The Power Of Language
I decided to make my slide this way because I wanted to show my viewers the way people see me from the outside but also show things that are important to me that only people close to me might know. I added pictures about my family and best friend. I also added pictures of my most recent visit to Mexico. It’s something very important because when I meet people they never expect me to be Mexican and it’s something i’m very proud of.
Language is something very important to me. I grew up with people speaking to me in Spanish and English. During school hours it’s the few time I actually speak in English, at the end of the day I go home and the language I speak is Spanish. The reason for this is because it’s the language my mother primarily speaks. Before attending school I would learn English from my sister and dad. Since most of the people in the house spoke English it soon became the language I started speaking more and every day that passed by I would forget my Spanish and sooner or later I could just understand Spanish and could no longer speak it.
Every year till I was five my mom, sister and I would to Mexico to visit family and get to know the place my mom grow up. This was the only time I would pick my Spanish back up since everyone around would speak it. However it would take time to be able to speak to people again fluently. As a result of this I remember my family I planned a week stay at a hotel to celebrate someone in my families birthday. I remember going to the beach with my mom and I was speaking to her in English out of nowhere I can hear these kids bear me making fun of the way I spoke and started to imitate me. Since then I was determined to make sure I knew how to speak in Spanish.
My Spanish got better when I accepted to old school Independence Charter School. At my old school you had the option to take classes in Spanish or take classes in English and learn Spanish. Throughout my 7 years at ICS I learned how to read, write and help my pronunciation. I was even given the opportunity to travel outside the courtny with my classmates to Nicaragua. From going to Nicaragua I realized how lucky I was to be bilingual and my goal is to speak fluent in 3 more languages. In 7th grade I taught myself how to write and read hangul(Korean alphabet) I know a few words but I need to keep on studying.
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