Englishes I grew up with.” (Tan‚ 1) is the fact that language is the “tool of her trade”‚ meaning she uses it on a daily basis to preform her daily work and accomplish tasks. The different types of English‚ being proper or broken English‚ are useful to a writer because she can use them to work to create meaning with certain audience members‚ whether it be her mother‚ who uses more limited English‚ or an academic paper‚ which uses proper‚ academic English. The fact that as a writer‚ Tan still uses both forms
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Are we losing our Mother-Tongue? It is‚ and it’s getting worse. In an increasingly urbanised India‚ mother-tongues are under siege and facing a sustained attack from the three Ms of migration‚ market and mixed marriages. The mother tongue is the true vehicle of the mother wit. Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas. But the mother tongue is one in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in
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themes such as responsibility‚ the pressure to succeed‚ and the loss of innocence. A theme that is especially prevalent in Amy Tan’s short story‚ “Two Kinds‚” is identity. There is a discernable conflict between who the narrator wants to be and who her outside influences want her to be. Arguably‚ no greater pressure can come from that of one’s parents. In “Two Kinds‚” the mother is the primary source of the narrator’s‚ or the daughter’s‚ identity crisis. To develop the theme of identity‚ the author
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Issues on Mother Tongue as a medium of Instruction These changes in curricular content and focus emanate from the bill’s intention to do away with the bilingual policy and to affirm mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). The bill provides that for kindergarten and from Grades 1-3‚ the regional or native language of the learners shall be used for instruction‚ teaching materials and testing. From Grades 4-6‚ there shall be a language transition plan so that Filipino and English are
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Raymond Chandler‚ a fiction writer‚ once said‚ "The most durable thing in writing is style." True‚ the style is often defined as one of the most important elements in writing. In Amy Tan’s novel‚ "The Joy Luck Club"‚ the style significantly contributes to the development of both the tone and the theme of the influences that a mother can have on her daughter. The author effectively portrays the somber tone and the theme by using a concise style of diction‚ images‚ details‚ language‚ sentence structure‚ point
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In both essays‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” written by Richard Rodriguez‚ the two types of language used by bicultural people are distinguished: private and public. Moreover‚ both articles illustrate the challenge of expressing complete thoughts with limited English and it influences on a bilingual growing child. The first one‚ as Rodriguez describes‚ “The words would come quickly‚ with ease. Conveyed through those sounds was the pleasing‚ soothing‚ consoling
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new ones is a very stressful undertaking. Amy Tan is a daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother‚ who believes in the American dream. Her mother went through some difficult
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Concise Summary of Case - Anthony Tan was one of the most wanted men as he was allegedly charged for murder of Bosnian refugee and Rebels bikie‚ Edin “Boz” Smajovic. After 2 years building an export business in Vietnam‚ he read a media report from NSW‚ describing him as one of the state’s most wanted men. He was unaware for 2 years of the police hunt for him. He immediately got on the phone‚ first his lawyer‚ then to an airline. He was more than willing to return to Australia to fight his allegations
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In traditional Chinese culture‚ many judgments were made about a person just by observing their sex. The woman was looked upon as an inferior being and she had little or no status in society. Furthermore‚ very little was expected from women and they were discriminated against when they tried to stand up for themselves. Chinese culture was customarily male dominated; the male was expected to do most of the work‚ and the woman was expected to stay at home. Chinese women feel like no one cares and it
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In the short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ with the use of epiphany and turning points the reader is able to see the protagonist’s growth and change in personality throughout the story. The protagonist‚ Jing-Mei and her mother emigrated from China to the US‚ thus the family struggled in adapting to the new culture and lifestyle. Heavily influenced by the opportunities and hopes with a new life in US‚ Jing-Mei’s mother wanted Jing-Mei to become a prodigy like the other girls on television. Jing-Mei
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