My First Language Experience Essay

The most memorable moment I had encountered that challenged my ability to read or write was when I first started learning English. I moved to America when I was eight, I did not understood what was happening at the time and was just going along with whatever my parents were doing. Of course I was confused as we were moving and staying in a new country. English became my second language and at of an age of eight I understood I needed to learn English in order to adapt into this new profound culture. Yet, English was not easy to come by as it was a completely new language and new subject. However, I had many helps from my family, friends, teacher, books, and even television was a big help.
The earliest memory I can hold of me learning English …show more content…
I was out of place in that class as we were just learning the basic of the language such as the alphabets and numbers, and I already knew most of these, the thing I despised the most was memorizing the order of our president’s names since I was never skilled in memorizing most things. After the first hour I had to walk back to my second grade class, I was also older than most of my classmates as there was a weird policy of if one’s is to be born after august, they must stay behind a grade. This made me felt out of place the most, as my cousin was the same age as me yet he was born in July and was ahead of me by a school year. Another memorable moment was in second grade we had a spelling bee and when it was my turn I had to spelled out “shark”, I knew what a shark was however as I was spelling I forgot about the “k” until one of my classmate whispered it to me, yet the teacher heard. I don’t really why I remembered this trivial memory. I wasn’t even sure how I felt at that time, was I nervous or embarrassed or frustrated? However this did set my course onto learning more of English and being able to understand and comprehend this new …show more content…
I started off with simple and easy to understand books, most were filled with pictures. Not only books but any words in sight, I would pronounce and read any words I see such as on the road, in a restaurant, on television, even at home. My siblings would also join me in reciting words and telling each other what do they mean, even till today I still would do it, mostly in my head of course. Eventually, my learning capability was high and I was able to interpret complex words using roots words and context clues, and I would start on books higher than my grade level.
One can learn from any sources in the worlds such as friends, families, teachers, and even television. Also, one can learn from any sources if possible, such as magazine, English literacy takes time to learn just like any other skills. Mastering the English literacy yet it can be easy if one were to use any source as much as possible, such as television or entertainment, as it show how English is spoken and communicate fluently. There are also books which help one to learn the language and dictions. Most importantly is school, as it is a household for educating the youth about anything and