In Tan’s essay Mother Tongue‚ she pointed that we all speak a different language without thinking and we are being categorized by the way we speak. Tan is an imaginary writer who is “fascinated by language in daily life” and uses English language as her daily part in the work. In paragraph 2 and 3 Tan observed experience that made aware of the “Englishes” that she had been using. The first time she had noticed is when she was giving a talk about her book‚ The Joy Luck Club‚ everyone in the audience
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Single Mothers and Higher Education Angela Vallance Liberty University Abstract Every day in America another woman becomes a mother. In an average year 4‚248‚000 women in the United States become mothers (Ventura‚ 2012). “One out of every three American children is born to a single mother” (Single Mothers 2006). With divorces still at 856‚000 a year (Amato‚ 2010) thousands of children are suffering from single parent families. Divorce is not only hard on children but also women. Most women
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just
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agree to this saying. How truly and well said. Down the ages‚ mothers have shaped destinies. I can justify it by saying that the kind of person I am today is just because of my mother. She is my true hero because she suffered for the just cause; she fought cruelty with love and affection. My mother instilled in me the courage to face upto the harsh realities of life. Guided me along the right path. This is what makes my mother different from others. She is my teacher‚ my friend‚ my strength
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1 Why Mother Savage Why Mother Savage takes place in Virelogne during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The narrator retells the story behind the ruins of a thatched cottage. At thirty-three years of age‚ Mother Savage’s son volunteered in the war (on the French side)‚ leaving his mother alone. Mother Savage lived alone in her cottage until the Prussians came one day. Since she was known to have money‚ she had to take four of them. They seemed to be good boys. Since they saw Mother Savage was
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“Mother Tongue” In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan informs the reader of the language barrier matters that she underwent as an Asian American. Various individuals are looked down upon because of their poor english language skills. Tan shared the experience of limitation‚ intimation‚ and the family talk that she had in her life. She feels bad for having a limitations‚ because she was Asian-American. Her mother speaks broken
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Role of mothers at home In the first place‚ every Muslim woman needs such an illuminating way of thinking and intelligent mentality of yours‚ our sister. In fact‚ what you have stated is clear. A Muslim woman’s main role is to care for her house and fulfill the responsibility placed on her shoulder by her Lord. This does not mean that we oppose woman’s work; rather‚ we stress the fact that the main work of a woman is to work in her house. Her product is her children. It is a valuable work indeed
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TEACHING VOCABULARY ON THE TOPIC ENVIRONMENT Contents Introduction p. 3-4 Part 1. General Principles in Teaching Vocabulary p. 5 1.1. What need to be taught p. 5 1.2. Criteria for selecting and vocabulary exercises p. 1.3. Receptive and productive p. 1.4. Grouping of items of vocabulary p. 1.5. The amount of items to teach p. Part 2. Presenting vocabulary p. 2.1. Traditional techniques for presenting vocabulary p. 2.1.1. Visual techniques p. 2.1.2. Verbal
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Mother Teresa‚ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ was born in Skopje‚ Macedonia on August 27th‚ 1910. Mother Teresa was of Albanian descent‚ and by the age of twelve felt a call of God. At eighteen‚ she left her home and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish nuns who held missions in India. After months of training in Dublin she was sent back to India‚ where on May 24th 1931 Mother Teresa took her vows as a nun. From then on until 1948 she taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta. Outside the walls of
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sometimes affects my family. For example‚ my ten years child asked me a while ago why I work and not stand stay at home. I was surprised from the question but after a brief analysis‚ I found what made him think so .The many of my son’s classmates mothers
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