INTRODUCTION:
A second language is known to be used by someone who wants to advance in a career area and require the second language or by someone who wants to adapt to a new country. The struggles of learning a second language in a country that only speaks the native language can cause difficulty to adapt. People from Mexico tend to only speak spanish, therefore it is not common for them to speak another language. A foreign language is a language that is learned in an area where that language is not generally spoken by the community as a whole. This essay will try to explain through the use of research why and how people learn English as a foreign language.
BACKGROUND:
Gustavo Angel Vargas Tello is a student in Imac. He is a young Mexican male who takes an English class because he wants to improve in life and find a better job. In his household there six people including his parents. There is no one in his family who speak english. He is the first to take interest in the language. Even though English is not required in his school other than Imac, Gustavo says he tries to speak it with his friend. He wants to get use to the language and also he does not want an accent.
MOTIVATION:
Motivation is a common tool to be used when there is a challenge in learning something or trying new things. It is known that people who do not speak English try harder because they have the need and desire to learn it. It is a complex phenomenon and includes many components: the
By doing this he is able to provide evidence to his claim, through showing how his home language (Spanish) was a part of only his home life, and not in school. Richard Rodriguez is able to successfully use rhetoric to further his claim of a child being unable to use his home language in school, through the use of amplification, providing an overall increased effectiveness in the power of his words. Richard Rodriguez’s essay, “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood," highlights the differences between public and private language use. Within his writing, Rodriguez claims, “[i]t is not possible for a child–any child–ever to use his family’s language in school. Not to understand this is to misunderstand the public uses of schooling and trivialize the nature
Spanish was the language that created this bond and closeness within his family that was unbreakable. After struggles in school, Rodriguez parents decided it was time to push him and his siblings to adapt to a different language (English). Six months later he spoke English fluently while losing the Spanish speaking side of himself. According to Rodriguez, “I came to feel guilty.
In this essay excerpt Rodriguez had to give up speaking the comfortable language of Spanish at home and had to begin practicing English. Even though Rodriguez was disinclined to give up speaking Spanish and practicing English, whenever he was at school and spoke in English, his fellow classmate actually understood him. Rodriguez states, “One day in school, I raised my hand to volunteer an answer to a questions. I spoke out in a loud voice and I did not think it remarkable when the entire class understood.” By Rodriguez changing his language, he was more easily understood by his classmates.
Although I don’t know much Spanish, I can communicate with them better to some extent. Also, learning a language can help you better understand the culture. In my case, learning Spanish helped me understand the hispanic culture better. Although I believe Spanish helped me, it was very difficult to learn.
It is a difficult language to master, he said, first in Spanish and then in English” (Diaz 124). In fact, this
Roberts, Edgar V, and Robert Zweig. Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Pearson Education, 2015. Print. "Sorry, I Don't Speak Spanish: Hispanics Deal with the Loss of Spanish Fluency."
He later found the different between the two languages. For example, classroom language is the same as public language while home language is the same as private language. Rodriguez felt more comfortable in speaking Spanish, his private language, than English. Therefore causing him to not really participate or speak in class. Out of the blue, his teacher came to visit his family asking “ to encourage your children to practice their English when they are home.
In Mexico, my home country, I was able to successfully communicate with others and complete assignments just by the utilizing the Spanish language, but that was not the case on this side of the border. I had to learn a whole new language that seemed to be far different from my natal
Rodriguez would speak English in school because to him it was a “public language”, while Spanish was a “private language” (72). Rodriguez
Having a second language in your background is so impactful on one’s life, providing them with more skills. This is the 21st century and having this skill helps an individual be
Increasing development of bilingual education and the evolution of language may be due to the population size, social, political, economical and personal requirements. Numerous researches show that learning a language can improve mental agility, it can strengthen brain, develop communicative abilities of invidividuals and strengthen and improve overall humans´ abilities and skills. The concept of bilingualism should be tackled because of the various definitions that are given to this term. Those definitions seem to share one basic element, which is the use of two given languages by a given speaker. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages or the frequent use (as by a community) of two languages.
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Bilingualism is slowly becoming a popular “trend”. Those who are able to speak a second language at an advanced level and not only, are clearly considered by the society intellectually capable of great things. As a bilingual, the individual must not only know the grammar rules or achieve a high level in communication. He also has to study the cultural background of that specific language. Knowing a second language has a major impact on one’s life.
English as a global language We can’t deny that English has become an international language for communication between all mankind , it is the common language between most of the countries , English is a global language which is spoken as a native language and a second language in most of the countries , and we noticed that people who use English as a second language are way more than people who speak it as a native language , it is taught in every country in this world , it is using as a medium language of understanding between the teacher and the learner , you can see it in banks , supermarkets , in road signs and in international web pages, it is the language that you see and hear every day, so speaking English become a must , also we can’t ignore the fact that English is the language of global communication at medical , tourism , trade and other elements of language use , So English is so important in our various lives aspects. So in this essay I am going to discuss the reasons of how English become a global language and is it a good or bad thing? and what is the advantages and did advantages of spreading of English? There is a lot of reasons that helped to make English a global language and one of the most important reasons is policy , the west colonization for the countries had helped English to spread and distribute by imposing the language and the west culture on the colony countries , so we can say it is all because of the strength that the west had on the world
For example, Arabic language is a foreign language for the Malaysian. Even though it is quite tough for the beginners to master the foreign language, it is really