Spanish is a language where how it sounds is how you spell it but it is do different for English because that concept does not apply. It is very useful because I help people translate.
— Abundio,
Spanish is a language where how it sounds is how you spell it but it is do different for English because that concept does not apply. It is very useful because I help people translate.
It helps to learn other language if you already have two languages under your belt.
Talking to other students who spoke the same language as me when trying to understand a problem. Asking questions to these students. Keeping secrets within the people who can speak the language Grocery shopping with my mom who cant speak english. Translating medical documents or any documents. Translating for mom when at doctors.
It’s been nice to use it with other Russians that I find.
It’s good to know heritage speaking friends. I do not have a negative experience because of my heritage language and culture. Being a bilingual speaker is a great experience to know both language and culture. I am proud of myself handling two languages.
In first grade, I had difficulty differentiating English from Spanish language. Therefore, I had to be taken out separately in order to have mini classes on knowing how to differentiate both languages. This was actually helpful because it helped me improve both of my languages and I can personally say that I am pretty proficient with both now. It has affected my experience at church because I learned all my prayers & such in my HL rather than English. So, now that I am away from home and in the Champaign community, there is not much Spanish masses available. Therefore, I tend to feel weird when entering a church that primarily utilizes English rather than Spanish. It has been a bit of a problem in terms of maintaining my religion here on campus since I am comfortable with Spanish only masses.
The Bilingual Advantage
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
707 S. Mathews Ave. MC-176 Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-244-3944
