Essay on Myself in English

of things I do and how I carry myself through advancing in the activities I perform and the habits I have when learning new things. Some examples I will present to you include my experiences when teaching myself guitar, how I've grown as a rifle spinner and color guard, and my abilities to speak and understand French. When I first started learning guitar, I was completely self taught. I studied the basic chords, which are sequences of notes played…

family had just moved, and I had to enroll in a new school. In my old school I was surrounded by others like myself, those who spoke Spanish and English, and whose parents were Hispanic. While here, I immediately noticed the difference, everywhere I looked I saw kids with fair complexions and light hair. Previously, I had been enrolled in bilingual classes, but here I found myself in an all English class. Spanish being my first language and the one spoken…

pushed me to become more literate in English. While I still think the definition of the word “literacy” is the ability to read and write, the meaning is much more significant to a bilingual speaker since you are learning a completely new language, and forced to communicate in a different way than you were used to. Literacy is the building block for communication, and I am very fortunate to have learned its importance at such a young age. I always think to myself, “What is the point of having…

feels the need to change the way it speak to sound different from the regions around them. This results in slowly changing words, pronunciations, and fundamentals of the language to suit what this region defines as “proper English.” Every region believes that they speak English “correctly,” while every region that differs is considered “wrong.” Code-switching is very common in spoken language. I will say that I believe changing…

For non-native English speakers, having to take college-level English may result in a challenge. Especially since doing compositions and writing analytically are not easy tasks. English Composition I, which is English 101, is the first English class students have to take in order to advance in their career path. In English 101, the principal objectives are to apply critical thinking, critical reading, and critical writing in order to analyze college-level texts and to start on research as I did…

internship, which is a newly established English training institution. My major is English, and I want to be an English teacher in the future, so with an unparalleled excitement and gratitude, I carried on my one month internship there. Yale Horizon Education is the English teaching of Beijing Boundless Learning of Education Science and Technology Development Center. It aims at the children from 3 years old to 12 years old, teaching in small classes with full English. The idea comes from the…

benefited from speaking English. He also says “‘That’s what they’re trying to do to all of us,’ I said, then added: ‘He can rip my tongue out if he wants. But it won’t work, porque hablo español del corazón’” (96-99). This shows that Espada’s fight against the oppression of Spanish made him truly bilingual. If he had given into the threats and anti-Spanish movements, he would have lost Spanish and bilingualism, but he kept his bilingualism because he fought for…

Lakeland at Mckeel Academy of Technology. This interview took place at approximately 10:15 am and lasted 2 minutes. I asked Maria what has helped her most in learning English. She replied watching TV and listening to music in English and speaking with fluent English speakers. Next I asked Maria what teachers could do to help English language learners more in the classroom. She explained that speaking slowly and more in depth of what the expectations of the students were would help the process…

I think George Orwell made a good point when he said “the English language is in a bad way”. However in this generation it is not politics that is affecting our language; it is social media. Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have all clearly made an impact on the way we speak and write the English language. Social media has become a quick and easy way to communicate. And while it may have its few benefits, it has definitely had its negative effects on society. Emoticons,…

the skill of writing. Every person has an individual unique style of writing; however, everyone progressively develops its own style over time. This semester I’ve have seen an improvement in my personal form of writing, learned history about the English language, and learned how to set goals…