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This week in class we analysed and discussed in groups the essay Mother Tongue by Amy Tan. In the essay Mother Tongue, Amy Tan describes that the kind of English that her mother uses is normally seen as "broken or incorrect" English. Throughout the text, Amy Tan expresses her experience of being an English speaker in a Chinese family and what stereotypes the English world has made about non-native English speakers. Some stereotypes about non-native speakers would be about how they seem less educated. They may seem uneducated to native English speakers when they live in a native English country because they wouldn't know the country's language that you are living in and that could be a major disadvantage to the non-native speakers as it would be harder for them to communicate with others if the English that they spoke wasn't proper. In the poem, Tan talks about how language is very powerful and how it is her tool of trade. She talks about the different types...

In the article "How to pay for a baby" by Kool A.D. Kool A.D uses a very informal vocabulary which is used to hide the fact that what he is talking about is not how to pay for a baby but he is using the article so that he can criticize society. He has used this language so that only an educated person would be able to understand what the article is about. The informal language he uses in the article mainly consists of swearing yet he writes some parts of tthe article as if he was talking to young children as he explains what money is for even though it would not be an article that a kid would read. In the article, he also does not talk about the main reason for the article which is "How to pay for a baby."

Hi my name is Vaneeza Samra Usman and this is my blog. I love to ski, read, listen to music, paint, play video games and spend time with family. I care a lot about my family and my friends.   When I was a kid I was able to speak more of my first language than I do now because when I started school as a kid I gradually stopped using urdu and forgot it in the process of learning English. My first language is a big part of my life as my parents are always speaking with it around the house and even though I can understand it I can only say a couple of words in urdu.  Language is important as it is the way that you communicate with people and get to know them better. It helps strengthen friendships and bond with your family. It is also very important to study new languages as it helps to strengthen your analytical skills and if you are going to pick business as your career path and you can speak a foreign language that will you more valuable in the marketplace....