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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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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Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua. Mrs. Chua explained in her essay how Chinese mothers use tactics of obedience‚ discipline and etc. to raise their children in a way that differs the way western parents do. In the beginning of this essay‚ the readers are told that the author Amy Chua‚ Is a professor at a university called Yale Law School and she has two daughters that she raised in her Chinese way. Furthermore‚ the audience read that Mrs. Chua sees herself as a so-called “Chinese Mother” (Chua
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A Literary Analysis on “Mother Tongue” By Demetria Martinez “His nation chewed him up and spat him out like a pinon shell‚ and when he emerged from an airplane one late afternoon‚ I knew I would one day make love with him” (Martinez‚ 3). And so it starts‚ the story of a nineteen year old Mexican- American girl named Mary (Maria; as he only chooses to call her)‚ who helps out and eventually falls in love with Jose Luis Alegria‚ a Salvadoran refugee. Martínez’s story of María is told against
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Social settings in “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan The physical and social settings of “Rules of the Game” create an atmosphere which helps to bring out the true essence of the story [The rest of the paper continues from here] Arora 2 Assignment 2 “Rules of the Game” written by Amy Tan is a short story that focuses on the conflict in identity that Chinese Americans
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that they are portrayed in US media‚ where they get straight A’s‚ aspire to become doctors‚ and have strict parents who starve and beat them. So when I came across the New York Times article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” by Amy Chua‚ it made me wonder‚
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When a person achieves fame‚ they often find themselves changed in a bad way. In the story "The Rules of the Game’’ by Amy Tan Waverly is a character who is changed by fame throughout the story Waverly changes her feeling toward her neighborhood‚ her brother‚ and her mother when becoming famous in chess game. One major change Waverly undergoes in the story is her feeling and involvement toward her neighborhood. Before she became a frequently explores and playing in her neighborhood for example Waverly
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In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan‚ the mothers and daughters share relationships that are complex and unique. Besides being family‚ the women share hopes‚ fears and a culture that extends deep for some and not far for others. On the surface‚ a group that seemingly has so much in common is surprisingly lacking in understanding for the other generation. The communication between the characters is not always clear‚ mixed up by language and generational barriers as well as the "Americanized"
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In the novel Mother Night written by Kurt Vonnegut there are many dramatic and powerful scenes that Vonnegut describes throughout the novel to show the importance they had on Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s life. When Campbell finds out his wife is still alive and is reunited with her‚ beaten on his door step‚ and when he turns himself in. When Campbell talked about his past wife whom he suspected was dead for the past fifteen years it was very apparent that he indeed had a deep love
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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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