In "Mother Tongue," how does Amy Tan demonstrate language bias toward her mother?
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She believed her mother's thoughts were unimportant because she expressed them imperfectly.
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In "Mother Tongue," author Amy Tan describes a situation in which her mother, a non-English speaker, faces rude treatment from a doctor. This doctor is then polite to Tan, who speaks English without an accent. What phenomenon does the doctor demonstrate?
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language bias
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Which of the following best defines the concept of code-switching?
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changing language varieties
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Based on your knowledge of word parts, which sentence uses the word partition correctly?
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Becky stood behind the partition that separated the audience from the people backstage and waited for her cue to enter.
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Reflective essays explore what the author believes and the origins of those beliefs. Which sentences in this excerpt from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" indicate where Tan's beliefs came from?
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Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery.
That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world.
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