Who is the audience in mother tongue by Amy Tan?

Who is the audience in mother tongue by Amy Tan?

The intended audience of Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” is the people who criticize and judge Tan’s mother’s version of spoken English. Tan uses the essay to convince her audience that her mother’s version of English communicates effectively and is a powerful language.

How does English as a second language affect learning?

It can enhance a child’s self esteem and identity, as well as developing and enhancing cognitive and thinking skills. Some children will learn to speak two languages from birth and other children may learn one language first and then a second language.

What are the 3 types of bilingualism?

There are THREE general types of bilingualism:

• Compound bilingual: develope two language systems simultaneously with a single context.
• Coordinate bilingual: learn two languages in distinctively separate contexts.
• Sub-coordinate bilingual: learn the secondary language by filtering through the mother tongue.

Can multiple languages cause speech delay?

Current research overwhelmingly shows that speaking to children with these diagnoses in two or more languages does not result in additional language and or social delays. Not using two languages can potentially result in language delays.

Can I speak 2 languages to my baby?

Research shows that this is not the case. In fact, early childhood is the best possible time to learn a second language. Children who experience two languages from birth typically become native speakers of both, while adults often struggle with second language learning and rarely attain native-like fluency.

What age should a child learn a second language?

Paul Thompson and his team found out that the brain systems in charge of language learning have accelerated growth from six years old until puberty. Another study was done at MIT and it concluded that the most optimal time to learn a new language and achieve native fluency was by age 10.