My Second Language
I was born in Palestine, a country in the Middle East that only speaks Arabic. I lived there for fourteen years and studied at an Arabic school from first grade to my freshman year of high school. After finishing my sophomore year, my family and I moved to the United States of America. Moving to a new country and trying to get used to its language is hard, but will pay off when it comes to improving a person 's education.
I remember my first day in the United States. During the first night, I went to eat out with one of my cousins. We went to a fast food place called “Subway.” I wanted to try to order my own food, when I was asked what I wanted on my sub; the first thing I said was “البندورة” which means tomatoes in Arabic. The employee was confused and had no ideas what I just said. My cousin told him what I meant and handled my order from there.
Ordering food wasn’t the worse thing I faced that year. My sophomore year of high school was the most challenging year because I had to get used to the language …show more content…
The school that I attended was huge compared to the one I attended overseas. I had to move from one class to another class which got me lost in the school. Students were treating me differently because no one wants to be a friend with someone that won’t understand anything you 're saying.
The misunderstanding that I had made reading during English class horrible. I barely knew how to speak the language; I don’t know how I was expected to read a whole book. My English teacher wasn’t as harsh with me as she was with the other students. Instead of reading a whole book in three weeks, she allowed me to read as much as possible from the book then quiz me on what I read. She also stayed after school to help me study grammar. She was one of the big reasons learning English wasn’t as bad as I expected it to
I was born in Palestine, a country in the Middle East that only speaks Arabic. I lived there for fourteen years and studied at an Arabic school from first grade to my freshman year of high school. After finishing my sophomore year, my family and I moved to the United States of America. Moving to a new country and trying to get used to its language is hard, but will pay off when it comes to improving a person 's education.
I remember my first day in the United States. During the first night, I went to eat out with one of my cousins. We went to a fast food place called “Subway.” I wanted to try to order my own food, when I was asked what I wanted on my sub; the first thing I said was “البندورة” which means tomatoes in Arabic. The employee was confused and had no ideas what I just said. My cousin told him what I meant and handled my order from there.
Ordering food wasn’t the worse thing I faced that year. My sophomore year of high school was the most challenging year because I had to get used to the language …show more content…
The school that I attended was huge compared to the one I attended overseas. I had to move from one class to another class which got me lost in the school. Students were treating me differently because no one wants to be a friend with someone that won’t understand anything you 're saying.
The misunderstanding that I had made reading during English class horrible. I barely knew how to speak the language; I don’t know how I was expected to read a whole book. My English teacher wasn’t as harsh with me as she was with the other students. Instead of reading a whole book in three weeks, she allowed me to read as much as possible from the book then quiz me on what I read. She also stayed after school to help me study grammar. She was one of the big reasons learning English wasn’t as bad as I expected it to