From the essay, Mothers Tougne 1. Summarize Amy Tan's complex attitude towards her mother's use of language.
2. Explain how her experience with language impacted Tan.
3. Respond to the author's ideas by using concrete examples from your experience speaking a
“non-standard” dialect of English or the experience of someone you know. This non-standard
dialect might include pidgin (hybrid) English like Tan's mother spoke or a specialized use of
language particular to your family, peer-group, or any other subculture to which you belong (i. e.,
an “idiolect”).