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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March 2013 Mother Tongue‚ by Amy Tan Summary: In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ she narrates how her mother’s “broken” English affect her life and her career choices. She talked about the “kind of English” her and her family uses all the time. Tan mentioned her difficulties and struggles she had to deal with‚ when she was in school because her English wasn’t perfect. For her‚ learning English wasn’t easy. It wasn’t her strongest point. She was complimented with how well she does with Math
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paved from matriarchal to patriarchal‚ the status of women decreased as time goes. In the Woman Warrior and Waylaid‚ Maxine Hong Kingston and Ed Lin both agree that women in China have been treated badly‚ because they are an inferior gender and have to be obedient‚ but authors have drastically different views on the status of women in the American society. Maxine Hong Kingston argues that after coming to the United States‚ Chinese women have lowered their statuses‚ because the isolations from the mainstream
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Generation Z In “Get Ready for Generation Z‚” Anne Kingston explores the new generation‚ Generation Z and the impact the youth has created on a large scale. The generations are systematically grouped by their age and have identified characteristics that make them different from their counterparts‚ usually constructed from social conditions. Generation Y and Generation Z will be the dominant groups in terms of people part of the workforce in the years to come‚ so the dynamics and characteristics
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How To Recover Deleted/Lost Data From Kingston Technology Flash Card There is a vast change in using the technologies nowadays. In current times people are much focused in using the external or removal USB drives or memory cards to store their data‚ pictures and music or video files. People nowadays do not use the printed copies to store their vital and significant documents rather they prefer to use the memory cards to create backups. But there comes an instance of protecting these valuable pieces
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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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Language is more than just a means of communication; it is part of one’s culture‚ identity‚ and self-expression. In the essay “How To Tame A Wild Tongue” written by Gloria Anzaldua expresses the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Anzaldua who is a Chicano talks about how Chicanas have problems expressing their feelings‚ since they lack a native language. Instead it is a product of several languages‚ and their language Chicano Spanish has
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Books for mother tongue education In 1999‚ UNESCO decided to launch an International Mother Language Day (IMLD) to be observed throughout the world each year on 21 February. This celebration is designed to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education‚ to highlight greater awareness of the importance of mother tongue education. Multilingualism is a source of strength and opportunity for humanity. It embodies our cultural diversity and encourages the exchange of views‚ the renewal
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Tongue Sensitivity and the Sense of Taste There are five senses which people are able to possess; the sense of seeing‚ hearing‚ touching‚ smelling‚ and tasting. The sense of taste may be the weakest of the five senses‚ but it is very important‚ as it helps us to perceive flavors and distinguish what it is we taste. A series of taste buds and nerves in the tongue help by sending messages to the brain which helps us to recognize the taste of food and drinks. Taste buds are located on the tongue
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