As a child, I lived with my mother who spoke to me in English, but every other weekend when I went to my father’s house, he would try to get me to speak in Spanish. My dad would speak to me in Spanish and only respond to me if I responded in Spanish. I use to hate this method as a child, but as I got older I realized how important it was for my father to do that. Now, I am appreciative that I am bilingual. I should be speaking more Spanish, but I guess my mother not speaking to me in Spanish plays a role in what I know and how fluent I am able to speak. The foundation of my Spanish came from my dad teaching me and I only received that guidance every other weekend when I was with him. My mother did not emphasis generalization and that took a
