I think the reason Tan's teachers miscalculate her ability in English is that she came from the non-American family. Because Tan is the first generation in America. Her family are the Chinese emigrant. Therefore, the teachers might have thought that Tan's English especially writing would not be as good as the Native ones .Tan also talked about a person's developing language skills are more influenced by peers ,the surrounding.Her family's(her mother's) English had an limiting effect to her because her mother is more fluent in her own tongue than in English and her mother does not feel so comfortable to speak in English.
Moreover, Tan told that her family English affect her skill in the test results like SAT because those English tests are mostly expressing of opinion and personal experiences. Sciences are precise so that she can do well on those subjects.Tan also talked about other Asian-American students do well on the sciences and math. It is because those students' English spoken at home can be described as broken or limited.Most of those Asian students do better on math and sciences tests. This fact makes Tan's teachers to encourage her to choose science or math career instead of being in English major.
Tan make an argument about her mother English,expressing her feelings and views on her mother's limited English as a Asian emigrant. Tan also talked about how her mother made her ashamed by making mistakes when speaking broken English.However, Tan also wrote that her mother's English make some of her friend understand what she means but for some, they do not know what she tries to say. For Tan, she can understand her mother's English because it is her mother tongue.
Tan is trying to point that for some people whose family is not English spoken, can have some difficulties in surviving in the English speaking countries especially when studying or choosing a career because of the surroundings( which had limited English skills)they have contact with.
Moreover, Tan told that her family English affect her skill in the test results like SAT because those English tests are mostly expressing of opinion and personal experiences. Sciences are precise so that she can do well on those subjects.Tan also talked about other Asian-American students do well on the sciences and math. It is because those students' English spoken at home can be described as broken or limited.Most of those Asian students do better on math and sciences tests. This fact makes Tan's teachers to encourage her to choose science or math career instead of being in English major.
Tan make an argument about her mother English,expressing her feelings and views on her mother's limited English as a Asian emigrant. Tan also talked about how her mother made her ashamed by making mistakes when speaking broken English.However, Tan also wrote that her mother's English make some of her friend understand what she means but for some, they do not know what she tries to say. For Tan, she can understand her mother's English because it is her mother tongue.
Tan is trying to point that for some people whose family is not English spoken, can have some difficulties in surviving in the English speaking countries especially when studying or choosing a career because of the surroundings( which had limited English skills)they have contact with.
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