Mother Tongue The essay I want to write on is Mother Tongue‚ which is written by Amy Tan. This article recalls me some adversities when the first few days I came to the United States. Amy is an ethnic Chinese writer who was born and living in United States. She was faced with language problem during her life. In this essay‚ Amy Tan talks about her mother’s broken grammar and the dialogue in English without grammar between her mother and her. But when Amy talks with other people‚ gives a speech‚
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The Benefit of English After I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ I understand that the familiarity with the English language affect the authors a lot. All of those three writers share the same attitude that learning English can affect people’s lives. I totally agree with these three writer’s opinions that English can affect people and I think people who live
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Rodriguez’s “Public and Private Language‚” Amy Tan’s “The Language of Discretion‚” and Itabari Njeri’s “What’s in a Name?” each described language‚ ethnicity‚ and identity respectively. In “Public and Private Language‚” Richard tells a story of a Spanish-speaking child who gained various positive benefits and advantages by speaking more English. However‚ they grew apart as his family began to speak less Spanish with one another. In this essay‚ the power of language greatly influenced his public and private
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Since 1983 public education has been an issue in America. The system has been constantly changing every year with reforms. This constant change has been driven by the American people’s perception that education has declined and something should be done about it. First there was an increased emphasis on basic skills‚ making school years longer and more graduation requirements. Second‚ many began focusing on increasing teachers professionalism. Third‚ they began restructuring many things such as how
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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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A Brief History of Alternative Education by Ron Miller Why are there "alternative" schools? Our system of public schooling was first organized in the 1830’s to provide a common‚ culturally unifying educational experience for all children‚ yet from the very beginning‚ certain groups of educators‚ parents‚ and students themselves have declined to participate in this system. Their reasons are various‚ and the forms of schooling--and nonschooling--that they have chosen instead are equally diverse
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103515125 李家均 Call 1: Arturo and Jettrin Host: Good morning‚ world. This Is Millicent McKay in Brussels with today’s worldwide Cultural Literacy Update. If you’re new to the program‚ here’s the format: In this studio‚ three people take your phone calls and answer your questions about etiquette in their countries. Today’s guests are Jettrin from Thailand‚ Nadia from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates‚ and Sujeet from Nepal. We’re all first-name here‚ so let me welcome Jettrin‚ Nadia‚ and Sujeet.
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by the public or a private company. Each side has very similar and different responsibilities that play a big part in law enforcement. Each area has their advantages and disadvantages as well. The first private police organization was started by Allen Pinkerton in 1855 known as Northwest Police Organization. Private security is basically run as contract services. Organizations and people contract private security for protection of personnel and property. Guard services‚ private investigators
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making individual‚ whereas the mother depends on the father and obliged to respect his interest and rules. Thus‚ the mother has less writes and limited authority in the family. Limitation of authority leads the children to undermine and disrespect the mother. The other problem of unequal authority is the daughters in the family could develop inferiority complex against the sons and the daughter’s self-esteem could be affected. Because of the problems above the mother and daughters could be unhappy
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Mercator International Symposium: Europe 2004: A new framework for all languages? The right to mother tongue medium education-the hot potato in human rights instruments Address by Dr. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas in Opening Plenary "As long as we have the language‚ we have the culture. As long as we have the culture‚ we can hold on to the land." ------------------------(pg. 1) In an article called "Justice for sale. International law favours market values"‚ Mireille DelmasMarty (2003) discusses the
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