'Mother Tongue' by Amy Tan by Janette Cil-Bonding https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6 en-us 2021-02-01 14:09:37 UTC 2025-01-02 21:12:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/714134196/1cd057ee823adc904d69463ed0e87fab/Screen_Shot_2021_02_02_at_9_19_37_AM.png Biography jcilbonding1 https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148777876
  • Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California.
  • She is a Chinese-American writer and novelist.
  • She was born to immigrant parents from China. 
  • She attended the University of California of Berkeley, Linfield College, San Jose State University, University of California of Santa Cruz, and San Jose City College.
  • At those universities, she received her B.A. in English and Linguistics, along with an M.A. in Linguistics. 
  • She worked as a freelance writer and a language development consultant after college. 
  • In 1989, she published the ‘The Joy Luck Club’.
  • The book ‘The Joy Luck Club’ was a New York Times Best-Seller for over forty weeks. It was also adapted into a film. 
  • She has written two children’s books, ‘The Moon Lady’ and ‘Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat’.
  • She is married to Lou DeMattei. 


    • ]]>     2021-02-01 14:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148777876     Historical Context jcilbonding1 https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148781447 Chinese Immigration
    1849 - 1882
    • Immigrants arrived from China seeking for jobs in attempts to escape China's economic issues.
    • Chinese-Americans Built the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. 
    1882 - 1965
    • Immigrants arrived from China seeking for economic opportunities, specifically to get a chance at the California Gold Rush.
    • The first Chinatowns started appearing in U.S. cities in the early 1900s.  
    1965 - Present
    • During the late 20th century and early 21st century, there was a large influx of workers emigrating from China.

    ]]>     2021-02-01 14:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148781447     Abstract jcilbonding1 https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148783088 In Amy Tan’s ‘Mother Tongue’, she expresses the difficulties of growing up with linguistic differences between a parent and a child. It also emphasizes the relationship between an immigrant parent and their first-generation American child. Tan shares her experiences of her childhood and what it was like growing up with a parent that spoke limited English. In many of her experiences, the judgment of others was a prominent factor, specifically judging how her mother’s ability to speak English. This was because others found it difficult to understand her when she spoke, which caused Tan to feel ashamed of her mother during her childhood. The perceptions of others onto her mother affected her own perception of her mother.  

    ]]>     2021-02-01 14:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148783088     Insight jcilbonding1 https://padlet.com/jcilbonding1/ym7rqmg8hlkwwje6/wish/1148784965 I grew up in an Asian-American household with parents who did not speak English well. In the essay, Tan mentions the “language of intimacy”, which is English, but with an adaption to the way your family speaks. I related greatly to tan. English is not my first language but through the years, my ability to speak my first language has slowly deteriorated. Having a conversation with my parents consists of speaking a mixture of English and our native language. In the essay, Tan avoided using terms like “broken". I believe that she did this because it showed a perception of her mother and her capabilities that were not true to how she thought of her mother. Growing up, I was never ashamed of it, but I always found it difficult explaining certain things and not knowing the right words to use.  

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  • http://www.amytan.net/
  • https://www.biography.com/writer/amy-tan
  • http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb16/vol73/num05/Broken-English-and-Other-Embarrassments.aspx
  • https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration
  • https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/chinese-immigration/

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