English Essay About Myself

language is spanish, I did not learn english until I entered the first grade where it was mandatory. A clear memory I have with the transition of spanish to english is being frustrated and angry that I was being forced to learn another language. Although school is taught in english, I am in touch with my spanish vocabulary because I speak spanish in my house and to my relatives. I am comfortable with both languages and I am proud of the fact that I can call myself bilingual. Sometimes though, I…

essays. However, I believe that if writers expect their audience to understand their essay and in return receive a respectable grade from a professor, one should be capable of writing a formal essay in Academic Standard English. Having the ability to write in Standard Academic English will not only benefit students at a collegiate level, but also in their professional life. For example, when people as customers have an issue with the service provided at their local grocery store, one might ask…

Many of the students in my bilingual class were trying to fit in so much with the “English” classes that we were pronouncing our names differently. My name was pronounced of “ee TSEL” but by the end of that school year I was going by “It-CELL” like my teacher taught me in English. I was so ashamed of who I was as a person and decided to try to fit in because everyone else was doing it. My identity (as well as my classmates’) was…

subjects usually introduce radically new concepts as you progress to higher level courses, unlike English which appears to have the same elements taught consecutively since elementary school. My parents lack of knowledge of the English language also unfortunately made me fall behind other students who were born into an English speaking family. My mother would occasionally tell me “maybe you can teach me English one day,” and I still cling on to that statement. It became arduous to get some…

ethnic background, often I find myself baffled as to how to respond accordingly. I categorize myself as a second generation American, as my mother and I were both born in the United States, yet some how if I say just that, I feel like I am withholding from the truth. My paternal grandparent emigrated from the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States in their adolescence years. Because they acculturated quickly, they entered the work force and learned English. Though, they knew the…

“Awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.” He craved reading. Learning english, it opened so many doors for me. I was able to read and write. I was able to speak and understand what people were saying. Once I learned english, school was so much easier. Learning the language helped me advance my education. I was able to graduate high school and now on my road to fulfill my career. English helped me continue my education to become someone better. By Malcolm learning how to…

year and in these two semesters what I have learned and experienced are more than I thought. Before I came to WKU, I knew that WKU is an American University that most of teacher’s native language is English and only speak English in the class. The reasons why I came WKU are I want to improve my English and try to study in the American way. Actually, going through this freshman year, I have learned a lot and changed a lot. The first thing I learned is the importance of participation. At my…

class became the model English class in my university. Two months later, I was nominated to be the coach of the University English Speech Team. I felt honored and at the same time excited about my new responsibility. My role shifted again from a teacher to a coach and there was more pressure since I had to train my students to make them competitive among students from other universities and let them stand out and win. I became ambitious and I felt I had more power in using English as a tool to…

Having found myself in dicey debates with myself regarding commas that would satisfy the need for a mild pause or the full stop that would “totally” serve the same purpose; the fictional yearnings for an existence that would have an unbiased, yet debugging nature that would clarify and put an end to subtle, tricky-little-things have always hovered around my writing table. And here I am, many years later, looking at an opportunity to help a fellow Engineer or a burgeoning scientist shape his/her…

among individuals. Pidgin Signed English, or PSE, is a combination of ASL and English. Since ASL is a distinct language, it does not translate perfectly into English, with many words and syntax rules differentiating. Most often, people who learn English before ASL, are not culturally Deaf, and/or are hearing do not sign strictly in ASL, but rather mix English and ASL, resulting in PSE. There are many forms of PSE that depend upon the individual and whether ASL or English is more native to them.…