on the way people view others. The term “broken english” is used to describe someone who doesn’t have good english. If they have heavy accents‚ or don’t say things as a native english speaker would‚ we are quick to judge. In Amy Tan’s article “Mother Tongue”‚ she talks about how the term “broken english” isn’t a fair term. In the discussion on week 4‚ Lilia Reynaga said the following about broken english‚ “I don’t like the term broken English I know people use it often when they mention someone’s
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Karim‚ saad THE TONGUE THE TONGUE is one of the important parts of your body THE TONGUE is a muscle; the tongue is really made up of many groups of muscles. (They’re the strongest muscles in your body) These muscles run in different directions. The most flexible part in the tongue is the front part and working a lot‚ working with the teeth to create different types of words. This part also helps you eat by helping to move food around your mouth while you chew. Your tongue pushes the food
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national or international language‚ it is recommended that children experience at least five to eight years of education in their mother tongue while gradually being introduced to other dominant languages (Thomas & Collier‚ 2002 in Oredina‚ et al 2015). The strategy of beginning school in the first language and eventually adding other languages is commonly called Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education‚ or MTB-MLE. A UNESCO report (Baron‚ 2012) on the importance of language to the Millennium Development
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Mother Tongue Summative Task Part One (Questions One and Two) 1. Discuss the significance of the following statements in the essay: a) “And I use them all—all the Englishes I get up with.” Point Form: This statement is important because it tells the reader how important the dialect of her mother is to her. It also shows the reader how all the dialects and languages you listen to affect the way you speak. It highlights the differences in our speech patterns and the different dialects we use in
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Reader Response 1: Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Discusses the way she and her mother use English to communicate. Give specific examples from the reading to explain their interactions in English. The main purpose of this paper is to focus on the linguistic differences and the challenges of cultural translation as a barrier‚ on the other hand the power of storytelling as a bridge. Amy Tan wants to let the reader know that languages influence our lives. Tan discuses in the story the difference between the
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has in the past.” Huntington is suggesting that immigrants are making it difficult for the American people who are trying to find out who they are as a person. This can be seen in Richard Rodriguez’s argument “Blaxicans” and Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” because they both talk about how immigrants have affected their identity by giving anecdotes about their life. For example‚ Rodriguez says that because he lived in a Chinese community‚ he considered himself Chinese‚ he considers China his home
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[THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE ON LEARNİNG SECOND LANGUAGE] -THE MOTHER TONGUE AS A VİTAL POINT- The language is the most important tool in human life to survive.We use language in order to inform the people around us of what we feel‚ what we desire‚ and understand the world around us. We communicate effectively with our words‚ gestures‚ and tone of voice in a multitude of situation. Not only is it a means of communicating thoughts and ideas‚ but it
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I. Introduction Background of the Study Before we discuss the so-called Gullas bill or the proposed act strengthening and enhancing the use of English as a medium of instruction‚ let’s get a backgrounder on the state of education in the Philippines. For every 100 children that start grade one in our country‚ only 65 will reach Grade 6‚ the others having dropped out along the way (with 18 of the dropouts occurring between Grade 1 and Grade 2). What this means is that even before these children
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Summary for Amy Tan ’s "Mother Tongue" The essay is chiefly about the writer ’s own rumination and judgment about how "broken English" compared to Standard English. Moreover it came to her sense that language not only "authorizes" individuals to participate as members of a designated community‚ it is also a essential key in enabling individuals to establish and define the dimensions of their identity. Though a lover of language and an erudite lover of language she is‚ she has never recognized this
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In Tthe story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a Chinese immigrant of English language writer‚ starts beingsher essay by with the author stating that while she is not a scholar of English literature‚ but she is trying to give express her personal opinions about regarding English language and how fascinating the language is for hershe finds the language. In addition‚ she explains that language is becomes a powerful tool to evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth. Furthermore
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