My First Knowledge Of The English Language From Watching Scooby Doo And Pokemon

When I was in elementary school, it was discovered that I had issues with communication and was unable to properly form sounds and letters. It was difficult for me to understand the material in my classes and I ended up falling behind my other peers. Eventually, it got to the point where the school had to think about holding me back. At this point a teacher of mine stepped in and suggested I try speech therapy. Once it was realized that I had a communication problem, the school decided there was no reason to hold me back. My speech disorder, however, was not a simple fix.

1) 1.1 Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults in all walks of life and at any age whether it be with relatives, friends, neighbours, colleagues, associates or even total strangers. Also, effective language skills are essential for children to access the curriculum. In the classroom, spoken language is the main way that teachers teach and children learn. Therefore if the skill of communicating in an effective manner isn’t learned or grasped at an early age then it could lead to various complications in terms of interacting with other people, be it in the home or

Coming from a foreign country where english is a second language, I didn’t know how to communicate. How was I going understand the information in school? How will I create new friendships without speaking? All these questions plagued me. As I sat quietly everyday trying to avoid making a sound, hoping not to get called on to answer a question or speak out loud in the class, I was trying to make clear of what these people were saying. I realized that just sitting there and listening wouldn't help me better speak English; I had begun trying to speak english with my father so I can become more fluent. After months of dedication, I was understanding and speaking a language completely different to mine. That was by far the most difficult

This was not surprising, nor was it an issue, since my parents both spoke Spanish at home. I recall my mother carrying around a Spanish-to-English dictionary religiously, pulling it out in grocery stores or doctor’s appointments to able to communicate with the strangers around her. The language barrier first became an issue at age four, when I was set to start preschool. I could not go in blindly, and so in the months leading up to the day my parents spent hours teaching me the little English they had acquired.

I had a hard time pronouncing words that contained the letter r; therefore, I had to attend speech class twice a week. Going to a speech class helped me correct my language, but lowered my self-confidence. I was that student that did not want to read or speak in front of the class because my language was constantly being corrected. I still sometimes feel very uncomfortable speaking in front of people. Therefore, I have to remind myself that confidence is the key to success. I realize from my experience when I was a child, that if teachers or adults over correct children, especially when it comes to language differences, children are more apt to be silent and not talk. Children tend to lack social needs and self-confidence because they are told their language is bad or not right according to the American Standard

Even worse, I couldn't utter a single word in English and was forced to use hand gestures to communicate.To my horror, a speech therapist took me out of class everyday, as kids snickered behind me. Soon enough,I was drawing attention to myself everyday-and not in a good way. A group of boys always huddled around me during recess and would taunt me to say sentences in English, as I stood silently, praying it would be over soon. Over time, those comments began to pile up and eventually, something in me broke.I had to

Communicating with my peers has been a hefty struggle with me for years. For me to speak with one partner let alone a whole class was challenging enough. Through elementary, I used to speak in quiet stutters that required an ear full to get a word.

Trying to communicate, but words aren’t used, writing isn’t used, it’s simply impossible. When communicating with others we use words, we speak, write, and read. But if one can’t perform those tasks, communication is simply out of reach. The essay “Homemade Education” by Malcolm X, a minister and a civil right activist, describes how his experience of learning how to read and write in prison changes his life as he became both an articulate speaker and writer. Similarly, Helen Keller, an author and political activist shares her experience being both deaf and blind in an excerpt called “A Word for Everything.” She explains how learning a new language opened her to all the joys and horrors of the world. I, like many other authors, also had an experience concerning language and how it changed my perspective of the world. Speaking Chinese and Vietnamese as my first languages in the United States made me run into societal barriers and restrictions. However, by learning English, I could open myself to new possibilities and experiences. By learning and struggling through the experience of language; new perspectives are opened up such as how one views themselves, the world, and society.

I was born and raised in Chicago, but as a child my first language was Polish. My parents came here from Poland not knowing any English, so it was really hard for me to understand English because I had no real help at home. As parents made me learn Polish as my first language because it was the only language they knew, it was really hard for me to learn English as another language at a really young age. I was in the bilingual program in elementary school, which helped me with all the struggles I had. The bilingual program gave me all the help I needed that I couldn't get at home and was a great help for me. As I grew up, the years were getting easier and easier. As I was going into freshman year of high school, everything was getting easier

I was born in Hong Kong and I grew up in the Philippines. I went to a Chinese school and had to learn four different languages (Mandarin, Fukien, English, and Tagalog) all at the same time. I learned Chinese because my dad planned for us to live in Hong Kong in the future; however, there was a change since my grandma petitioned my dad to come to the United States. Schools in the Philippines teach English since it’s the most common language in the world, but the English curriculum in both countries are different. The language barrier was always, and I had to adjust to the language when I moved here to the US. Because of my previous experience with learning a second language, it was not difficult for me to adjust. However, growing up in an environment that mostly speak Chinese or Tagalog, it felt strange for me to speak in English 90% of the time. My cousins who were born here helped me adjust to the language. They helped me practice my English and taught me the proper way to write essays in English. However, since I was new in the neighborhood and in the country, I was afraid to speak because of my heavy accent. I was scared that other students might make fun of me. Despite my shyness, I was able to make some friends who made me

Growing up, there were two things I was always embarrassed about. The first, was having to translate for my parents. They are Russian and came to America in 1991. Learning a new language in their 30s wasn’t one of their priorities but getting money to sustain a family was. Over the years, my parents picked up bits and pieces of English but not enough to have a conversation with a sales clerk or the doctor. I would complain that I didn’t want to translate. At a young age, I was embarrassed of them because people would give us looks. In the moment, I didn’t understand why they couldn’t speak English. As I grew up, I realized that learning English is difficult. It has a variety of rules that sometimes contradict themselves. I had no compassion or respect for my parents.

When I was five years old my parents decided to move to the United States from South Korea. My parents wanted my sister Sunny and me to learn English because they knew how important it is today to know the global universal language. When I first arrived in America, I had no problem in communicating with others because I was able to communicate through my parents in Korean instead of speaking for myself to English speakers. But that soon changed when I first entered the discourse community of my kindergarten class. I needed to adapt to the community by learning English in order for me to communicate with my peers and teachers. Syntax learning this new language was difficult for me because the teachers could only teach me and communicate

When I was a child, I was shy and didn’t have too many friends. And because of my shyness, I didn’t talk that often. My mother used to tell me that I would hardly speak around others who weren’t her and my father, my two grandmothers, and my small group of friends. Of course, I would be cordial and say “hi” or wave but as far as communicating verbally, it didn’t occur a lot. Regarding my learning at an early age, I believe I was more of a solitary learner than any other type of learner. I chose to stick to myself quite frequently when it came to reading, writing, doing math, completing projects, etc. I work best that way and I

During my early childhood and partial middle childhood, teachers and students in school were having trouble understanding me due to my accent. My parents are from Freetown, Sierra Leone in west Africa not too far from Liberia. My parents moved from Sierra Leone in the mid 1908s and gave birth to me in the early 1990s, through my infancy I was raised with less English communication and more of our cultural language. Granted, I was born in the U.S, my communication development was structed due to cultural beliefs causing difficulty communicating with others in the same age range and have met their developmental milestones. Throughout my early childhood stage I would find difficulty pronouncing particular words, reading out load, understanding others, completing work, asking for help and advocating for myself, which untimely diminished my social competence and interpersonal skills with classmates. Due to my lack of productivity and improvement the teacher noticed my difficulty in my achieving academic and social milestones, she requested to place me in ESOL (English for speakers of other languages). ESOL is a program where English is a foreign language that is used for non-native English speakers learning English in country where English is not commonly spoken. “Little kids are like sponges” is an expression that anyone working in early childhood education has likely heard at one time or another. While the saying can refer to children’s general aptitude for learning, when considered in relation to language learning, it reflects the common belief that young child simply “soak up” language. The corollary to this is that learning languages gets harder as one gets older, so that it is best to start young. (Bernstein,

I started learning English when at the age of eight. My mother wanted me to be a doctor, but I decided to learn several foreign languages and to teach them to other people. For as long as I remember, my mother encouraged me to treat education seriously so that I would have the necessary skills to compete in today 's society. When I was a child, she always bought for me different dictionaries and phrasebooks. She always told me that I should learn as many languages as I could. They would be useful for me whatever job I would have. Just as I suspected, she was right.