Form/type of writing: Mother Tongue is an narrative, Amy Tan talk about the experience she learn growing up in an immigrant household and her realization that those experience make us who we are. The goal of this narrative is to addresses the substance of languages and how language is not only a tool of communication, but a sociological tool of measuring individual worth.
Main focus (topic) of the text: The main focus of this narrative is to show the importance of language and and the idea that it more than a tool of communication.
Evidence/support: Evidence that Tan use to support or explain the main focus is pathos which is individual’s stories and emotion.
“You should know that my mother's expressive command of English belies how much …show more content…
The goal of this chapter is to find out if stereotype threat really require an existing concern to triggered stereotype threat and affect different group of people.
Main focus (topic) of the text: The main focus in chapter five of steel reading is to prove the many experiences of stereotype threat negative impact on student academic performance and it not just a internalized message.
Evidence/support: Evidence that Steele use to support or explain the main focus is pathos which is individuals stories and emotion.
“he also worried that perhap his statements, even his thoughts, would confirm the suspicion over his head.” (Steele 86)
“Identity threat of some sort that has been shown to affect the intellectual performance of women and blacks is likely a general phenomenon that, in some form or another, in some situation or another, can affect anyone.”( Steele 88) Paraphrase: “His lack of participation, himself conscience, his hesitancy in thinking about the material,his lower -than usual performance-- would seem to reflect a threat similar to his experienced by women taking a difficult academic test of any sort.”(88 …show more content…
But from that frontier, where the task was easier and frustration less intense, trying to disprove the stereotype boosted performance beyond that of all other group.” (Steele 109)
Steele stated that students are at the limit of their skill, the pressure and motive to challenge stereotype threat will only hurt the student academic performance because it stressful and a distraction. But if the assignment are easier than it less stressful and thee frustration less intense that challenging the stereotype will only boost student performance any group.
This passage is an important part of the reading because it demonstrated that when student are at the frontier of their skill it can create an impact on the student's performance but when the student are not their critical point the disproving stereotype will only boost the student performance. This quote also help explain and connect us to Steele idea of over-efforting that it might be the cause of
Main focus (topic) of the text: The main focus of this narrative is to show the importance of language and and the idea that it more than a tool of communication.
Evidence/support: Evidence that Tan use to support or explain the main focus is pathos which is individual’s stories and emotion.
“You should know that my mother's expressive command of English belies how much …show more content…
The goal of this chapter is to find out if stereotype threat really require an existing concern to triggered stereotype threat and affect different group of people.
Main focus (topic) of the text: The main focus in chapter five of steel reading is to prove the many experiences of stereotype threat negative impact on student academic performance and it not just a internalized message.
Evidence/support: Evidence that Steele use to support or explain the main focus is pathos which is individuals stories and emotion.
“he also worried that perhap his statements, even his thoughts, would confirm the suspicion over his head.” (Steele 86)
“Identity threat of some sort that has been shown to affect the intellectual performance of women and blacks is likely a general phenomenon that, in some form or another, in some situation or another, can affect anyone.”( Steele 88) Paraphrase: “His lack of participation, himself conscience, his hesitancy in thinking about the material,his lower -than usual performance-- would seem to reflect a threat similar to his experienced by women taking a difficult academic test of any sort.”(88 …show more content…
But from that frontier, where the task was easier and frustration less intense, trying to disprove the stereotype boosted performance beyond that of all other group.” (Steele 109)
Steele stated that students are at the limit of their skill, the pressure and motive to challenge stereotype threat will only hurt the student academic performance because it stressful and a distraction. But if the assignment are easier than it less stressful and thee frustration less intense that challenging the stereotype will only boost student performance any group.
This passage is an important part of the reading because it demonstrated that when student are at the frontier of their skill it can create an impact on the student's performance but when the student are not their critical point the disproving stereotype will only boost the student performance. This quote also help explain and connect us to Steele idea of over-efforting that it might be the cause of