In our mainstream culture Standard English is the proper and acceptable language to use. We are look down upon if we use our home language in an “inappropriate” setting. There many good reasons one should allow these beautiful languages to be spoken and show their potential. There is nothing wrong with other languages we are just scared of something new. We have this feeling of disconnect from all the languages we use, but one must take pride and be joyful that one can speak these languages. We must learn to embrace all of our languages and use them more often.
Code-switching for me is when you change the language one speaks depending on who is there and the type of environment. Home language is the language one speaks at home and Standard English is the English we use in a school environment and in the work place. In the United States Standard English is the language that is acceptable.
Although many may struggle picking between two languages one should always take pride in both while trying to purse proficiency. Rosa Maria Jimenez a Mexican-American at UC Davis wrote in her prize winning essay, “I could not speak Spanish …show more content…
She gets her point across that her language was raped, she is borrowing this language, but still shows pride on how she has embraced all three of her languages. It is not like any other TED talk that I have seen. In her TED talk she was performed she wasn’t just talking she had a passionate tone. You can see how passionate through her verbal and nonverbal cues. She takes pride in her own languages and this is seen because she uses all three in her performance. She uses the language she uses with her family, when she is in her neighborhood, and then standard English. She uses this style to represent all three different languages and not just this “articulate” one. She wants to prove that she sees all three languages as equal and she uses them
Code-switching for me is when you change the language one speaks depending on who is there and the type of environment. Home language is the language one speaks at home and Standard English is the English we use in a school environment and in the work place. In the United States Standard English is the language that is acceptable.
Although many may struggle picking between two languages one should always take pride in both while trying to purse proficiency. Rosa Maria Jimenez a Mexican-American at UC Davis wrote in her prize winning essay, “I could not speak Spanish …show more content…
She gets her point across that her language was raped, she is borrowing this language, but still shows pride on how she has embraced all three of her languages. It is not like any other TED talk that I have seen. In her TED talk she was performed she wasn’t just talking she had a passionate tone. You can see how passionate through her verbal and nonverbal cues. She takes pride in her own languages and this is seen because she uses all three in her performance. She uses the language she uses with her family, when she is in her neighborhood, and then standard English. She uses this style to represent all three different languages and not just this “articulate” one. She wants to prove that she sees all three languages as equal and she uses them