https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a Made with mirth en-us 2020-10-15 12:53:22 UTC 2020-10-16 14:39:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835645692 “I wanted to capture what language ability tests can never reveal: her intent, her passion, her imagery, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts”]]> 2020-10-16 14:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835645692 kirtimoteka1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646082 I think this essay is about how our languages shape our world, especially our mother tongue. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646082 angelatatsch13 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646103 All individuals can think, but everyone expresses their thoughts in different ways, sometimes leading others to believe an individual is inferior due to differing mannerisms.]]> 2020-10-16 14:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646103 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646777 ¨English is the tool of my trade, and I use them all¨]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835646777 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835647326 I think this essay is about the author's personal experience with linguistic discrimination. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835647326 calemorrow1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835647360 I think that this essay is about how no matter how the language is communicated it should be equal to the ones being spoken around it.]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835647360 kirtimoteka1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835648436 "That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world." ]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835648436 katesanchez1_1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835648727 "But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited English speaker."]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835648727 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835649220 the type of lanugage you speak does not reflect your mental capabilities or the maturity of your thoughts]]> 2020-10-16 14:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835649220 kirtimoteka1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652005 Even within a language, there are many different structures and variations that make a language more separate and personal to you. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652005 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652050 Language has a great impact in identity and says a lot about an individual’s character and culture. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652050 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652454 language is simply a tool to express thoughts, not a reflection of your thoughts]]> 2020-10-16 14:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835652454 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835654010 I think this essay is about how the language you speak growing up shapes your experiences later in life.]]> 2020-10-16 14:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835654010 calemorrow1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835655174 "Language is the tool of my trade"]]> 2020-10-16 14:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835655174 angelatatsch13 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835655484 "Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped me shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world."]]> 2020-10-16 14:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835655484 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835657761 "Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me." ]]> 2020-10-16 14:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835657761 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659000 "Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of disproving assumptions made about me."]]> 2020-10-16 14:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659000 calemorrow1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659188 Is that no matter if the person or language is different from the status quo they should be treated with the same respect that the rest of society gets because in their mind their mother tongue is just as vivid and direct as yours.]]> 2020-10-16 14:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659188 shivanipingle1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659652 " I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers "limited" English limited my perception of her..." I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect."]]> 2020-10-16 14:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835659652 angelatatsch13 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835660292 I believe this essay was written for the author to express her experiences and thoughts on language barriers and language discrimination.]]> 2020-10-16 14:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835660292 katesanchez1_1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835660774 You don’t know how people feel to have their mother tongue in a way not accepted or put down, until you have lived through it. And many people saw the authors mom differently but the author was thankful for her mom and learned that her experience helped her see things from a different perspective.]]> 2020-10-16 14:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835660774 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835662154 I believe that Amy Tan's purpose was to show the reader that we as a society equate education with the way a person speaks. When a person speaks broken english, we jump to the conclusion that they are uneducated or lesser than. Instead of taking into account their life experiences and struggles, we dismiss them. The author was trying to prove that a person's language is not an accurate representation of their knowledge. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835662154 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835663706 "Apart from what any critic had to say about my writing, I knew I had succeeded where it counted when my mother finished reading my book and gave me her verdict: "So easy to read"."]]> 2020-10-16 14:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835663706 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835664123 The author explains that one should not shy away from their own mother tongue language out of shame. Rather, one should embrace his mother tongue language and stay connected to his cultural roots.]]> 2020-10-16 14:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835664123 katesanchez1_1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835664804 I feel like the main purpose of the essay was to explain "why there are not more Asian Americans represented in American literature." and the author goes on to explain that the presence of a mother tongue other than English in their family, may lead to their Asian Americans students English to be affected, therefore affecting their understanding in literature. Which therefore, makes them want to pursue a future in which English isn't involved, such as math, and in a way giving up on English. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835664804 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835669824 This essay is about how the narrator, Amy Tan, evolved from being ashamed to speak her own variety of English to embracing her mother tongue language as a part of her identity.]]> 2020-10-16 14:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835669824 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835673756 I think one purpose is that the way you use language should not be misunderstood as an indicator of intelligence or ability. Another purpose is to encourage the unashamed use of hybrid languages like her mom's "broken English" and fight to reduce stigma around the use of these languages.]]> 2020-10-16 14:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835673756 shivanipingle1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835674831 One purpose Tan has is to show that one should not limit their perception of someone just based on the way they speak. Instead, they should accept it and learn from it.]]> 2020-10-16 14:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835674831 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835680485 I think this essay is about how Amy Tan has dealt with and overcome language discrimination as an individual who grew up in a family with a different mother tongue. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835680485 shivanipingle1 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835709349 I think the essay is about her personal experience and dealing with language discrimination, and how she learns from it and grows as a person because of all her childhood experiences. ]]> 2020-10-16 14:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835709349 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835727797 "Like others, I have described it to people as 'broken' or 'fractured' English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than 'broken', as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed..."]]> 2020-10-16 14:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835727797 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835737222 I think that the text is about differing variations of English and their speakers' interactions and perspective.]]> 2020-10-16 14:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835737222 https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835743757 One purpose Amy Tan has is to show that different experiences can affect one's interpretation of a language and that one shouldn't let other people define what that language means to them.]]> 2020-10-16 14:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/karenholloway/wme58yffxhdbrj1a/wish/835743757