Growing up in a big mixed family is a must to know two different languages, Spanish and English. It’s a great disadvantage because Today, I 'm a bilingual. Well, semi-bilingual. It’s useful to be able to communicate with my family, for work, and pretty much everywhere I go. But at the end of it all, it’s a blessing and curse. It was a challenge for me as a kid growing up, to identify the difference language barrier. I felt comfortable to read, write and speak Spanish very well because the school was teaching me. But as soon as I stopped learning Spanish academically, it was hard for me to feel that comfort I once had. My mother wanted for my brother and me to learn Spanish in school since it’s in my family language. She didn’t want us
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So it started to shape and influence my own identity with the language. Tan’s experience it was relatable to me because I was able to relate with that language barrier with my family. In her essay, she states “But I do think that the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families which are more insular, plays a large role in shaping the language of the child.” With that quote being said, It very relevant to me which I can agree with Tan because I see that in my experience, growing up with a mixed family with 2 different languages. Spanish is a huge character in my family’s play. My whole family from my fathers to my mother 's side, they are all immigrants and knowing that I had to learn a second language because my mother didn’t want my brother and me to grow up not being able to comminute with my own family. It played a huge role in my life. My mother wanted to make sure we learn how to read, write and speak Spanish. Which is why I was put in a classroom that was meant for two languages being learned at the same time. Not only my mother wanted us to learn Spanish because of my family, but also, she …show more content…
Because I was being taught a lot more in English than Spanish ever since I move up academically. It had broken that consistency I had once growning up. Which it had brought me to lose that comfort I had once talking in Spanish. I can still speak it, but not as well I once had growing up. I can’t hold a full conversation in Spanish, without sneaking in a few English words because I forgot how to say it in Spanish. It only had showed me how it influenced my
So it started to shape and influence my own identity with the language. Tan’s experience it was relatable to me because I was able to relate with that language barrier with my family. In her essay, she states “But I do think that the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families which are more insular, plays a large role in shaping the language of the child.” With that quote being said, It very relevant to me which I can agree with Tan because I see that in my experience, growing up with a mixed family with 2 different languages. Spanish is a huge character in my family’s play. My whole family from my fathers to my mother 's side, they are all immigrants and knowing that I had to learn a second language because my mother didn’t want my brother and me to grow up not being able to comminute with my own family. It played a huge role in my life. My mother wanted to make sure we learn how to read, write and speak Spanish. Which is why I was put in a classroom that was meant for two languages being learned at the same time. Not only my mother wanted us to learn Spanish because of my family, but also, she …show more content…
Because I was being taught a lot more in English than Spanish ever since I move up academically. It had broken that consistency I had once growning up. Which it had brought me to lose that comfort I had once talking in Spanish. I can still speak it, but not as well I once had growing up. I can’t hold a full conversation in Spanish, without sneaking in a few English words because I forgot how to say it in Spanish. It only had showed me how it influenced my