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Tongue Shakers - Interviews and Narratives on Speaking Mother Tongue in a Multicultural Society (Paperback)
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Tongue Shakers - Interviews and Narratives on Speaking Mother Tongue in a Multicultural Society (Paperback)
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Tongue Shakers provides an inside look into the state of speaking
mother tongue in America's multicultural society. Through a series
of interviews and first person narratives in the voices of city
dwellers who are immigrants, Americans born into immigrant
families, and African Americans, the book uncovers the personal
challenges faced by those learning a new language and celebrates
their triumphs. In Tongue Shakers, spoken language, a subject that
binds us all, takes on different meanings as we strive to
communicate organically with one another. It is the Ukrainian
healthcare professional who works as a translator between doctors
and patients. It is the Ethiopian business executive mom who speaks
and writes fluent English at her job but who works just as hard
keeping her mother tongue alive in her home. It is the little
Chinese boy who struggles to learn English so that he can make
friends with other children in his new American school. It is the
African American who must carefully pick and choose when it is best
to speak Black English. It is the Hispanic family who retains their
mother tongue while being just as fluent in English.
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