Language Gap

After reading the short essay, Mother Tongue, I had some ideas of the differences habit of using language by comparing with my parents’. There are two reasons causing the differences. First of all, in China, we have our common language and different areas’ unique language, so my generation learns the common language in school. However, my parents prefer my hometown tongue. I usually couldn’t understand perfectly when they kept using my hometown language. As Amy mentioned in the essay, my mom sometimes pushed me to talk with salesman for the reason that she didn’t feel comfortable and influence to use common language. Another reason is the age gap between my parents and I which makes our language differ from each other. For example, when my mother sometimes talked with me, she used a few words that I never used. Moreover, people always formal language in formal situation, such as giving a speech, in class, or talking to someone who is much older. On the contrary, when we chat with friends or family, the language we use is in less formal ones. Language is a ID tag which shows who you are and what you experienced. It is a wonderful thing we have mother tongue because that is the family feeling.