Norely Rivas<\/p>\n

Professor Garcia<\/p>\n

ELL 101<\/p>\n

Reflective Essay #1<\/p>\n

October 1, 2018<\/p>\n

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I consider myself as a Dominican American. I was born in New York, NY but I was mostly raised in the Dominican Republic. My first language was spanish. I picked up some english phrases from my older siblings before attending school. I was always made fun of the way I pronounced certain english words in my early years, but in my opinion I think I definitely perfected the English language by the time I finished junior high school.<\/p>\n

Ever since I learned how to speak english, I would try and engage my parent to learn english as well. My dad got the hang of it pretty well, he is fluent in english and can even write some things depending the subject. My mom on the other hand is still struggling to speak english. She doesn\u2019t feel as comfortable speaking the different language and feels as if people will probably make fun of her and ignore her. Instead of trying to teach her the basics I thought it would be easier if I were to just speak to her in english, since she understands some things and she\u2019d try to respond in spanish, now we use this method of communication every day. Although both my parents understand the english language enough to carry small conversations, I feel more comfortable talking to them in spanish majority of the time.<\/p>\n

Growing up, I was raised in a hispanic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and also was raised in the Dominican Republic. \u00a0One of the great advantages of being a bilingual child was that I was able to make a friend or two everywhere I went. I was able to pick up on conversations with kids that spoke english or spanish. In school there were only a few selected students who were also bilingual, those were the students I clicked with the most and I still associate with them \u2018til this day.<\/p>\n

Questions<\/p>\n

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2. Should I use literal examples of what the Dominican Spanish language consists of?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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