bullied by my peers. Those immature remarks led out loosely caused an abysmal scar within. This gave me the impression that I was inferior. When I turned eleven‚ the lessons being taught were a code that could not be deciphered. Especially during Mother Tongue lessons‚ each character that was taught took me seasons to basically know what it meant. Subjacency and uncertainty was what I thought my life was and will be. Then came this day that was out to change my life forever. It was 20 October 2008
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After reading Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ I realized how many different “Englishes” I have spoken or used‚ as well as how many I have heard in my life-particularly while in the military. For example‚ how I speak with authority figures versus friends‚ and how I speak with my daughter as opposed to “educated” adults. Although the English I speak with friends and coworkers is often filled with slang and swear words‚ I would never speak like that in many other settings. One of those times is‚ when
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MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTIION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT BUKKAR AND KASUR By Muhammad Imran Shah 2009-GCUF-691-233 Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements for the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN LINGUISTICS [pic] DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS GC UNIVERSITY‚ FAISALABAD. December 2011 DECLARATION The work reported in this thesis was carried out by me under the supervision of
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Worrell In Amy Tans "Mother Tongue" the emphasizes on american english‚ views on Amy’s mothers "Broken English". When speaking from amy’s mother tongue she rights using all sorts of different grammatical. When she is addressing an American professional Amy’s english is very proper. Amy views her mothers "broken english as normal. Amy knows her mother is not a dumb lady by any means she understands things like the stock market. Amy is frustrate by how society looks down on her mother as if she is not as
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TOPIC: MOTHER TONGUE – BASED MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION THESIS STATEMENT With all the students having a difficulty in coping with their lessons‚ Mother tongue-based multilingual education may be helpful or not in solving this problem. OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Purpose of Mother Tongue-based Education A. Reasons why the Mother Tongue should be used in primary schools B. Points and ideas about Mother Tongue-based Education III. Target learners of Mother Tongue-based Education IV. Effects of Mother Tongue-based
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Extension: Reflection on Speaking in Tongues Documentary and Multilingual Education Activity In this mono-linguistic culture‚ especially in Nebraska where it is predominantly white‚ many colleagues in the class have never heard of the concept of bilingualism until we viewed a documentary called Speaking in Tongues by California Visions. The film featured four students‚ Durrell‚ Kelly‚ Jason‚ and Julian from four different public schools in San Francisco area. Durell is an African-American second-grader
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become different to us. Each author used their own style when they write their own texts. So‚ the text is different‚ but every author Used Ethos‚ Logos‚ Pathos in their texts. In (“Mother Tongue” and “Intercultural Communication Stumbling Blocks”) and in my visual. Each of us describe the analysis in own ways. Mother Tongue by Amy Tan is person experience article. In this article Amy said ‘’I am not a scholar of English or literature I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English
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short store "Mother Tongue"‚ readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school‚ Tan always excelled in mathematics and science‚ but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact‚ because when I was growing up‚ my mothers limited English
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Mother Tongue I think there are two points in Tan’s essay. One main point is that her mother’s language has the power to shape not only Tan’s identity‚ but also the relationship she has with her mother. Her mother’s language helped shaped the way she saw things‚ expressed things‚ and made sense of the world. Though her mother’s English was broken or limited‚ she had no trouble understanding it‚ because she grew up with this language and she has adapted her mother’s way expression. She took part
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In the article‚ "Mother Tongue" by author Amy Tan‚ she uses its context to persuade readers not "Judge someone’s intelligence by their English" (Tan‚ 20) but instead treat others the way you would want to be treated‚ therefore acceptance is essential because it helps us respect other people who are different than we are‚ to avoid misconceptions about another person‚ and to accept others for who they are regardless different ethnical backgrounds. Acceptance is important‚ because it helps us to respect
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