Reply To: Amy Tan and James Baldwin

Theory of Writing Assignment Forums Discussions Amy Tan and James Baldwin Reply To: Amy Tan and James Baldwin

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Xiaoqin Jiang
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<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>When I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?” By JAMES BALDWIN, I felt that these two articles tell us that no matter what language should be respected. For me, I remember that when I arrived American of the first year, I tried to speak English to talk with people, but most of them couldn’t understand what I am talking about because of my accent and pronunciation. This later made me afraid to speak English and when I was speaking English, I was not confident. Language develops through the society and culture. Every country has different languages and culture characteristics. When we come to a strange country, language cannot be the object of our attack.</span>

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