Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Essay

The short essay of “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan emphasizes the different Englishes she uses to communicate with her family and at her professional environment; therefore she explains the differences between non-Standard English and Standard English. Tan views non-standard English as her mother tongue language because her family can communicate better with her. She views Standard English as the formal way to communicate with professional people in a daily basis. English is the formal language in…

Cristina Andronic WRI-101-A 10/20/17 Prof. Siteman Mother Tongue by Amy Tan Language is not the creation of only one person, but it is the work of hundreds of generations. Someone said “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going”. With language, one can describe the past and specify the future. It always the human to communicate his beliefs and emotions. It plays a major role in a personal development. Words are sometimes…

in her essay, Tan has been a victim of linguistic terrorism since she has influenced by her mother. In “Mother Tongue”, she wrote, “I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s ‘limited’ English limited my perception of her”. Amy Tan pointed out that her mother has played such important role in her childhood and affected to who she is. In Amy Tan’s essay, she also talked about few examples that influenced her to be a victim of linguistic terrorism. Tan’s mother didn’t speak…

primary language in the United States of America. Amy Tan the author of “Mother Tongue” talks about how dominant the English language is. In her writings Tan explains that in the early phases of her life, English was a challenging language for her and her mother to understand. As an Asian-American, Tan was stereotyped to become an engineer. Additionally people assume that Asian’s in general cannot excel in English, but they can in mathematics. Tan’s mother could not quite grasp the theory of…

to adapt to the language. In Amy Tan 's essay “Mothers Tongue”, she explains how earlier in her life she expressed disdain for her mother 's “limited English” (Tan 282). Amy felt ashamed, limited in her perception of her mother 's image, and feels her mother 's English dwindled the quality of her thoughts. The fact that “people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her [Tan 's Mother] seriously” (283) make Tan feels ashamed. Tan 's mother would have troubles when…

10726 Donna Spears ENGL 112-51 Fall 2015 Summary/ Amy Tan "Mother Tongue" What rhetorical strategies are used in the essay to depict the notion of time? In Amy Tan’s essay titled "Mother Tongue" the specific general point is the limitations that imperfect English can impose in society and the richness that such English can bring to writing. Tan give details that this idea by analyzing her mother's language, her own use of English and society's response to unlike people's English usage.…

“Mother Tongue” is an essay that is elaborating on exploring the disparate ways in which her mother is defined by others because of her English speaking or “mother tongue.” Mother tongue is the interpretation of the English language person who has not been raised to speak English correctly which has been Amy Tan’s mother. Amy’s mother has not been able to have the opportunity of having the same speaking skills as Amy because her mother has been a Chinese immigrant. Since Amy has had more of the…

Grounded by Language In Mother Tongue, Amy Tan begins her short story by giving the audience prior knowledge that Tan is not a scholar of English and she is not able to give much more than her past knowledge on the English language. She then proceeds to give the readers an idea of how much she is fascinated by language itself and gives it a grading scale from complex english to simple English. Tan presents her short story by giving the readers a recent experience that made her rethink the…

Her mother actualized that her English is limited that’s why she let her daughter Amy response to her calls and pretend to be Mrs. Tan. One day Mrs. Tan get a call from stockbroker in New York that he will send to her cash from her small portfolio they were going to New York the next week but they did not get the money yet so Amy call them and pretend to be he mother because her English was perfectly, her mother was standing in the back and said in a weak voice…

Mitchell and “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan side by side sheds light…