the Caribbean known as Puerto Rico. On this island Spanish is the central language‚ leading me to be fluent in Spanish. Later in my life as I grew‚ went to school and watched American TV I learned English‚ turning me bilingual. Bilingualism is defined as the ability to converse in two different languages. Were I come from most of my family and friends are bilingual‚ but when I came to Miami I didn’t expect to meet many people that could speak Spanish. As I began to observe the people from Miami I knew
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I enjoy learning‚ but also informs me that I need to improve my learning techniques. Diversity I was not surprised to get a high score on Diversity. In my line of work I’m constantly in contact with all kinds of people‚ which I really enjoy. I live and work in Puerto Rico‚ I consider myself bilingual although my first language is Spanish. I have to interact with people that speak Portuguese‚ English
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cultural identities of Puerto Ricans from the Island to the US mainland. In the year 1508‚ the Spanish arrived in Puerto Rico and began the Spanish colonization of the island. At this time‚ the island was called Boriquen and was inhabited by an Indian tribe called Tainos. During this process‚ the Spanish established their way of life on the island while decimating the Tainos in terms of population due to Spanish disease‚ slavery and oppression. In order to avoid this fate‚ many Tainos escaped into the
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identity as Dominicans and their new identities as Americans. Yolanda‚ the sister on whom the story primarily focuses‚ must find a balance between the strict and old fashioned culture she comes from and the new‚ innovative and radical culture she is now learning to embrace. Immigration challenges Yolanda and her sisters to create a bi-cultural identity—a task at which they ultimately fail. They embark on a search to find themselves‚ feeling torn between two distinctly different and opposing
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country where English is the number one language and being raised by Mexican parents where Spanish is the only language used isn’t an easy task growing up. I would speak one language with my friends but a different one with my parents; I sometimes ask myself how the heck did I graduate high school? As a kid I confused words and sometimes my friends or family would look at me with confusion‚ only to find out that I was speaking “Spanglish” (a combination of Spanish and English). The hardest moment in
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Southern Oregon University Spanish Students Attitudes Toward Bilingualism March 13‚ 2014 Majerle Reeves and Luis Ayala Field Assignment Final Draft The United States has become the home to a multicultural society where‚ according to Lopez and Gonzalez-Barrera (2013)‚ more than 37 million people of ages 5 and older speak Spanish‚ making it the second most spoken language in the United States. Attitudes towards bilingualism vary among different individuals‚ while some believe
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I am Puerto Rican‚ or‚ as my family constantly reminds me‚ "boriqua". As a result‚ I grew up learning two languages; English and Spanish. However‚ ever since I have attended school I have lost much of my Spanish. Unlike the other kids who cried and clung to their moms‚ I was very enthusiastic about starting school. I think the enthusiasm came from my parent’s encouragement to learn‚ as well as their assurance that they’d be there at the end of the day to pick me up and take me back home. Being
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facilitate my well-being and open up the doors for my future. As the years progressed‚ I began to acquire both languages‚ English and Spanish‚ but there was a point where I became tongue tied and had to assist in speech therapy. My parents would talk to me in Spanish at home but in school all I would hear was English‚ my mind was extremely confused to the point that I made my own language by using both tongues in one sentence.
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The power of English language in the world. The development of English as a universal language is a fact that we cannot deny‚ as we cannot deny that the language is inextricably tied to the culture of the country that it represents and even though it is true that an international language can give small languages a better chance to survive‚ it is also true that in the case of English‚ the language is been used as a weapon‚ something to control other countries and to have advantage over them in
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on the idea of losing an accent or native language to conform to the current environment. Anzaldua grew up in the United States but spoke mostly Spanish. The problem is that the language she spoke was Chicano Spanish‚ not true Spanish. She was living in an English speaking environment she wasn’t living in a Spanish speaking country‚ but was speaking a form of Spanish. She describes the difficulty of hard the delicate ever changing language of Chicano Spanish. Quote: “"I want you to speak English
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