Why My Mother Can't Speak English

From reading the short story of "Why My Mother Can't Speak English," Engkent's mother did not choose to learn the English language because she felt that if she did it would change her Chinese soul. I believe it is necessary for her to learn English because its an important factor in order for her to gain the citizenship that she wants. The benefits that would come out of her learning English would be her having the knowledge of what was going on instead of her just knowing a certain amount of "restaurant words" for her job. Also i think it would give her many more opportunities with things she wanted to do. Although she did get her citizenship in Canada i feel like without her knowing English it does leave her with limitations because she doesn't know the proper language.