Personal Narrative: I Am Bilingual
A BIT OF HUMILITY
Have you ever been so sure of something that the simple consideration of the opposite seems to overwhelm you? I have been; or, I had been. Since the age of ten, I had considered myself bilingual. This course has given me an increasingly wide opportunity to acknowledge the fact that speaking a language does not necessarily mean I have sufficient tools to write in it. In fact, I have noticed many misconceptions, errors, and even some atrocities.
The first grounding came with my score on the Diagnostic Test. I will summarize by this: I could not have done worst. I couldn’t understand why or how the sentences needed correcting, when I was perfectly capable of understanding their meaning. Truth be told, my self-assurance was
Have you ever been so sure of something that the simple consideration of the opposite seems to overwhelm you? I have been; or, I had been. Since the age of ten, I had considered myself bilingual. This course has given me an increasingly wide opportunity to acknowledge the fact that speaking a language does not necessarily mean I have sufficient tools to write in it. In fact, I have noticed many misconceptions, errors, and even some atrocities.
The first grounding came with my score on the Diagnostic Test. I will summarize by this: I could not have done worst. I couldn’t understand why or how the sentences needed correcting, when I was perfectly capable of understanding their meaning. Truth be told, my self-assurance was