Personal Essay I came from a family where education is the utmost priority. Since childhood I was surrounded by books that my parent valued so much. In one of these books I came across the quote by Aristotle "the roots of education are bitter‚ but the fruit is sweet". Being a child of Western Ukrainian immigrants I came as a first grader to this country with no knowledge of English. I have learned that the roots of education are truly bitter‚ as my parents did not make
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Growing up bilingual meant that not only was I lucky to be cultured in two languages but it also meant that I had an expanded vocabulary with words in Spanish and in English. In elementary‚ I felt uncomfortable speaking either language around my classmates because they would look at me strange if I spoke Spanish with someone and then weird again if I spoke English and I felt that I had to identify with just one. Once I got into my teenage years I learned that being bilingual was not a disadvantage
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people who hear me speak Spanish (my mother tongue is English) that I am fluent in it. That alone should be enough for me to call myself bilingual. However‚ I have encountered numerous situations over the years where I felt completely lost in Spanish. So‚ if I am so fluent‚ why would this happen to me? The answer is a simple but often overlooked one. Bilinguals usually acquire and use their second ( or third or fourth) language for specific purposes and when they get outside of this specific linguistic
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of people who are becoming bilingual. Society tends to use language to communicate and identify with other cultures. Language is also used to communicate with everyone around the world. Imagine the possibilities that being bilingual would bring to others. Bilingual Education brings many positive outcomes to children and even adults. Although‚ it may be expensive to teach others a second language‚ being bilingual has many great benefits. If people were to get bilingual education‚ everyone would see
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Bilingual ≠ Interpreter It’s not uncommon when faced with a monolingual‚ foreign language speaker to find a workplace or social service grabbing the first available bilingual employee available to serve as an interpreter. Surely‚ the main goal is just to get the bigger points across and anyone bilingual can do that‚ right? Wrong. On both counts. The point is rarely to convey only the main points and anyone bilingual can’t necessarily do that. If they can’t do that‚ then they certainly can’t match
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Writing 5 Advances to being bilingual Speaking two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an globalized world. Many countries in the World has demanded that every student has to take foreign language. Today‚ many companies around the World is also require their employees have to know more than one language. In recent years‚ scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with
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Essay #2 – Benefits of Being Bilingual: Every person knows one language‚ which is the language that you learn during your childhood. In “My Spanish Standoff‚” Kuntz writes‚ “my daughter is frustrated by the fact that I’m bilingual and have purposely declined to teach her to speak Spanish‚ my native tongue.” The information given as well as the information in “English Only‚ but Where” and “English-Only Classrooms‚” has been brought to my attention that being bilingual has advantages. Language is
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Abstract This essay deliberates the benefits of being bilingual. The information has been analyzed from resources dating from September 2010 through 2012. The idea put forth in this essay is to prove that the brain of a bilingual person is agile and nimble. It argues a bilingual signs in babies having the ability to distinguish between two languages as young as 4 months old. It also presents how infants show a strong preference for the language their mother spoke during pregnancy. It confirms that
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1. The advantages of being bilingual There are many advantages of being bilingual. It can get you many places in life and could help you in a time of need. Knowing English as a second language is a good thing in many western countries. There are many English-speaking people in western countries and knowing English will help you to communicate with people. Also‚ I travel to America a lot for vacations‚ so knowing English helps. The third is that if I want to have a conversation with foreigner it
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My idea of interest is the importance of being bilingual. Our schools in America don’t focus on a teaching kids a second language. As a Hispanic‚ and American citizen‚ being bilingual is very important to me. I learned Spanish and English as a kid‚ and this had led me to have better communication‚ and has opened more opportunities for me. I chose this topic because it will raise awareness and lead many Americans to better communicate with the Hispanic community. The American society needs to adapt
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