I was born in Hermosillo Sonora Mexico. I moved to the States in 2003 when i was just 8 years old. My primary Language is Spanish (obviously), but i seem to dominate English better since i have more practice with it . I came to the United States with no knowledge of the English language. In School i struggled immensely and i would get depressed from the drastic life style that i had in my life. I spend my time in detention most of the first year at school because i would not do my homework; i did not understand it, so i refused to do it. School was a traumatizing experience for me when i was a child, and that lasted for about a year. After the year i could understand it , but i did not speak fluently and my grammar was not great. Throughout the time i learned to speak correctly and I even earned awards for being in the top list of my English classes. In high School i studied French for 2 years and i am able to recognize some of the words and phrases even though i have not had enough practice with it. Studying French derived me to love language more and i became really interested to figure out how language works.
I am taking ENG 213 as required class for my ASU Mapp. I want to obtain my Linguistics BA Degree. I pursue the dream to be an interpreter one day.
Hi. I also want to major in Linguistics and learned to love language in high school. What language would you like to interpret for? I think I would either do Japanese or German. I hope you achieve your goal of becoming an interpreter!
ReplyDeleteHi Ashley! I am still not sure what language I want to interpret for, but most likely Spanish and French since I have knowledge of them. However, I do want to learn Japanesse because it sounds interesting! And that's great :) . Is one of them your dominant language?? And thanks me too I hope you become a great interpreter one day and I'm sure you will.
DeleteHi Denisse, my name is Alex and I think it's amazing that you earned awards for being on the top list of your English classes, especially with coming to the States with no knowledge of English. I also saw that you want to be an interpreter, and that is exactly what I want my career to be. I want to exercise my practices in a court system. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah it was a struggle but that just proves that anything is possible as long as we push ourselves a little harder :) . And that's awsome! You should look into that and do a course. I am still not sure how it works for court systems, but I just know there's a course involved lol. What languages are you going to interpret for??
DeleteWithout being able to speak English or having knowledge of it, I understand the struggles that you went through at school because myself I could not speak any English five years ago when I arrived, but now I thank God I can express my thoughts in English. One secret that I learned from that experience is: Never give up or be discouraged in anyway though the path doesn’t seem to have a way out.
ReplyDeleteYes it was a struggle, but hey! Look at us now typing away in a foreign language :) . And there is always a way out... But the feelings of there not being there always come to mind. What helped you learned the fastest and easiest? What is your primary language?
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ReplyDeleteHi Denisse, it's been a while hope you had a good break. Hope this semester goes well for you ^^
DeleteWell For me I would like to be able to teach English to another country. Any Ideas what you want to do or is it still the same?