Richard Rodriquez

On the one hand, English was the language used to communicate with outsiders. It was a tool for survival and held no personal meaning. It was crucial for public success. On the other hand, in Richard Rodriguez’s own words: “Spanish was associated with closeness”. By reading the previous passage, we can clearly infer that Spanish was the key to Richard’s confort. Hearing Spanish brought Rodriguez feelings of love, acceptance, family, and security. Spanish was a reminder of home and seemed to him a private language. In other words, he was surrounded by a web built by the family love and security which is conveyed by using the Spanish language, as the following passage shows: “...Spanish seemed to me the language of home...It became the language of joyful return...”. Moreover, if we consider the following passage:”You belong here. We are family members. Related. Special to one another” it is possible to say that Spanish language made Rodriguez felt as part of his family, creating a feeling of belonging and reinforcing family ties and ethnic heritage.

By contrast, Richard Rodriquez, in his article entitled "Aria", strongly believes in surrendering to learning the proper English language, despite how strongly he feels his native tongue is a private language that once functioned to unite his family. Rodriguez creates a division of a public and a private discourse. He feels that he has a ‘right to learn the public language of los gringos'. He creates a visual clash of two worlds: a public world as represented by school and the need to learn English; and a private world as represented by his family and the use of Spanish within the home. He feels that in order to adapt and create assimilation that he needs to abandon the comfort of using Spanish to communicate and force himself to learn English – even if it meant alienating his family members.

Looking at the world today we can clearly see the dominance of humans and their creations on Earths surface. Many people see what we have done as brilliant and almost super natural and I agree to these comments to an extent. It is true, looking throughout history and where we started we have accomplished an unbelievable amount of discoveries and inventions. No other animals is as skill, as innovative, and as motivated as we are, but there is a question we must ask due to these creations. Beginning the 21st century, many research labs across the world can manipulate and create nature. For example, just merely 2 years after this century began researchers at the state college of New York in Buffalo had been experimenting with genetic technology and they were able to change the color of butterflies wings. Has the human gone so far they've created a wedge between themselves and nature? After asking this question there's also the question of whether or not this is a good thing. Richard Louv voices his opinion on this question and supports his ideas perfectly. His opinion being, synthetic nature is irrelevant to true nature and using rhetorical strategies he can quickly convince many people of his ideas.

Whether Miguel’s family speaks English or not, it is important for them, as well as Miguel, to maintain their own language. Learning basic Spanish phrases, such as ‘hello,’ ‘Thank you’ will show Miguel and his family that you are interested in them and their language. People cannot be separated from their cultural backgrounds and need to keep them. The use of certain words and contextual inferences are different between these two cultures. Even though one person knows some of the vocabulary from another language, selecting the appropriate words, with the proper intonation critical even before the topic at hand can be

Rolando talks about how hard to be the second language speaker and how hard to learn thing new for you.It ture because I know what Rolando talking about because same thing happened to me.when I come to United state I was 14 years old and the beginning to learn English in I camino Fundamental High school.also Rolando come to United state and he was study high school.In second paragraph Rolando saying “comparable examples are the ladies at the cafeteria telling me about the menu,while speaking at an incredible speed. That always happen to me when I went with my parents to the doctor, the doctor start to takes with me me and most of the doctor used a hard word to understand for new person how learn English,but I try very hard to understand

As a young girl, I remember the uneasiness that would wash over me when I had to speak Spanish. Always seeking familial approbation, my bloomed cheeks were testament to my lack of proficiency with the Spanish language. My family constantly picked out the words I mispronounced or misplaced in my sentences. On several occasions, my grandparents would give me an ultimatum: to speak Spanish or not to speak at all.

By using the role of perspective, and emotion the author made it clear that she had a new found frustration with the “limited” or “broken” Englishes she used growing up because in a way her mother’s imperfect English limited her possibilities in life. The author demonstrates this by stating, “I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well. Sociologists and linguists probably will tell you that a person’s developing language skills are more influenced by peers. But I do think that the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families which are more insular, plays a large role in shaping the language of the child. And I believe that it affected my results on achievement tests, I.Q. tests, and the SAT” (110-111).In other words Tan is asserting that although her mother limited English is something that she grew up with, and the author learned to accept eventually she stills feels as if “limited” English limited her possibilities in life as a whole.

The shift in literacy between Rodriguez’s school and home life showcases his childhood solace in his family amidst the overlooming fact that he is a “socially disadvantaged” foreigner in a large world. When he speaks English, his thoughts are not able to flow. His ability to communicate and express what he wants is stymied by the language barrier. From the impersonal sentiment of his catholic school filled with children of high-paid professions, to having people constantly lean towards him to listen, he is predisposed to feel distant to those who are not within his family.

As a child growing up in my family, the conversations between my grandfather and I consisted of weak attempts at speaking each other’s language. There are some words that momentarily break down the language barrier that kept us apart. However, for the most part, my efforts to speak Spanish were hopeless. Whenever I came to visit him, I exchanged a shaky “sion abuelo” for his thick accented “He-llo,” and ran away before the embarrassment from my inability to understand the language that was spoken frequently

Dolly parents wanted her to receive the best education they could give her so she wouldn’t have to struggle, she would have something useful. They understood that in this country, education means everything. When she enter school, all she knew was Spanish but fortunately or her; she was put in bilingual classes. She remembers other kids looking down on her simply because she took bilingual classes. After a while, she was transferred to English classes for her grade and performance on a test. Dolly realized that she was losing her Spanish and became more Americanized. She liked speaking English than Spanish, which little by little made her lose her language and culture. Her mother put a stop to it and told her the importance of the tongue and how it would benefit her in the long run in life and education wise.

The first thing I can relate to is from the author Tam from the quote “my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her”. The thing that I relate to is that I also have a mother that has a limitation in languages both Spanish and English. To me it was essential to learn how to read Spanish to help out my family. My mother has problem reading and writing in her native tongue. When I started learning my English words I also tried it with the Spanish language because the alphabet was similar to each other. It was either up to my brother and me to read letters from others of her family member that we never had the chance to meet.

Furthermore, In the final story “Aria” by Richard Rodriguez, a young boy had to go to school much like the other stories except this time he resented English, he explicitly said “Saturday morning I entered the kitchen where my parents were talking in Spanish. I did not realize they were talking in Spanish however, until at the moment they saw me, I heard their voices change to speak english.” This quote shows that he is forced to speak English language because he cannot notice when his parents are speaking Spanish, but he does notice when they are talking in English; this means that he realizes when something stands out more than he would like. Throughout the story he is forced to use english because all of his family starts speaking it so he just says that he must learn it. This shows that he is slowly getting his identity, history, and his language ripped away from his, as if an english bullet shot through his scavenging heart.

We believe that everything in our life is usually fine with no problems but that are times that we tend to realize the difference in our life, “But, I do think that the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families which are more insular, plays a large role in shaping the language of the child” (Tan P.199). The family plays a major language modeling role onto the child. The author contradicts sociologists and linguists on the influenced by peers of developing language skills. She believes it is through family that affects how the child interprets language. In addition, the quality of speech is at home. Steele’s quote conveys to readers that life observations are based on a particular person’s perspective. Tan provides ample evidence on sociologists and linguists research on developing language skills, their research points out that children’s language skills are influenced by classmates. Yet Tan’s belief is that immigrant families have greater impact on the child due to their grasp of the english language. Ultimately, it is Tan’s personal experience that lead to her idea on with developing language skills compare to the sociologist and linguist whether than by family. Tan indicates that her life experiences with language developing skills are influenced by

Richard Rorty: starts his essay describing incredible brutality done by the hands of one group of people (Serbs) to another (Muslims). The writer then elaborates on the logic behind such action as he introduces the concept of human rights in the essay. He state that the actions done by the Serbs in Bosnia to the Muslims are not a violation of human rights. For the acts committed against Muslims such as murder and rape weren’t committed against fellow human beings but to Muslims. They are not being inhuman, but rather are discriminating between humans and the pseudo humans. Rorty then begins a brief explanation of pragmatism as it relates to the human rights culture. He states that our human right culture is morally superior to other cultures,

Nowadays young – English Ecuadorian students are highly benefited from English; therefore, the importance to bear in mind the effect that written communication has got on English language learning process. In the same order, it is vital to address code mixing as the reason why students use Spanglish which is mixing words in their native language- Spanish and the target language English. It draws attention to the fact that learners create new words and even sentences with a blended version of Spanish and English. Therefore, this essay focuses on the review of selected authors who explain relevant aspects of Spanglish when learning English as a second language. The resources reviewed show the history of Spanglish, causes of Spanglish, consequences of Spanglish, examples of wrong morphological constructions