Please answer the following questions on Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” together as a group, and then post your group answers to the questions here as a reply. In your post, include the names of everyone in your group, and what that person’s task in the group was: There should be a Spanish home speaking facilitator of the group, a note-taker, and a reporter. Here are the questions:

“How to Tame a Wild Tongue” Group Questions

1.   What is a wild tongue?

2.   What is the Main Idea of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”?

3. What is the Purpose of the Opening Anecdote about the Dentist? Discuss how the opening scene of Anzaldúa in the dentist’s chair connects to the overall message/point of the essay and title.

4.   Discuss the Purpose of Using Spanish throughout the text

5. Anzaldúa describes different types, or registers, of Spanish and Chicano language practices and how these practices connect to issues of identity. Identify and discuss at least two types of English that you know, and in what ways these different Englishes relate to identity.

6. Discuss the various types of English identities that Anzaldua identifies.

7. How is the introduction and conclusion connected?