Question

select the correct text in the passage.
select the excerpt from \mother tongue\ by amy tan that best describes language bias.

1. ive heard other terms used, \limited english,\ for example. but they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions of the limited-english speaker.
2. i heard myself saying this:

ot waste money that way.\ my husband was with us as well, and he didnt notice any switch in my english.

1. i spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
2. and it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of english i have never used with her.

Explanation:

This excerpt addresses language bias by criticizing the term "limited English" and explaining how it leads to unfair, restricted perceptions of speakers who use this type of English, which directly describes the concept of language bias. The other excerpts focus on code-switching, the power of language, and personal speech differences, not bias.

Answer:

1. I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited-English speaker.