Rhetorical Reading Response: Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (1990)‚ which discusses her mother’s way of speaking through “broken English”‚ Tan explores the different “Englishes” that she has come into contact with in her everyday life; these variations have presented struggles in her mother’s life. Tan illustrates this to her audience by giving examples of the struggles her mother was faced with due to “her” English and the many versions of English that surrounds
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English 101 Mother Tongue Amy Tan makes a valid point about the use of different Englishes that are spoken in different places and to certain people. What one says may sometimes vary based on the person‚ situation‚ or event as well. How one speaks and what they pick up on happens in the home and other people see them differently based on the way they speak. Different languages become difficult to translate as well because there isn’t always a similar word in the translating language. Many people
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Impromptu or Extemporaneous Speaking While many of us do not like to speak in front of people‚ there are times when we are asked to get up and say a few words about someone or a topic when we have not planned on saying anything at all. We are more shocked than anyone else. Has this ever happened to you? If and when this does happen to you‚ be prepared to rise to the challenge. Below are some tips you can use the next time you are called on to speak. Decide quickly what your one message will
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different teaching methods than others all the subjects of PEC are in English. PEC is one of the most interested major in Prisma Profesional because it w produces graduate of Prisma Profesional with English skills which are including writing and speaking fluently. As a result‚ all PEC’s subjects concerning with work world and one of the subjects is presentation skill. In the work world‚ presentation skill is so needed by most of companies such as how to present their products‚ how to presentation
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Fluency and Coherence Ability to produce long responses How easily the candidate can produce the long responses The amount of hesitation The speed of speech Use of discourse markers/ linking phrases/ connectives The amount of self-correction Be able and willing to produce long responses to most questions. Produce a range of different linking words/ phrases. Linking phrases are sometimes used incorrectly. Use some ―marker‖ language (eg‚ redundant language). There
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My interest in speaking skill comes from my personal experience of learning English. When I was in high school‚ where we were engaged inpassive learning and instructed mostly about grammar rules for English; I lost interest in English‚ feeling it was just too hard for me. Even though I had a good understanding of English grammar‚ it did not help much. After I got into the university‚ I took a survival English class in a non-intensive institute. There‚ I found another way of learning English. I became
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Not a Native Tongue” English as a second language is an issue now days. Many people that don’t speak or write English‚ life tends to be a bit harsh on them. I personally have experience how difficult it is when one is not born in a family where English is not the native language. I came across two great essays‚ written by Amy Tan and Richard Rodriguez. These two great authors wrote about the challenges they faced while growing up in families that English was not their native tongue. Tan from an
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Based on Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76-81) it is evident that language has an affect on our lives. Language defines the type of person I am generally and it has had an affect on my choices as well as my lifestyle. Language has become my way of seeing life in a different perspective. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76) she discusses the way the language that she was taught affected her life in so many ways. I can definitely relate to Tan’s essay since I as well came from a bilingual home. Like
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They say that for expertise or success in public speaking you must possess these three elements 1.) Content Message packed with practical‚ easy to remember and useful information‚ 2.) Confidence - Knowing that what you share will be valuable and useful‚ and that you are the one to share it‚ and 3.) Connection - You must be able to draw the audience into the message. That’s what brings the laughter‚ the tears‚ and the standing ovations. Having said all this where‚ when‚ why‚ and how do these elements
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familial English which her mother is able to understand even though most people can’t understand this kind of composition. For Tan‚ she was satisfied that her mother could understand it and she will protect the essential of their own language.“Mother Tongue” is a very personal; this essay represents that how the environment and parent’s education affect the writing. Author describes how her mother’s broken English by using many examples‚ make reader more understand about what is her feeling. Moreover
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