Response to"Mother Tongue"

After reading "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan. I felt a strong power of language. Not only between different generations but also between different situations" How does your language and that of your peers differ from that of a different generation of speakers­­—your parents, or your children?" As far as I am concerned, there are two reasons listed as follow to support my opinion. First and foremost, with the increase of age, there may form a "Generation Gap" between parents and their kids. Children always complain that their parents are so dated; however, parents don't understand what their children do. We spend most of our daily time with friends and we talk about what is happening at school, which star is popular, and which PC-game is good. While our parents may pay more attention to their work or current events. In addition, the young are easier with new things than the old. For instance, when refers to the methods of communication, the young are prefer to communicate on-line, while the old prefer postal mail and calls a lot.
We encounter different sort of "languages" in different situations. In formal situation, grammar, tone and the way I speak play very important roles which make myself more decent. Nevertheless, when in informal situation, I will concentrate myself on what we are interested in and talk in a more comfortable way, even I can make some jokes which may make people more cheerful. For a specific example, My English teacher Ms. Liu who is not only my favorite teacher but also my friend. In class, I always show highly respect to her and use many honorifics. But after class, we treat each other as a “real” friend and speak more as we pleases.