Challenges Of Being An Immigrant
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The biggest challenges of being an immigrant is knowing the language of the country that you are in, trying to communicate with people and getting bullied. It is really hard for an immigrant coming to america to learn english and especially speak english. Like in many languages from Asia there are seriant ways to pronounce a word and if you pronounce that word in a different way it could have a whole different meaning. Another reason why it is very challenging for an immigrant speaking and learning english is because their peers might make fun of them if they pronounce a word wrong, like in the book inside out and back again the main character Hà, who is a 10 year old girl from vietnam, moved to alabama during the …show more content…
While she was in alabama she had to go to school and learn english. The only problem was when ever she tried to make a friend or try to say an answer in class the kids around her would make fun of her because of he way she said the word or that she wasn't speaking proper english. During this time In the book Hà is trying to explain to the class about vietnam, “ Misss SScott shows photographs of the S shape of vietnam, the green muntiansand long beaches, of a statue of the buddha reclining. She ask me, would you like to say anything ? I know Buddha. I hear laughter and a murmur building: Boo-Da, Boo-Da.” Ha had a very hard time learning and making sense of the english language, and her classmates still make fun of her even though she is trying to explain something to them. Hà really has to learn english otherwise she will have a really hard time getting a job at making friends. One reason not knowing english is the biggest challenge for immigrants is they can't communicate with the people around them. For example when Hà first goes to school in america for the first time er teacher introduces her
The biggest challenges of being an immigrant is knowing the language of the country that you are in, trying to communicate with people and getting bullied. It is really hard for an immigrant coming to america to learn english and especially speak english. Like in many languages from Asia there are seriant ways to pronounce a word and if you pronounce that word in a different way it could have a whole different meaning. Another reason why it is very challenging for an immigrant speaking and learning english is because their peers might make fun of them if they pronounce a word wrong, like in the book inside out and back again the main character Hà, who is a 10 year old girl from vietnam, moved to alabama during the …show more content…
While she was in alabama she had to go to school and learn english. The only problem was when ever she tried to make a friend or try to say an answer in class the kids around her would make fun of her because of he way she said the word or that she wasn't speaking proper english. During this time In the book Hà is trying to explain to the class about vietnam, “ Misss SScott shows photographs of the S shape of vietnam, the green muntiansand long beaches, of a statue of the buddha reclining. She ask me, would you like to say anything ? I know Buddha. I hear laughter and a murmur building: Boo-Da, Boo-Da.” Ha had a very hard time learning and making sense of the english language, and her classmates still make fun of her even though she is trying to explain something to them. Hà really has to learn english otherwise she will have a really hard time getting a job at making friends. One reason not knowing english is the biggest challenge for immigrants is they can't communicate with the people around them. For example when Hà first goes to school in america for the first time er teacher introduces her