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Around the world, The United States is widely known as a leader in mass media production, like television and movies. There are very few inventions that have affected America as much as the television. Before 1947, the number of TV’s in the US could be measured in thousands, and by the late 1990’s about 98% of homes had at least one television set in it, which were on for on average, more than seven hours a day. The Typical American spends about 3-5 hours watching TV a day. TV became a way for Americans to either escape their lifestyle, relate to it, or keep up with current events. It has become a tool that the US uses to relate to each other

She understood English better than her mother’s native language of Chinese. Tan mentions in her article how she was ashamed of her mother's English. And because of this, she struggled with emotions of shame and embarrassment when having to translating for her mother. Tan wrote, “I spend a great deal of time thinking about the power of language -- the way it can evoke an emotion a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.” “Language is the tool of my trade, and I use them all—all the English’s I grew up with,” Tan should have been proud of her mom for speaking English even if it was considered “broken.” To me, I care for that even if my parents may not always know how to say something correctly, it does not stop them from trying to do things on their own. They learn more every day, not only through me, but also at work, with people around them, and watching TV as well. I am not ashamed of it. In fact, they make me very proud. It is not easy learning a new language. I have also learned to respect people who cannot speak a language properly because I know how it feels since my parents were not born in the United State. My parents were born in Palestine and our religion is Islam, so we speak Arabic. When I was younger, I remember speaking to my parents in English a lot more than Arabic. I would say it in English, and then repeat it in Arabic. Like Tan, I have translated for my parents plenty of times. My parents have their own way of speaking and understanding the English language, and they both have their own accents. Some people take advantage of my mom because her English isn't perfect. But when I listen to my mom English, I can perfectly understand what she is saying. It's not “broken,” it's just different, because she has a different way of thinking, she's use to think in the terms of the Arabic

Amy thinks that her mother's english was perfect and clear. Amy’s mother would have some difficulty and Amy would have to speak on her mother's behalf. There was a time where Amy would have to talk to her mother’s stockbroker and threatened him that she would have to pickup the late check. When Amy’s mother had gotten to her stockbroker's office in New York they were speechless because of the way she spoke. Another time was when she had gotten her CAT Scan and the doctors at the hospital have lost her paper, they didn’t show any sympathy when she had lost her son and husband to the same brain tumor, and they didn’t apologize for losing the CAT Scan in the first place. Plus the hospital said that they cannot release any more information about her tumor until her next appointment, so Amy had to go talk to the doctors about this incident and understand why all of this is all

Amy tan was raised by her Asian mother that she did not speak proper English “broken English”. The strategies that Amy Tan used in the

Before her introduction to the language, she was bitter, angry and stressed all the time as she said “Anger and

years of her life. In those 17 years spent there she learnt how to speak english, and was beaten

Childhood offers many difficult challenges, especially growing up in a family that counts English as a second language. Amy Tan grew up in such a family; including her mother, who spoke substandard English. Tan recalls this in Mother Tongue, where she writes the realization that she possessed multiple types of “Englishes,” she had, professional English full of correct grammar and pronunciation, and her “family talk” informal speech which she shares with her mother and husband. Tan then goes on to explain that people tend to view her mother as less intelligent because of her “broken” English. She recounts many stories in which her mother received inadequate service because she did not speak as clearly as others did. Tan states that she has even received limitations on her learning because of the diluted clarity of her “Mother Tongue.” Tan states that authors possess limitations, but, for a communicator, clarity requires severe attention.

When she describes her mother’s language as being “broken” or “fractured”, it helps the reader to understand how they are being portrayed according to the way they speak. For example, she states that when her mother went to the hospital for an appointment, she had spoken very good English. Unfortunately, she did not understand why the hospital did not apologize when they had lost the CAT scan. This demonstrates that because her mother did not speak really good English, they felt no sympathy for her. Although she explains that her mother reads things such as the Forbes report, and listens to Wall Street Week, she still does not understand how her mother belies how much she actually understands. Also, she sort of criticizes English because it is not precise as math which only has one correct answer. She states that English was not exactly her strong suit. Lastly, the author uses pathos to describe how she thinks her mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting her possibilities in life. For example, Tan states that she does think that the language spoken in immigrant families play a large role in shaping the language of the child, as a reference to the beginning of the story when she says that language is a tool of her

In “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan talks about how family has a big role in shaping our experiences in school; specifically, in English. Tan uses her own experiences with her mother. She states that she had been embarrassed by her mother’s “broken” English and as a result of her learning said “broken” English she had struggled in school which resulted in her teachers steering her more towards math and science.

which influenced her perception of the world and her own English. By revising past occasions

Tan used her mother’s experiences in America and was determined to be a great at the English

Throughout Tan’s life, her mother would always speak English that normally sounds abstruse. For instance, Amy Tan’s mother spoke English like so “Du Yusong having business like fruit stand. Like off-the-street kind”(Tan 490). While this type of English is, in fact, difficult to comprehend, it carried over to the style that Tan speaks. With the thoughts of her mother’s English, Tan started to feel “ashamed of her English”(Tan 491). Even with these strong emotions, she started to develop these strong habits that she gained from her mother. One moment like “Not waste money like that”(Tan 490) showed that Tan develops some habits that she picked up around her mother. Like mother and daughter, her English has become similar to that of her mother’s English. While it may

Unfortunately, when she arrived to the Island there was not much time left for the classes to start; she started school two months after the classes had already started, in that case she was a little behind and it was hard to get along with some of her teachers. For her English class it was hard to

In “Mother Tongue”, the article talks about how a Chinese immigrate was limited, ignore, deny of her right because she could not speaking correct English until her daughter that can speak English come to her aids. Amy Tan communicate about her affection and attraction of language, and how language can recall a feeling, a visual image, and how the language it a device she adopted every day in writing. Tan also take about how she is aware of the diverse ways she uses the English language, she was invited to a program where she have to give a speech about her book to a group of people and trying to use the correct grammar that she has learnt when she was in school, and from books. During Tan speech, she notice that her mother was sitting among

Each of current media product carrying part of American life reality of feeling in themselves. When an international or ESL student has arrives to the United States, has a challenge of integrating into the society. Some are not as much eager for the host culture and some students trying to learn new culture more. For someone who wants to live in a new county learning at least a little bit of new culture is necessary. Learning pop culture definitely helps new comers to adjust to the new system. “recognizing power of pop culture and pervasiveness, teachers in various curriculum areas now incorporate pop culture into the curriculum for educational purposes” (Duff,