At school, all the kids spoke it. Among cousins, we only used English. But when addressing adults, we addressed in Spanish- and they didn’t like it when we tried to speak back to them in English” (Arellano 117). I could relate to Arellano when it comes to speaking Spanish to older adults and speaking English to everybody else. The idea of assimilation comes in when many Immigrants, children of immigrants and those with Hispanic background begin giving up their native tongue as their primary language to assimilate better to American culture. I have family members that have been living here in America for 30 plus years and barely know any English, many have trouble learning a new language and some just don’t care to even learn English. Like Arellano my primary language is English and my Spanish speaking skills have diminished over the years because of how rarely I use the
At school, all the kids spoke it. Among cousins, we only used English. But when addressing adults, we addressed in Spanish- and they didn’t like it when we tried to speak back to them in English” (Arellano 117). I could relate to Arellano when it comes to speaking Spanish to older adults and speaking English to everybody else. The idea of assimilation comes in when many Immigrants, children of immigrants and those with Hispanic background begin giving up their native tongue as their primary language to assimilate better to American culture. I have family members that have been living here in America for 30 plus years and barely know any English, many have trouble learning a new language and some just don’t care to even learn English. Like Arellano my primary language is English and my Spanish speaking skills have diminished over the years because of how rarely I use the