Based on the statistical data in 2013, “ In 2013, approximately 41.3 million immigrants lived in the United States, an all-time high for a nation historically built on immigration.” (From the Migration Policy Institute). This statistical data, demonstrates that it’s popular for people choosing to immigrate to the United States because they have more work chances in U.S and enjoy preferable welfare than in their own countries. However, others will treat im-migrants differently because they speak with the broken English. For example, if they go to companies find a job, boss can’t understand what immigrants talk about with the broken Eng-lish and will not hire them, which is unfair for the immigrant. The author Amy Tan reflects this phenomenon by writing an article called “Mother Tongue”.
The author Tan effectively builds the credibility between herself and the audience by tel-ling her own personal experience. For instance, she can switch the English between her hus-band and her mother, she speaks the more informal English language to her mother because ensure that her mother can easily understand with …show more content…
After, the author Tan recom-posed the speech into an article named “Mother Tongue”. In this text, Tan demonstrates that her mother suffered unequal treatment because her mother didn’t have the ability to speak with perfect English, which indirectly illustrates many immigrants speak with imperfect Eng-lish like her mother also be treated differently in U.S. The mainly audience of the text could be immigrants because they have the same experience like Tan’s mother and feel sympathy to Tan’s mother. Also, the audience could be American because they can think deeply about what causes the unequal treatment to happen. The mainly purpose of the text is that people should not treat others unequally depending on their language