Different Country Same Language

Different Country Same Language Growing up and understanding one language was never an issue, but when the day comes from when you have to move to a different country, where in that country the language you known primarily is not the main language. How the experience of having a language barrier among the people around you can cause such difficulty. From America to the Philippines was the realization of the importance of communication. When I was growing up my parents always speak to me in combination of English and Tagalog which is one of the many Philippines dialect. There was never a time where my parents would just speak to me in straight Tagalog because they would think that I would not understand them very well. But after I’ve been in the philippines and had difficulty speaking the language I …show more content…
Francis would teach us a couple words a day, then it would be sentences and before we know it, we are able to start conversing in Tagalog. Although it wasn’t exactly fluent it was enough for us to be able to start associating ourselves with my peers, and by that I mean my classmates. From there I knew and felt exactly what Francis meant in being insecure of a language that you are still trying to learn. I spoke it anyway, even if my Tagalog was bad. I honestly thought they were going to laugh at me for speaking Tagalog but it was more of a praise that I got out of them. Yes they had a good laugh but they admired the fact I was trying to speak their language, maybe it was because I was adapting to their culture. Language was the puzzle piece to being accepted in a society. Through the personal experience and the constant isolation I felt from the people around me. Learning Tagalog played a big role in being able to adjust to your environment. It has shown me the value of communication. Although there could be other factors into being accepted in a Society, I know that Language is definitely one of