Language Discourses

BILINGUAL CAN BENEFIT

Every culture has its own tradition, and every tradition has its own language. As a Mexican-American i grew up in a household where everything we spoke, we spoke it in spanish. I didn't learn to speak English until i was in 5th grade. I remember that by the age of 8 all I understood has "Hi" or "whats your name", now my younger sister at the age of 8 knows more than I did when I was her age.

 In school I was placed in bilingual classrooms all the time from K-4th grade. However, the teachers would practice spanish more than english, and i believe this was because most of us where Latinos. So by the time I was in 5th grade my spanish was great, but my english not so good.

Testing language level

I later learned that throughout all my life that English would become the main language of my discourse. standard english was very import an for my schools district. We were even tested and placed in different levels.

In my opinion standard english is the my language of our American culture. Therefore, it is ok for us to be used to writing in this discourse. However, I think that one should not forget its primary discourse, meaning do not forget the language you grew up in. 

In a personal feeling, I feel that having a standard structure, yes it makes me sound and write professional, but it does not allow me to freely express my self. 

LPS Hayward English teacher teaching

Through out middle school and High School we are getting prepared to learn how to write standard English, so we would be prepared for college. However, in college every major has its own discourse, and thats the power of college to learn new things, and new structures. All with the exception of english class. There we stick to the same standard English we learned in Middle- High school. 

To conclude my opinion, we should be able to write in our own language in certain class activities, just so we can practice. We should be able to fully express our selfs how ever we are pleased.