Assignment 3 Comparison Although Richard Rodriguez and Amy Tan both had a distinct perception of the importance of their intimate family language, they both had the same similarities of facing the struggles they perceived society required of them which was learning the English language. Both Tan and Rodriguez faced these struggles at different points of their lives and had to manage whether they would let the English language conflict with their family’s language. They are fighting to identify whom they want to be in society and whether they want to maintain their roots and language of their culture or adapt to where they now reside. Aside from their differences the similarities they both shared with each other was significant due to them being in the same position and deciding whether they wanted to…
Mi Amigo Luis: Learning English in America Luis Camacho majoring in civil engineering at Saint Martin’s University. He was selected as one of ten for the Benedictine Scholarship program at this University. It is not uncommon to spot Luis roaming down the halls of any dorm on campus singing and strumming his guitar. Welcoming to anyone, Luis’ spirit boomerangs off the walls.…
Rodriguez’s essay, Aria, shares his experience of growing up bilingual, and what it was like to go to an American school after speaking only Spanish for his entire life. He wanted people to understand and connect to his life story, which I did because I also grew up bilingual. I wanted to share the transition I went through from my elementary school years, which was tough, to my life right now because both experiences are interconnected. Both Rodriguez and I used antithesis, first person pronouns, and diction to convey the struggle that our younger selves went through and how it connects to our current perception of school and society.…
Another one, can be that he can learn about the other people’s background or an culture in way to express how to improve by speaking Spanish as well. D. Let think an example would be, in America, since he know how to speak in English and Spanish but let said, if there is another…
I am writing this small essay to talk a little about myself. My full name is Maria Guadalupe Sagastume. I am a proud Hispanic that was born in the United States, with parents from a wonderful country, Guatemala my parents took me to Guatemala when I was only six months. I lived in Guatemala until I was eight years and a half. When I came back to the United States; after living in Guatemala for eight years, I was completely lost, since I didn’t speak nor understood any English.…
Hispanic youth represent a rapidly expanding proportion our nation’s educational system. The U.S. Department of Education (2014) projects that Latino students will comprise 30% of public school enrollment by the year 2023. Latino youth frequently are faced with many adversities that impact their mental well-being, such as exposure to bullying or victimization in the schools, ethnic identity crisis, economic disadvantage, and academic performance deficits. Furthermore, although they are in dire need of services, many Hispanic youth suffering from mental health concerns are faced with barriers preventing access to mental health resources. Young Latino children who are not English proficient struggle with school.…
The Detachment of a Loving Past A parent’s dream is to see their child succeed. They want their children to have a better life than the one they had. Therefore, what happens when the child believes family is holding him back from success? In Richard’s Rodriguez, “ The Achievement of Desire," he recalls his source of his scholarly success.…
Growing up, in a Hispanic home I learned the values of life in a differently with hardship but always maintaining closeness. At home, I was taught that family is the most important thing in life. Even though I was born in the United States, my family taught me how to stay in touch with my Hispanic roots and never be ashamed of my culture. Speaking Spanish is greatly important to me. Because of this, I am able to communicate easily with my family members and the Hispanic community.…
Persuasion Pursuit: Viewpoints on Multicultural Communication What precisely is multicultural communication? It is a form of communication that consist of different languages and cultures. This nation is loaded with a huge number of multilingual people. A considerable lot of the people experience serious difficulties with multicultural communication in their homes, school, and other open settings.…
We have learned that Spanglish is growing within the US and may help us observe the language formation process. Our interviewee may speak Spanglish or may have had aspects of American culture influence their cultural identity- we hope to discover more about their personal experience on these topics. Lastly, there is clear overlap between US and Hispanic/Latino culture. One way this overlap is presented is through the influence of Hispanic culture in American arts. We may ask our interviewee questions regarding their familiarity with any Hispanic artists growing up or if they have experienced the intermingling of cultures in a different area.…
As a kid I grew up around Spanish and English, being bilingual has helped a lot I life in communicating with family, friends and even strangers because being Hispanic most don’t know English or don’t like to speak English. English had become my first language then Spanish because of school. I grew up speaking Spanish at home but it was not fluent at first it was more English with a few Spanish words here and there, today that would be considered Spanglish but it wasn’t even that.…
On April 2007 I traveled for the first time to the Dominican Republic, and I remember every details of that trip as if it was yesterday. This trip was one of those experiences that stays with you for a long time. It was an amazing opportunity to discover the local culture several factors make this trip to the Dominican Republic a unique and unforgettable experience. First and foremost this trip has awaken in me a sense of awareness that allowed me to get a better understanding of human interactions and how language plays an undeniably important role. To help you better understand that experience and the way it unfolded you need to know that my native language is French, therefore Spanish was uncharted territory for at that time.…
Richard Rodriguez believes that the Americanization of a bilingual child will result in their public gain. “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez is a heart-wrenching piece of writing about the full Americanization of Rodriguez resulting in his native language of Spanish being forgotten and the full submersion into the English language. Many of the events Rodriguez faced in his life are present to many other bilingual students’ today. These events that bilingual students’ are facing will strongly influence their decision on struggling to learn two languages at a young age, stalling the development of one of their languages, or being forced to choose one language or the other in a full assimilation. Rodriguez’s viewpoint is that if you want to make a full…
When I was five years old I taught myself how to read and write in Spanish. Although I live in a Hispanic family I was not aware of how to read and write in Spanish. My mom’s side of the family is from Puerto Rico, and my dad’s side of the family is from Ecuador. I was always spoken to in Spanish by my family except for my mom. We spoke in English, so I never learned how to read or write in Spanish.…
I noticed this two years ago when I moved here with my family. We can define and recognize people from other countries, but still we try to communicate in the best possible way and to learn the meaning of special words when we are talking to them. Inside the United States, we have lots of different communities, such as American, Black, Hispanic, and others. The interesting thing about this is that inside them we have lots of sub-communities which have their own dialects. For example, in American there are differences in speech in the different states, and even inside one state.…