This week I read essays “Mother Tongue” and “Mute in English.” Both stories are about the author’s mothers in their struggles with speaking a new language. In “Mothers Tongue” the author Amy tan tells how her background and her mother’s “broken English” made her who she is. In “Mute in English” by Lee, he describes how many immigrants in this case was his mother. Was silenced by language barrier’s. Cultures represented are Korean and Chinese. As an immigrant myself I can relate to both essays I came to the U.S. at just 8 years old, and like them I experienced that difficulties of being in a new country and not knowing the language but I was able to learn the language quickly. But I saw the struggles that my mom went through with learning English and how people will get angry when she couldn’t understand something or when she tried and people will make fun of her English. Even though my mom has learned a lot of the language she still struggles with interacting with others speaking English. But I’m proud of her cause she has always tried her best even when people couldn’t understand her and has come far. I wish that the authors included more about how some people don’t even tried to understand someone that speaks a different language. And how some people can be extremely racist when you don’t speak English especially in the U.S. I will approach by making the interviewee feel comfortable, not being formal, intimidating or interrogating but being respectful. Also be patient with the interviewee and know that we both have different perspectives and different backgrounds.