At school and in public you describe hearing the cold, harsh sounds of the English language and wishing that your teachers would welcome you in Spanish, instead. You explain that, as a child, you regarded Spanish as your own personal language. ... I being half Salvadorian tried to speak, I"m sad to say, the little Spanish I knew to help her out but it just wasn't enough, it never seemed to be enough, as I"m sure you understand. ... No longer did you hear the warm sounds of Spanish fill your house. ... You say that you felt that your close-knit family ceased to exist as it once did when ...

• Word Count: 812
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the past year, I have had the enjoyment of partaking in the second level of Spanish at Imperial High School. To gradually increase my understanding of the Spanish language was solely dependent upon my linguistic and speaking skills. ... Spanish Two has helped to improve both my continuous study of the English language and literature work immensely. I can now literate Spanish pieces as well as write works of my own in a second tongue. ...

• Word Count: 608
• Approx Pages: 2

English speaking Americans in the United States should learn the language of Spanish, and Spanish citizens isolated in the United States should learn the language of English. ... The plane truth of the matter is that a whole lots more of us than currently do will have to be fluent in Spanish. ... Providing support personnel who are fluent in the language of the target market makes the statement that the company is sincere about the marketing promises and also helps the company track its advertising results. Therefore supporting bilingual customer service helps benefits the business organizatio...

• Word Count: 848
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Richard Rodriguez struggles to overcome the difference between his family language, Spanish and the American language, English. ... Therefore Spanish is the only communication language at home. ... He was afraid of this new language and was not ready to let go of his Spanish. ... Moving forward and taking advantage of all the languages they use has helped them both. Private or Public, language has been a large part of their lives and helped shape their view of the world....

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although I may be able to speak both English and Spanish, I cannot write in Spanish very well. ... Growing up I remember speaking to my parents in English a lot more than Spanish. I would say it in English then repeat it in Spanish. ... " instead of answering the proper way which is, "Thank you for calling BCBGMAXAZRIA in Oakbrook, this is ______ speaking how I may help?...

• Word Count: 906
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Illegal immigrants voted in Fresno and Tulare County in November 1994; and a prominent legal alien - a Mexican businessman and a publisher of a Spanish language newspaper - cast a ballot in both 1992 and 1994, despite his lack of American citizenship. The translations have large errors and help for fraud too. ...

• Word Count: 377
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The study of a foreign language helps improve English vocabulary and its proficiency. ... Learning a foreign language will help to get into an out of state college. It will also help with one's job opportunities and helping to higher salary potential. ... Most companies are looking to trade with Japan and they are looking for someone to help them out with trade overseas. ... It helps improve upon the understanding of literature, science, law and government. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

How would a policeman who only speaks English understand what someone speaking Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese, or any other language, would want him to do for them? ... The whole meaning of a nation is that everyone is united as one and helps each other out when times get rough. ...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

During the period of the great immigration in the early 17th century, basically all the English settlers strived to make a permanent settlement, unlike the Spanish who were there for conquest and the French for trade and conversion. ... Lotteries were unanimously accepted, because they helped raise money for churches and colleges, which education was seen as a necessity in the New England colonies. ...

• Word Count: 915
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Italy with Dante, Machiavelli and Ariosto, while Spain with Juan del Encina and Fernando de Rojas. ... Shakespeare gave us a new world in words and insights which would colour, help, deepen, lighten and depict our lives in thought and feeling. ...

• Word Count: 1046
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School