The Importance Of Communication

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Communication is very important. People have to communicate in order to run their daily lives. In order to communicate they need language it can be a sign language or spoken language. There are many different types of languages spoken in this world. People can hear your English and ask where you are from that can start a conversation which is the first stop to be united with that person. Most aspects of language like accent, grammar and naming can divide and bring people together. Accent can be one of the aspects of language that can divide people. Since there are so many languages spoken in this world most people that go outside of their country can have an accent when they try and speak other languages than there own. For example, take …show more content…

People use grammar differently when you see here in the United states. Some Black Americans that are from the projects or as the people call it “the hood” tend to speak with a different grammar than a Caucasian people. Most black young man these days use many slang words and speak grammatically incorrect English which brings the division between the black Americans and Caucasians. Also, other English speaking country’s have a different way of using grammars and that divides them. even when it comes to running your everyday life can be hectic just because you don’t speak perfect grammar people will listen and do their best to help the people that speaks perfect English that right there is being divided. There are the people that get the best services that speaks perfect English and the people that speaks English with incorrect grammar. In “Mother Tongue” Tan talks about how her mother spoke broken English and how she went to the doctor to get her result on CAT scan but the doctors told her that and they didn’t even bother to apologize. Tan’s mom asks the doctors to call and talk to her daughter unless she told them she would not leave. Tan writes, “and when the doctor finally called her daughter, me, who spoke in a perfect English-lo and behold we had assurance the CAT scan would be found…” (88). This quote shows that how they treated Amy Tan because she spoke perfect …show more content…

Here in the U.S name callings are very popular most people might know it as bulling but, name calling can be also a form of communication or fun for some people. Bulling is basically calling ugly name and making fun of people which can result in people take their lives. People use names to make somebody feel bad about them self, to manipulate and get what they want and to do many other things. In “The Power of World in Wartime” Tolmach talks about how sliders was using name calling to help them feel like it was ok to kill and that using guns and bombs was not the only thing to be used in war. Tolmach explains, “soldiers, and those who who remain at home, learn to call their enemies by name that make them seem not quit human-inferior, contemptible and not like [us].” People do not often think that name callings can unit people just as much as it divides. Here in U.S friends call each other names its just their way of friendship it brings them together, it makes the friendship bond even greater. This name calling is mostly used by man. Might come across women’s name calling each other but its

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