Response to "Mother Tongue"

I disagree with the writer of the essay, “Mother Tongue” because she thinks that her mother’s bad English affected her own English skills. I can understand while the mother’s English isn’t great because she was not a native in the United States. With different in culture, tradition, and language, it is very difficult to be able to learn and adapt to speak English like a native speaker. While that is true for the mother, I don’t think that would affect the writer. I have many perfect English speaker friends who have parents that are not native English speakers or don’t speak English at all.

I can relate with the writer’s situation since I am also an international student. But my parents never even lived in the United States before. When I first came to the United States for school, I came to Oregon and I hung out with mostly Americans. After I came to Michigan I started to hangout with more Taiwanese than Americans and I found out that my English has gotten worse. This is also another reason why I disagree with the writer saying that her mother’s bad English affected her English skills because her environment, which is being in America should have a lot more effect in making her English better.