Languages of the United States

land of the free. Americans are beings who strive to make a change; to make something out of nothing. Americans are the ones whom seek a brighter tomorrow. An important factor each American has are the freedoms that they have. Citizens of the United States are believed to be equal, that each American…

New York City is the most populous city in the United States. It has as many as 800 languages with an estimated 18.9 million people. New York is the 27th most extensive, the 3rd most populous, and the 7th most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Although New York City is the largest city in the country, much of New York is still rural. Albany is its state capital. New York is composed of five boroughs in which there…

every actor in the movie, but not a single one of the musicians behind the screen, that in reality, have made the movie. Music is a passion for people around the world, and yet, it is far underappreciated. In fact, in many schools throughout the United States, music…

My Worst Education Experience “¿Itzel, Ya estas lista para la escuela?” this was the dreading question my mother would ask me every morning before going to school. I was a bilingual student in the second grade and I was struggling so much academically, which in the long run caused me to have internal struggles. I dreaded going to school every morning and having to put up with 8 hours of feeling like I was born stupid. My teacher, principal, and vice-principal did not have very good faith I was…

from various societies can be minimal or vast, and something that is considered normal in one can be considered rude in another. For instance, in the United States it is considered common to hold eye contact while conducting a conversation while this is seldom the case in the United Kingdom. Although most would consider United Kingdom and United States to be fairly similar, even when comparing them on the Hofstede analysis, a small cultural factor pertaining to that society could have been…

girl. I could not play sport with boys or help my dad with the car, or even carry heavy things because of the same reason. But to be honest that never really stop me. The first time I ever felt like my gender, culture and language was a problem was when I came to the United State. I was twelve,…

originally from France, moved to Quebec, Canada to take advantage of the inexpensive land. Several generations later, my grandmother’s parents immigrated to the United States to escape the few educational and employment opportunities. According to my paternal grandfather, the Gunthers, who are originally from Germany, moved to the United States to escape the requirement to join the military. Serving in the German military meant being paid four cents a day and living in terrible conditions. In…

way to defend yourself is your own language. This is Gloria Anzaldúa’s situation in her personal narrative, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” a chapter from her book, Borderland/La Frontera. Anzaldúa realizes American territory creates an environment full of insecurities. She is trying to escape the ideas of oppression through her own language as she uses Chicano Spanish throughout the text. Language allows one another to communicate using a secret language. Language progresses culture by passing…

the language difference that existed. Language barriers during the 1980s to the 1990s acted as a huge hindrance towards the genre of music that could be considered to be rap music (Flores). An example is how Latino and Spanish rap was not considered to be hip-hop until the late 1990s when it broke the language barrier, and people started to accept it at rap music. Chicanos were individuals who originated from Mexico and moved to the United States, these individuals held on to their language and…

was an interesting one. I believe that the Germans settle in America the easiest then a lot of Minority groups because of their color and working skills. German immigrants settle nicely into the United States of America. One interesting fact is According to "The Germans in America." The largest German immigration to America was the decades of 1850s and the 1880s. From the German migration there was so much embedded in America from German culture today…