-Mother Tongue – The Story of the English Language Around the planet‚ English is one of the most commonly used languages. Whether it’s in daily life or in translations‚ it is a universal language. English has been seen around the world for thousands of years‚ maybe not as the English we know and speak today‚ but it is an original form of the language. Major historical events occurred which resulted in the change of English‚ also creating many varieties of the English language‚ and how it is used
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Mother Tongue is a story about a mother-daughter relationship between the writer and her mother and the difficulties that they had to face as immigrants in a foreign country. The story also centers around the difficulties that her mother had with English and how she evolved her own dialect that later became part of their relationship. At the beginning of the story‚ Tan makes it clear that she was not much of an enthusiast of English making her claim that she was no expert on English. “I am not a
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Film Response #1 “American Tongues” Synopsis: The video American Tongues is a documentary‚ illustrating the aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form
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Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others. I am a writer. And by that definition‚ I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language -- the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth. Language is the
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Public Speaking Speech When you are driving a car there is one thing that is more dangerous than listening to the radio. It is talking and texting while driving a car. This is why people are trying to ban the use of cell phones while driving. Using cell phones causes more accidents while driving. There are 3 things that you can do to prevent accidents. Putting the phone in another spot in the car so you won’t be tempted to use it. Leave the phone in your purse/pocket. And last you just
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After reading the strongly written “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ it shows a great deal of strength from the Asian American culture. Throughout the reading it showed how hard it was and still is for Asian Americans to work through the difficulties of the English language. The essay talked first about the different languages of English that this young lady learned and used through her life. The second part was about the difficulties that she had through school because English wasn’t here strongest subject
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1. The university is planning to spend a huge amount of money on building a new sports complex because they want to draw the attention from more high-level students. And also‚ they are really hoping to strenthen the tie between the university and the local community. But the woman thinks it’s a terrible idea. She thinks that spending money in such places as the library and cafetiria‚ which top students obviously care more about‚ is a much better choice compared with wasting it on building sports
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SPEAKING QUESTIONS Where are you living? - Is it a house or an apartment? - Do you have a favorite room in the house? - What does make your house pleasant? - Is drawing important for an adult? - Do you find it difficult to draw? Cue Card Talk about a job that you would like to have. You should say - What is it? - What skills are needed for it? - Why did you choose it? Discussion - What can you say about those who change their profession? - What do you think are the disadvantages/advantages of changing
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Mother Tongue: The Struggles of Communication Communication is arguably the most essential and powerful part of everyday life. Societies ability to run smoothly‚ efficiently and benefit as many people as possible‚ hinges greatly on communication and how effectively it is used. We need to communicate to get new and innovative ideas across‚ to state opinions‚ to sort our arguments and most importantly‚ to better understand those around us. The short story Mother Tongue by Amy Tan addresses the reality
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Effectiveness of mechanical tongue cleaning on oral levels of volatile sulfur compounds RAINER SEEMANN‚ ANDI KISON‚ MOZHGAN BIZHANG and STEFAN ZIMMER J Am Dent Assoc 2001;132;1263-1267 The following resources related to this article are available online at jada.ada.org ( this information is current as of August 21‚ 2010 ): Updated information and services including high-resolution figures‚ can be found in the online version of this article at: http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/full/132/9/1263
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