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Limited English

In Amy Tans's short store "Mother Tongue", readers are introduced to Tan who is the
daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school, Tan always excelled in mathematics
and science, but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was
caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up
Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know this for a fact, because when
I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her" (Tan, pg#70). As
time went on Amy accepted her mothers "broken"English and grew to dislike the term "limited
English". Do people judge others based on their inability to speak perfect English? Should one
be required to speak the dominate language of a certain country once they migrate to that
country?
Amy Tan's perception of "limited" English is not a good perception. Tan feels that one
should not be judged......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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