After reading the narrative “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. It can be said that it is an engaging 1st person narrative where the author utilized some of her different memories to connect with the audience. At times explaining her feelings of sadness and embarrassment to strengthen her points. Thus‚ creating an emotional piece that had me connected with every sentence. I experienced a sense of empathy. The narrative started at the present time with a memory where the writer found herself speaking to a
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In the essay ‘Mother Tongue’ (Tan 1990) it is portrayed that Amy Tan is an Asian American writer. She comes from a cultural background where English is not the main language spoken. This reflected her upbringing as she was raised in a country where English was the first language. This experience reflected her relationship within the language and her daily life. Amy Tan perceives language as ‘’The way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex ideal or a simple truth.’’ (Tan‚ 1990‚ pg.1) This
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In the article Tan shares how growing up with a mother who speaks very little English has shaped her life. Tan explains how she uses different Englishes when talking with different people. She makes her argument for the power of different Englishes by showing examples from her life and how the different ways the people close to her spoke influenced her life. Tan’s position is that she loves language and how it is used to impact people’s lives or change the way they think. Tan was determined to become
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Mother tongue instruction Language is used by all as a means of learning‚ communicating and understanding. As a teacher‚ one would do their best to accommodate their learners‚ even if this means to teach in a language that would be best suited to them. As a rainbow nation with eleven official languages‚ South Africa’s diverse cultures are known throughout the world. Many of the inhabitants are either bilingual or multilingual which may pose problems when it comes to education. The preferred language
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Amy Tan’s excerpt Mother Tongue focuses on her use of different Englishes when she was surrounded by different people. When surrounded by strangers‚ Tan spoke fluently in grammatically sophisticated English. However‚ Tan referred to the English she used with her mother as being a broken down‚ limited version of the English language. Despite this description‚ Tan didn’t entirely agree with what these chosen adjectives suggested about her mother’s English & intelligence. Tan’s description of the different
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identify certain groups of people‚ but what happens whenever a certain group’s language doesn’t meet the “standards” of the usual American way of using language? Many problems arise. The authors‚ Amy Tan‚ who wrote “Mother Tongue”‚ Gloria Anzaldua‚ who wrote “How to Tame a Wild tongue”‚ and David Sedaris‚ who wrote “Me talk pretty one day”‚ all support a common argument that shows the linkage of identity and language. Because language is both part of identity and used to convey identity‚ ridiculing
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Disadvantages of using the mother tongue However‚ it is just this kind of tendency that could lead to the development of an excessive dependency on the students’ mother tongue (Harbord‚ 1992) by both teachers and students. Consequently‚ students lose confidence in their ability to communicate in English: They may feel that the only way they would understand anything the teacher says is when it has been translated‚ or they use their mother tongue even when they are perfectly capable of expressing
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Analysis Paper One The essay is mainly about the writer’s own reflection and judgment about how broken English compared to Standard English. Sense Amy Tan knows many languages that her mother does not‚ this skill give Amy more power over her mother in the knowledge using literacy. It is also an essential key in enabling herself to establish and define her dimensions of other identities and types of languages. According to Amy she did not realize how we use different languages or different tones
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Shukree Abdul-Rashed English 101 Mrs. Rabe September 5‚ 2012 Mother Tongue “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan is an essay discussing how English-speakers inaccurately associate language with not only words/vocabulary but also educational stature. “ ‘Mother Tongue’ shows us that rather than becoming accustomed to English‚ we should recognize and embrace our ‘mother tongue.’ The language we use is so powerful it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or simple truth.” Amy Tan indicated
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Mother-tongue Education in South Africa - Andrew Foley Introduction The question of mother-tongue education in South Africa remains a vexed one. On the one hand‚ it seems reasonable and desirable that learners should be able to receive education in their mother-tongue‚ if they so wish. On the other hand‚ there are some very real difficulties involved in the implementation of this ideal. The purpose of this paper is to clarify what these difficulties are‚ and then to suggest what
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