Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
8/29/2015
Prof. Young
Quotes

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

1. "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language."

2. "I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence."

3. "For me food and certain smells are tied to my identity, to my homeland."

Works Cited

Anzaldua,Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Berstain. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.

Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
8/29/2015
Prof. Young
Reading Response 

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

1.Discuss how the opening scene of Anzaldua in the dentist's chair connects to the overall point/message of the essay and title.

- Same as little Anzaldua's tongue, the way she expresses her language is very strong and stubborn. She believes that its close to impossible to make a language lie down or to "train it to be quiet".

2.Discuss Anzaldua's use of the Spanish throughout her writing. Did it make sense? What was her purpose?
-Anzaldua made sure that with help of contest clues her use of Spanish through out the text is understandable for the audience.Her purpose was that if Spanish speaking people have to read English passages and understand English words, that sometimes they don't know, Anglo speaking people should try to read passages with Spanish words to understand what foreigns go through.
   

3.Can Academic English be defined as Spanish and can Chicano Spanish be described as nonstandard? Why? What inferences, conclusions, can be made from referring to one identity as standard versus nonstandard?
- Chicano Spanish is nonstandard because it's mostly slang words, this language is not used in talking to anybody with status(ex. professor, etc.), it's mostly used between teenagers. When on other hand, Academic English and Standard Spanish is a proper language that is being taught in schools and the language that people use in talking to important people.

4.Discuss the necessity of speaking and/writing in Academic English as an identity. Is it necessary?
-Speaking proper English is more professional and understandable when Spanish slang could have bring trouble to ones understanding.

5.Anzaldua describes different types of Spanish, identities. Discuss the various types of English, identities, you know and use.
- Being myself from Ukraine I use Tato instead of word "dad".  Many people from different countries that come to the US have their own  type of English. Some only understandable between their family or friends. 

6.Pachuco. Do you use a secret language, secret identity, to communicate to your friends? If so, what?
- I don't really have a secret language but when I'm with my Ukrainian friends I can tell them something in our language so only he/she will know what im talking about and nobody else from the crew.

7.Chicano Spanish can be compared to non-standard English.What form of English do you speak with your friends? What form of English do you speak when you talk to your mother, professor? Why?
-I do not speak English at home at all. But the English I use to speak with my professor is proper and professional, mostly no slang words used.

8."I am my language". What does this mean? How does this statement connect to a person's identity?
-Anzaldua is very passionate towards her language, she believes that the way she speaks represents her identity. Strong and stubborn towards what she loves.

9.Talk specifically about how the introduction and conclusion connect.
-Anzaldua is unbreakable woman, she sticked to her language no matter how many rocks life and people in it threw at her. As she started the introduction with saying how everybody wanted to change her language but she didn't give is the same way she ended her passage standing strong for her language.

10.Can the language you speak be a part of your identity? Why?
-Language you speak shapes your identity because the way you introduce yourself is the way people going to treat you. The way you stand for your language is also something that shapes your identity. For example, Anzaldua became strong and unbreakable cause of her believe in her language.

11.How important is identity to you? Does Anzaldua believe it's important to have identity? Use some examples from "How to tame a Wild Tongue," to support your answer.
-My identity is what makes me feel confident about myself, it is very important to me. For Anzaldua her identity is clearly important to her, she states that " possessing a malleability that renders us unbreakable, we, the mestizas and mestizos, will remain."

Works Cited

Anzaldua,Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Berstain. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.

Mariia Gonchariuk

English 1100

8/26/2015

Prof. Young

Get To Know Me 

• I'm not a very sporty person but I truly enjoyed those 4 years that I spent playing for Union High School Tennis team. Loved the team and loved getting to know new members. 

• Meeting new people with all types of different backgrounds is what I love the most about traveling. Traveling is what I'm passionate about. 

• Being myself from Ukraine I enjoyed traveling around my country. 
• When I came here I've got nickname a "Russian Spy".

• I allow the words flow as I sit behind a computer for several hours just starring into it. 
• Most of my English teachers at my high school used to make us do the five paragraph structure essay but one, she taught students how to get out of the five paragraph zone and enter the real writing world.
• I couldn't go a day without listening to music. Whatever catches my attention with cool beat or real lyrics is what I can go days listening to. Rihanna, Eminem, Don Omar, Nicky Minaj, Drake,etc.

• I overuse social media, could go hours on Instagram, twitter, snap chat.

• The most important thing for me to learn this semester is how to  get involved and still do my best at school work.
• I'll rate myself a 3.5 as a writer, need to boost my vocabulary.