Discussion Questions: Mother Tongue

Posted on October 3, 2018 by e.chen11
  1. How does having different types of “English” help her to develop as a writer?
  2. Amy Tan incorporated several anecdotes, for example, the CAT scan, in her essay, what roles does it take in the essay?
  3. What was Amy Tan’s perspective on broken or “limited” English? How did it change over time?
  4. What does it reveal about Tan’s mom when Tan said that her mom reads the Forbes report, listens to Wall Street Week, reads challenging books, etc? How does it change the readers’ impression on her mom?
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