Shukree Abdul-Rashed English 101 Mrs. Rabe September 5‚ 2012 Mother Tongue “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan is an essay discussing how English-speakers inaccurately associate language with not only words/vocabulary but also educational stature. “ ‘Mother Tongue’ shows us that rather than becoming accustomed to English‚ we should recognize and embrace our ‘mother tongue.’ The language we use is so powerful it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or simple truth.” Amy Tan indicated
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in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways in which the language that she was taught affected her life. Throughout the story‚ she describes her relationship with her mother‚ who speaks “broken” English‚ and how her perception of language has changed due to her mother. Whenever Tan
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Mother-tongue Education in South Africa - Andrew Foley Introduction The question of mother-tongue education in South Africa remains a vexed one. On the one hand‚ it seems reasonable and desirable that learners should be able to receive education in their mother-tongue‚ if they so wish. On the other hand‚ there are some very real difficulties involved in the implementation of this ideal. The purpose of this paper is to clarify what these difficulties are‚ and then to suggest what
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From Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ it is evident that language has an effect on our lives. Language defines the type of person I am generally and it has had an effect on my choices as well as my lifestyle. Language has become my way of seeing life in a different perspective. In “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan discusses the many ways in which the language that she was taught affected her life. I can definitely relate to Tan’s essay because I too come from a bilingual home. Like Amy Tan‚ I have intelligent immigrant
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Analysis Paper One The essay is mainly about the writer’s own reflection and judgment about how broken English compared to Standard English. Sense Amy Tan knows many languages that her mother does not‚ this skill give Amy more power over her mother in the knowledge using literacy. It is also an essential key in enabling herself to establish and define her dimensions of other identities and types of languages. According to Amy she did not realize how we use different languages or different tones
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Mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) is a formal or nonformal education‚ in which the children’s mother tongue is used in the classroom as a bridge in learning Filipino and English. Children begin their education in a language they understand‚ their mother tongue‚ and develop a strong foundation in their mother language. The purpose of a multilingual education program is to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to operate equally in different languages
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In the essay ‘Mother Tongue’ (Tan 1990) it is portrayed that Amy Tan is an Asian American writer. She comes from a cultural background where English is not the main language spoken. This reflected her upbringing as she was raised in a country where English was the first language. This experience reflected her relationship within the language and her daily life. Amy Tan perceives language as ‘’The way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex ideal or a simple truth.’’ (Tan‚ 1990‚ pg.1) This
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Mother Tongue Summery In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue” Amy Tan talks about her life growing up in a bilingual household. In the begging Amy Tan talks about how much she has always loved language and the different “Englishes” she grew up with. She goes on to talk about her experience with having a mother who spoke “broken” English by giving examples of having to pretend to be her mother over the phone to stock brokers. The author explains that in the begging she felt that her mother’s limited English
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In the story “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan both authors write about their experiences and struggles as a bilingual child. In “Aria” and “Mother Tongue” they describe their private language as an expression of intimacy with their loved ones. Growing up at one point they felt embarrassed and ashamed of their parents inability to speak English fluently. Tan writes “My mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English‚” (Tan 543). They
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Mercator International Symposium: Europe 2004: A new framework for all languages? The right to mother tongue medium education-the hot potato in human rights instruments Address by Dr. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas in Opening Plenary "As long as we have the language‚ we have the culture. As long as we have the culture‚ we can hold on to the land." ------------------------(pg. 1) In an article called "Justice for sale. International law favours market values"‚ Mireille DelmasMarty (2003) discusses the
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