The Use Of Language In Amy Tan's 'Mother Tongue'

In the story "Mother Tongue" the author Amy Tan talks about the "languages" that she uses to communicate with her mother and also to the people. Tan is adore by the language and she said that she loves language and she enjoys it. "I am someone who always loved language, I am fascinated by language in daily life" (Tan, 358). In the story Tan talks about her mother 's English which she calls "broken". Her mother is Chinese immigrant who doesn 't speak English very well. That was one reason when Tan was young she used to make a phone calls for her mother to avoid misunderstanding and solve some problems. Although Tan speaks perfect English, with her mother she speaks only "simple" English. But the language she uses with her husband and her audience is different. Like Amy Tan, I

As a parent I understand that children are like sponges they are taking everything from family, from school and from the street. "I think my mother 's English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well. Sociologists and linguists probably will tell you that a person 's developing language skills are more influenced by peers" (Tan, 361). The authors ' word looks like my thoughts because I am always afraid to direct my children in wrong way to learn English. I try to teach them, and besides they teach me a lot with it. They are always telling me the right way to say something, how to explain some situation, how to write right some words and finally how to pronounced more words. When I first time read the Tans ' story, "...she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she" (Tan,360), I could remember how my son talked form me on the phone and how funny it was that I am a lady and my son would talk for me. But I am thankful for my son because at that time he was a big