Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."

And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her impeccable broken English.

What can be inferred from the excerpt?
Nonstandard forms of English can be as effective as the standard form of English.
Nonstandard forms of English limit a speaker’s ability to stand up for herself.
Nonstandard forms of English make communication difficult between cultures.
Nonstandard forms of English are used more by older adults than by younger adults.

When the narrator uses the words "impeccable" and "broken" altogether, so as to catch the readers' attention, she suggests that although the mother has a fragmented and nonstandard English, she manages to make herself pretty clear when communicating something, not through her limited English, but by means of attitude: Tan's mother was very smart and understood very complex matters, such as listening to the Wall Street Week.

Regarding the other options, they are contradictory to what the excerpt really means. It is clear that although her English is limited, she still could stand for herself.
Nonstandard forms of English not necessarily make communication difficult between cultures, as seen in the excerpt's situation between Tan's mother and her boss.
The last option is not reflected in the given excerpt.

mcarc09 mcarc09 · Answer 2 · 2022-01-21T13:25:21+01:00

After reading the excerpt from the essay "Mother Tongue," by Amy Tan, we can select the following concerning what can be inferred from it:

A. Nonstandard forms of English can be as effective as the standard form of English.

In this essay, Amy Tan discusses her mother's use of what is called a "broken English." Tan's mother was a Chinese immigrant living in the US.

According to Tan, people would often pretend they could not understand her mother. Sometimes they would simply disrespect her because of the way she spoke.

However, although nonstandard, Tan's mother's English was perfectly able to convey the messages she wanted. So much so that, when she needed to yell at someone for not doing their job properly, she could do it flawlessly.

Even if people did not want to admit it, her broken English was not broken at all. It was as effective as the standard from of English. The problem lay in people's prejudice.

With the information above in mind, we can choose letter A as the best option.

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