connect with the world. This is a very common problem for people who immigrated to United State from other countries and who grew up under nonnative English-speaking family as a first-generation Asian American. In the article “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ she tells her personal story of how she overcomes her own language obstacles. After I read this article‚ I have different feeling and opinions on the languages that I am speaking. I used to think that language is just a tool or form of communication
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Tan Chong vs. Secretary of Labor Swee Sang vs. The Commonwealth of the Philippines September 16‚ 1947 Jose Tan Chong‚ petitioner and appelle‚ vs. The Secretary of Labor‚ respondent and appellant x--------------------------------------------------------------x Lam Swee Sang‚ petitioner and appellee‚ vs. The Commonwealth of the Philippines‚ oppositor and appellant Facts: - On October 15‚ 1941‚ a decision was rendered in the case of Tan Chong vs. Secretary of Labor‚ whereby
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saying everyone has to be clones of each other; color or race. This is not etiquette. In Amy Tan’s memoir Fish Cheek‚ she touches on this subject by using humor to talk about her embarrassment at her Christmas Eve dinner with the minister’s family. Tan begins by introducing the reader to her inner feelings of her crush and her culture‚ with an optimistic and pessimistic attitude. She feels this way because she has no idea how the minister’s family will think of her strange Chinese culture. So even
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money for an overdue claim only for her mother to go to New York and have him be astonished at the difference of the languages. To everyone else her mother’s broken language was considered useless and wouldn’t get her anywhere. More recent in the story Tan states: her mother had been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and when she went to the doctor’s office‚ the CAT scan was lost and no one seemed concerned with her need to understand her prognosis—having lost a husband and son‚ both to brain tumors
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I think the main point Amy Tan is trying to make in A Mother’s Tongue is that words are more than just words‚ sometimes you have to look behind them and read in between to understand the true meaning. For example‚ her mother did not speak perfect English‚ but the points and ideas she was trying to get across are what really were important. Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. A language can be subdivided into any number of dialects which each vary in some way from
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Amy Tan “Two Kinds” My initial thoughts when I read Amy Tan “Two Kinds” was that the daughter had a negative attitude on how her mother is trying to teach her to be something greater in life. She’s trying to better her daughter‚ but her daughter doesn’t appreciate what her mother is trying to do for her. Amy Tan “Two Kinds” story‚ I can relate to because my parents just wanted the best for me and wanted me to succeed in life. They share similar perspectives to the character parents as well. The
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Hello ladies and gentalmen‚ it’s an honour to be here to review the classic film rabbit proof fence. How would you feel if someone you have never seen before ripped you from your familys arms? Rabbit proof fence surely places the viewers into such a strong postion where they feel like they are one of the kids in the movie. The movie is based of the legit story written by Doris Pilkington Garimara which takes a jab at the issue Aboriginals faced with regards to the stolen generation. When watching
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1) The fence is designed for keeping farmers on one side and the aboriginal people on the other side. The fence is a symbol for racial separation and the movie is called Rabbit Proof Fence because it’s very important for directions and guidance back to Jigalong‚ and also because the tracker and the police uses it for their own purposes‚ but luckily Daisy and Molly travels along the wrong fence in the beginning of their quest for meeting back up with their mom. 2) I thought of the Jigalong depot
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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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After reading “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ I have realized how many variations of English that are actually used today. When I am writing a essay‚ or speaking in front for a audience‚ I try to sound very formal. I use words I normally don’t. But more importantly‚ I structure the way I write or speak differently. Most of the time‚ I don’t focus on the words I put in my sentences‚ or how I structure them‚ I just say it. Like Tan‚ I speak differently with my family compared to when I am speaking to my
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