Mother tongue means it is the language first learned by a child or one’s native language rather a parent language and passed from one generation to the next. It is the language community of the mother tongue‚ the language spoken in a region‚ which enables the process of acculturation‚ the growing of an individual into a particular system of linguistic perception of the world and participation in the centuries old history of linguistic production. As a student my big perception of this is it’s a big
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The Strength of a Mother Some of the smallest words have more meaning in them than the bigger ones. There is a six letter word that holds so much meaning I don’t ever think it will completely be defined‚ this word is mother. When you think of a mother I am sure a lot of different things come to your mind such as strength‚ love‚ care‚ compassion‚ forgiveness‚ protection‚ and many more. Omar Burleson said this “A mother is a blend of strength and survivorship‚ experience and insight‚ fancy and reflection
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Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a wonderful person who inspired me to be all that I can be. Mother Teresa loved to serve people in India. She felt that God wanted her to serve the poorest of the poor in India. In everyone she sees‚ she feels that she is looking at Jesus face. Mother Teresa teaches us that each individual was created to love and to be loved. Mother Teresa also teaches us that your not just loving each other but you’re loving God. She had heart problems but she kept on teaching.
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CHAPTER ONE UNDERSTANDING CIVICS AND ETHICS Introduction This is the first chapter that sets out the required definitions‚ similarities between civics and ethics‚ outlines aim and goals of the study of the subject‚ and finally points out competences of good citizens. Civics and Ethical studies by its very nature is a multi-disciplinary field of study. Civics as part of Social Science discipline is more dependent on Political Science‚ Law‚ Economics‚ Sociology and
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after time. You’re my role model and I strive to be as strong mentally and physically like you everyday. I hope I can be as great as a mom as you are one day and make my daughter as proud as I am. I’m sorry that I can be so self-centered and careless because that’s nothing you deserve‚ and all I want is to make you proud as you make me. I’m sorry for being inconsiderate and I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you yesterday but I still wanted to let you know how proud I am to call you my mother. I love you forever
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takes place in modern times‚ and we know this because there are modern day things like televisions and cars. The story is about a family of 5. Mom‚ dad‚ and three daughters. They seem to have a good relationship overall‚ but we get a sense that something is unusual about their relationship. First of all‚ they have family meetings‚ where they have discussions about what parent is going to be with what child. Dawn‚ the narrator‚ says that these family meetings never really work‚ because the
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“I’m Worried About My Grade” “I’m worried about my grade”‚ is a you tube video that I had to watch. Its about a conversation between a teacher and a lazy student ‚ that thinks his teacher owes him another chance to better his grade. The sad thing about this that it’s the end of the semester and there’s nothing he can do make up his work. But this student keeps pushing the issue of extra credit and make up work thinking it would do him some good. When watching this video the first
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just
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A Mothers Duty It was my first day of class and I was extremely nervous and excited at the same time. I hadn’t been a student in a classroom in over 10 years. I wouldn’t let my nervousness get the best of me though. I had to succeed; if not for me‚ I had to do it for my children. I was all they had now‚ and they were all I had. I wanted my children to grow up and describe their mother as a strong and determined woman. One who would do anything for her children. In the past all they had known is
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The Benefit of English After I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ I understand that the familiarity with the English language affect the authors a lot. All of those three writers share the same attitude that learning English can affect people’s lives. I totally agree with these three writer’s opinions that English can affect people and I think people who live
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