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    disturbs your neighbor. We have been taught those actions are inappropriate for that kind of setting. Just like it would be inappropriate to use slang or shorten versions of words we use when texting to write a formal essay. In the story a “Mother’s Tongue

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    SUMMARY FOR MOTHER TONGUE

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    Summary—Mother Tongue Amy Tan considers language a thought-provoking and powerful tool. Her mother‚ an Asian American‚ speaks “Chinglish" all her life‚ which exerts a huge impact on Tan’s language ability. Despite all the misunderstanding and limitation of her mother’s language‚ Tan perceives it as natural‚ intimate and meaningful. When Tan gave a talk to people about her book‚ she realized it was the first time she talked to her mother in standard English‚ which Tan rarely used with her before.

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    Forked Tongue Monologue

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    Forked Tongue Andrew had thought he saw smoke when he filled his jugs from the spring. The old farm had been abandoned for years‚ since the fire that burned the house to the ground. He wondered if what was left of the rotted barn was on fire. Andrew had put down his jugs and started through the line of trees into the field to get a better look. Half way through the acre of dead‚ waist high weeds he stopped. There were two men and a young woman ahead. The woman was laughing and yelled at one

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    For my first choice book‚ I read The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston. In this book‚ there were different chapters‚ which emphasized on different characters. I noticed that all three parts focused heavily on feminism‚ sexuality‚ and success. I noticed it especially in the chapters of “No Name Woman” and “White Tigers”. In the first chapter‚ a daughter listened to the story of how her aunt shamed her entire family. The aunt had an affair with another man after her husband left for America and

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    between government and private English medium schools. In the name of mother tongue the state and the upper caste elite always compel the regional medium of instruction in the policy making. This was one of the current problems in Indian Educational system. This paper can be divided into four parts. The first part will highlight the language policy after Indian Independence. The second part discusses the concept of mother tongue and its importance in the contextualizing of educational discourse in

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    How to Tame a Wild Tongue

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    HOW TO TAME A WILD TONGUE The writer dialogue within relation to a dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Gloria 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 incorporated bits and pieces of several versions of Spanish. The author speaks about people who are neither Spanish nor

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    Mother Tongue By Amy Tan

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    language in writing. This style of duel language writing has become known as one of the most significant and intriguing topics into language processes‚ cultural influence within writing‚ and has created an impact of the educational policy. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan describes the discourse community that she faces as a daughter of Asian immigrant who speaks limited English through a thick accent. She realizes

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    How to Tame a Wild Tongue

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    Natalie Gonzalez 3/14/2007 Gloria Anzaldua‚ author of the article " How to tame a Wild Tongue"‚ expresses very strong views on how she feels her native Chicano Spanish language needs to be preserved in order to maintain cultural unity when used as a private form of communication. Her statement‚ " for a people who cannot identify with either standard (formal‚ Castilian) Spanish‚ nor standard English‚ what recourse is left to them but to create their own language?" suggests that despite the societal

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    Amy Tan's Mother Tongue

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    Introduction 04/20/2013 Introduction There are thousands of languages in the world‚ such as Spanish‚ French‚ Chinese‚ English…However‚ No one can do better job in the second language than their mother language. In the article Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan emphasized her idea that we speak different languages unconsciously and we are categorized by the way we talk. The author talked about her mother who is a Chinese emigrant wanted to provide her daughter a better environment to grow up and

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    -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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