Question

Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."

Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her. We were talking about the price of new and used furniture and I heard myself saying this: “Not waste money that way.” My husband was with us as well, and he didn’t notice any switch in my English. And then I realized why. It’s because over the twenty years we’ve been together I’ve often used that same kind of English with him, and sometimes he even uses it with me. It has become our language of intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.

How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

Tan discusses the form of language she uses with her family to support the idea that nonstandard English is only appropriate at home.

Tan describes a realization she makes while with her husband to support the idea that nonstandard forms of English are important forms of communication.

Tan compares the English of her childhood with the English of her adulthood to support the idea that adults should use standard English with children.

Tan relates a story about her husband to support the idea that people do not always understand each other, even when they speak the same language.

Answer 1

Amy Tan, is an American writer, who always writes about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Her mother is a Chinese immigrant and she speaks what she calls "non-standard English".

In this excerpt, Tan describes a realization she makes while with her husband to support the idea that nonstandard forms of English are important forms of communication, even if they are well spoken or not. It's the language you feel at ease and comfortable at home with your family.

Answer 2

Tan describes a realization she makes while with her husband to support the idea that nonstandard forms of English are important forms of communication.

Further Explanation:

“Mother Tongue” is an essay that is written by American Novelist Amy Tan and it was originally published in the magazine named “The Threepenny Review” in the year 1990 and this essay tells about the usage of various cadences, versions as well as argots of English language which depend on the context with which someone is using that language. At the starting of this essay, Tan acknowledges that as a writer, she uses the English language as a tool in her work and by doing so, she is able to convey her ideas to the public in a comfortable manner.  

In the later stages of the essay, she realizes that the version of English which she uses with her mother is a kind of broken or shorthand English. She realizes that all her life the English she used to speak and which was taught by her mother was the broken form of English.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Mother Tongue

Subject: English

Keywords: Mother Tongue, English, Tan, Amy Tan, English Language, Manner, novelist, Essay, Acknowledges.