International Mother Language Day

sentences. These words that are repeated are often vital with a great emotional pull attached giving the speaker’s words, a natural but rhythmical flow. It makes the line or so memorable just like the other persuasive elements do. “I think of the mother I met recently in a camp in Iraq. She could tell you what it is like to try to live after your young daughter was ripped from your family by armed…

building a house for him and my mother to move into, postponing their marriage until the project was finished, just to have it taken away by the regime. Emigrating to the U.S. was overall a difficult operation, especially as a first generation from my family to do so. The sacrifices and obstacles that my parents endured allowed me to appreciate the value of education, ambition, and the ability to voice opinions;…

Paella, gazpacho, pan con tomate y more, are the foods of my soul, the foods I enjoy. My mother tongue is a romance language, and it’s not Spanish. No em toquis els nasos eh , just ‘cuz its Catalan doesn’t mean it’s a dialect. For me, it’s both Barzelona and Barcelona. I’m proud to say that I beat what looks like a log on the night before Christmas as I sing for it to defecate Turrón; celebrate the day San Jordi slayed a dragon by giving a book to a boy; chase the three kings for hours on…

traveling all over the world influence Marco Polo to wind up the considerable traveler he is known as today.Marco was a child when his mother had died and he ended up living with his aunt. Marco’s life barely consisted of going to school so he had time to go around and look at the wonders of Venice. But Marco had still managed to learned a lot. He had learned 4 Asian languages and some Italian. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became…

what she's is writing about. With this her opinion is taken into account by the reader and not taken lightly, her voice is heard by them and affects their thoughts on the issue. The use of an international holiday such as New years prompts the reader to think about how the people on the streets would spend that day, while they are sitting with the family in a warm house. Causing…

examples, how language varies according to the context in which it is spoken or written. Although English is not the language with the largest numbers of native or ‘first’ language speakers, it has become a lingua franca. A lingua franca can be defined as “a language widely adopted for communication between two speakers whose native languages are different from each other’s and where one or both speakers are using it as a ‘second language’.“ English seems to be one of the main languages…

S. however, I would say has been the most challenging and yet has been amazing. I was always shy and did not speak to others often partly, because English was my second language. I had to work twice as hard as the other students in my class to get to where I am today. Today, I can proudly say that I speak in two different languages fluently. When I was young, my parents left my…

The dominance of English language in Indian writing is but an obvious result of British presence in India. The hegemonic governance of British company over India for almost two-hundred years brought English language as most dominating language amongst all the vernacular languages. The 1980s period is recounted as the period of renaissance in Indian writing in English. The recent past years had brought…

As an international teacher, I am constantly worried if my stereotype will play negative roles in working with families and children who are from different cultures. For example, in my culture it is regarded as the parents’ fault or responsibility if their child needs special education. If a child is born with a defect, we immediately try to find which parent or ancestor had the potential impact. We spend more effort on figuring out whose fault it is rather than finding a way to help their child…

PAS Enrichment Scholarship Reflection Essay This summer I had the opportunity to spend four weeks in Peru. I participated in the Summer International Health Fellowship with the Foundation for International Medical Relief for Children. Along with 16 other college students from across the study and a couple of medical students, I spent three weeks in a city in the mountains called Huancayo and one week in a city in the jungle called La Merced. We did many different health related and other…