In the article‚ Adapted from Battle of Hymn of the Tiger Mother the author Amy Chua’s intent is to describe the differences between Chinese and Western parenting styles. She begins by explaining her personal parenting style and although her parenting style brings controversy it also demonstrates what a parent will do in order to help their children be successful. After all‚ a parent’s true purpose is to do what is best for their children. Is Chua harming her children or is she setting them up for
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comfortable even with the language barrier. Learning English or even a new language‚ I found it challenging because it appears there was always more than one answer while also wary of following the correct grammatical format. For Amy Tan‚ the author of Mother Tongue‚ she too confronts with difficulties in understanding the English language. Tan is convinced of this fact through her standardized test scores on the achievement test‚ IQ tests‚ and her SAT. She found that on
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“Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a famous Asian-American writer whose works focus a lot on mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese American experience. She grew up with a Chinese mother who spoke broken‚ or limited‚ English that was difficult for many people to understand. Amy Tan thinks because her mom spoke English differently‚ this caused Tan to speak English differently too. In her article‚ she talks about how language has the power to help shape the way people saw things‚ expressed things‚
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Chapter 2: Ann’s Mother: (Maiden name) Irene Fitzpatrick About eight years before Ann was born‚ her mother‚ Irene‚ and her family‚ came to America from Dublin Ireland‚ and moved into the most posh and expensive neighborhood of New York City. The prosperity of the Fitzpatrick family came from the Mother’s side of the family‚ as they were quite successful in the freight shipping business. Although the Fitzpatrick’s possessed substantial wealth‚ they were Irish and were looked down upon by their
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Amy Tan’s excerpt Mother Tongue focuses on her use of different Englishes when she was surrounded by different people. When surrounded by strangers‚ Tan spoke fluently in grammatically sophisticated English. However‚ Tan referred to the English she used with her mother as being a broken down‚ limited version of the English language. Despite this description‚ Tan didn’t entirely agree with what these chosen adjectives suggested about her mother’s English & intelligence. Tan’s description of the different
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An Argument for Using Native Language in the Classroom In the essay “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan describes the limited English skills of her mother‚ a Chinese immigrant‚ noting that “my mother had long realized the limitations of her English” **Tan citation here**. Tan goes on to describe how her mother had to compensate for these limitations throughout her life. This is the experience of many immigrants to the United States‚ who struggle to learn a new language while adapting to life in a new country
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Why My Mother is Inspiring to Me Growing up as a child I watched my mom strive not to be perfect‚ but to succeed at almost everything she tried to get her hands on. She was never afraid to believe in herself in every undertaking she attempted. My mother made sure she was always in positive spotlight no matter if it was in front of her family or a group of strangers. She is always looking out for others whether she needs to or not. When I look at my mom it makes me not only want to be a good person
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Name: Rahat Ahmed Subject: English 125 Amy Chua’s “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” had created a great controversy around the world. Many writers around the world wrote about her book and criticized her for her parenting methods. Most of the authors raised questions about Chua’s parenting methods. While reading journals‚ newspapers‚ and articles I noticed that most of the authors discussed how harsh parenting method is not the way to raise a child. When parents become strict to their
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In “Mother and Daughter” by Gary Soto‚ a girl named Yollie had an 8th grade dance‚ and things didn’t seem to go the way they planned. That itself contrasts the mother and daughter viewpoints and creates a sense of tension. Since‚ Mrs. Moreno and Yollie had just crossed the border from their old country‚ times were very different for them. Mrs. Moreno was trying to provide for the family so her daughter wouldn’t necessarily have to worry about anything in the long run. Mrs. Moreno didn’t have enough
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From the article “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ I realize that language nowadays is very important because it is the only way to communicate with many other people. We born in many different places and learn many different language since born. She is telling us that she is Chinese and majoring in English language‚ but most of Chinese people tends to learn engineering or math related major. She also feel that she is better in math and science than English‚ but she enjoy challenges and choose the opposite
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