more elaborate the piercing. Only the Pharaoh could have the now popular navel
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In Mother tongue‚ Amy writes how her mother who couldn’t speak well Standard English was treated unfairly in the foreign land. In this essay‚ she mentions some stories related to her childhood experiences which were happened to them. "... I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and in restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her." Amy
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Likewise‚ language is something that comes from a source but changes‚ or is raised‚ over time. Different languages are native to different people and some language is protected over time‚ whether through books or the human mind. In her work “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan explores the creation of her language and her mother’s role in it through her literary skills to relate to the reader‚ like me. As a first generation Asian American‚ Amy Tan believes that her English derived from multiple “Englishes.” The
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family in Molokai explains about their conflicts they deal with as the story goes on. This story about this family is so heart-wrenching and comic like that it makes you think about how young kids grow up to be perfectionists. In this story of Blu’s Hanging‚ life goes on for three kids and a father they call "Poppy" when their young‚ sweet‚ loving mother suffers from a sick unknown condition which causes death and leaves the three young Ogata kid’s alone in the dark and left the oldest child at thirteen
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