Ahmed Shehada<\/p>\n

Professor Garcia<\/p>\n

ELL 101<\/p>\n

October 1, 2018<\/p>\n

Reflective Essay #1<\/p>\n

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I was born in the in the Middle East and I went to America when I was about 2 years old. I grew up learning 2 languages which were Arabic and English. For me, Arabic was my first language and English was my second. I was pretty familiar with both languages but it was harder for me to learn English at a young age because I only used to speak Arabic in my household. Although I used to go to school to learn how to read and write in English. I felt like learning 2 languages at a young age wasn\u2019t as hard because I was learning them consistently at the same time. As I grew up, I began to understand both languages better and the dialects of the Arabic and English languages.<\/p>\n

I feel like I use both languages equally. I speak Arabic when I am talking to my parents but I speak to my siblings in English. My siblings and I grew up with the same level of the English language so I feel like we had a better connection when talking in English rather than when we spoke in Arabic. So in general I speak both languages in my house, I speak Arabic my with parents and speak English with my siblings. The dialect I use when speaking to my parents is different when speaking to my friends. The reason for that is because when speaking to my parents it\u2019s a different language and its more professional. \u00a0The dialect when speaking with my friends is different is because were speaking in English and I feel like there is more slang in our tone and language.<\/p>\n

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Q1- what should I include in my body paragraphs?<\/p>\n

Q2- \u00a0what information should I give when speaking about the 2 languages that I learned?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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