amy tan mother tongue

Oct 3, 2014 Rachelle 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 smart because Her mothers English is "limited" The passage speaks on how the educational system steers Chinese American away from English and has them focus on Math and engineering.

4. Key Word Sentences

a. Select 4-5 words you think are most important in the text.

"broken" "limited" "simple" "fractured"

b. Write these words into a sentence that makes sense.

American society viewed Amy tans mothers English as "broken" "limited" "simple" "fractured"

c. Repeat this twice more (for a total of e sentences using the words).

Evan though Amy's mothers English was viewed as "broken" "limited" "simple" or "fractured", Amy Tan wrote her books as if her mother were her audience.

"Broken" "limited" "simple" "fractured" are words used to describe the english of amy's mother.

A SUMMARY OF AMY TAN MOTHER

TONGUE

d. Evaluate the three versions and write which is most accurate and tell why.

Even though Amy's mothers English was viewed as "broken" "limited" "simple" or "fractured", Amy Tan wrote her books as if her mother were her audience.

It helped me further understand the text because it gave me Amy's prospective on her mothers english.

7. Anticipate the audience. Write about the author's intended audience and what clues you used from the text to help you...