Tan, Amy. “Mother Tongue”. Random House Incorporated August 1997

Mary Anne Lopez

 

Gwendolyn Alley

 

English V02

 

May 10, 2008

 

Tan, Amy, “Mother tongue”. Random house incorporated August 1997

 

 I find this is very interesting on how a Chinese woman spoke in broken English

 

 and how she expressed her thoughts through stories. She was able to give her point

 

a cross or understood by it by giving a detailed stories. Clearly English is not her main

 

language yet she was able to convey it in such a  way she maybe understood. I think

 

every culture has their own perspective of showing or how to express language. Although

 

it is sad to say that she had more hard time expressing when talking to American people. I

 

don’t see anything wrong with it though. American language itself is broken and limited.                           

 

They can speak it well because that is the language they grew up in but then they can’t

 

simply spell and write at times with out a formal education. I think every culture has its

 

differences in language and how it is expressed and understood. People shouldn’t

 

judge people because of how they spoke or  really their message differently than others.  I

 

say do not judge someone’s character or intelligence by the way they speak.