I realize this before and after I read this short story, that have been written by Amy Tan, that learning another language benefits you especially if you don't know the native or most spoken language thats being used in a country or a country your trying to move into. It gives you a handicap in the social aspect environment if you don't know the main language thats being use.
In the Amy Tan story "Mother Tongue" explains of her mother verbal skills and the struggle of living in another country with a different language thats being spoken and learning of how to adopt and adapt the language that's being spoken. Well, I could compare this with my parents when they first tried to speak english and, how my mom struggles the most because my dad was always working; so he had to interact and learn how to speak english. Which was hard and confusing to my parents. It also describes how embarrass she felt because in the short story says of her and her mother having a conversation and said "I again found myself conscious of English I was using, the English I do use with her." Which means she had to limit herself of using other english words mainly because of her mother terminology and usage of words and sometimes she wasn't able to express herself correctly with the use of the English language.
This is a succinct summary, Cosme, of Tan's story. This phenomenon of having to learn a new discourse is especially apparent with immigrant families, but I think it happens every time we enter a new environment and have to learn the appropriate language for that community.
ReplyDeleteIt helps to be aware of the language we use and how it changes in different contexts.
Pay attention to the language of the university--there are some pretty fascinating things going on here linguistically and rhetorically!
well i was hoping that i answered your question correctly. sorry that it was short i didn't know what else to write and i'm kind of use to writing to the point because thats what help me go through high school even though my teachers wanted it to be longer but the way i structure my paper alway balance my grade of the paper. I know how to make a summary much longer then what is needed but, i be thinking its pointless because most of the information I be putting in is a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteThink of "stretching" the good and interesting parts and condensing what is necessary information. Which means, of course, that first you have to identify the highlights--the most interesting and important part of your paper. Once you find the highlights, then hopefully you know what to work on--how to structure it, where to say more, what to expand on.
ReplyDeletei have the same problem with my writing sometimes i fee like i am narrow minded.
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