Jose Melena
English 105
Professor Reyes
9/20/2015

 

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            In “3  ways to speak English” Jamila Lyscott  identify herself as being articulate, she argues that “people may think speaking broken English is ignorance,” yet  “well-spoken American English sounds foolish to the British.” She feels that speaking in different dialects should be respected and acknowledge. Also, she states that articulation has nothing to do with how perfect you communicate with others but has everything to do with how effectively you present your message to others so they can understand.  In addition, in her short article “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” Gloria Anzaldua expresses the ways in which identity is intertwined to things together with the way we speak and for the ways in which people can be made to feel ashamed of their own way of speaking. Anzaldua also approaches a feminist point of view when she talks about hearing certain words for example “nosotras” referring to us but in feminine form. I can relate to both writers, English was too my second language. Similar to Anzaldua I had to learn different forms of speaking. I had to adjust to a different language and a culture. We must accept who we are as people and learn to respect other cultures and languages