Discussion Questions: Mother Tongue

Posted on October 2, 2018 by j.marin2
  1. Why do you think Amy Tan decided to include the dialogue of the videotaped conversation she had with her mother, “Do Yusong…….nineteen.”?
  2. Do you believe that the struggles Tan’s mother faced are only associated with Asian Americans?
  3. Do you agree that the language spoken at home can have an affect on the results of achievement test scores?
  4. How could one’s perspective towards people having a different “English” change after reading this text?
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