old
young
alert
clever
a. feel
b. vacation
c. would
d. happy
1. Though Tan's mother speaks with an accent, her English is actually grammatically perfect.
2. People with language bias cannot understand Tan's mother, but people without bias can understand her.
3. Tan's mother fluently speaks a language variety known as "broken English."
4. Tan's mother does not speak standard English, but she is able to convey the ideas behind her words.
"Tan's mother does not speak standard English, but she is able to convey the ideas behind her words" best describes the meaning of the above-given sentence. So, it's D.
Mother's tongue may be defined as a native language that a person speaks from their early childhood.
In this given excerpt, Tan's mother is not professional in English speaking but she is still trying to convey her ideas behind her words.
Therefore, the correct option for this question is D.
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