It has helped me being able to have a different perspective in my classes. Having my heritage language has helped me in situations where I am listening to something in my heritage language and I can use my knowledge to explain it to others. As a result, this has helped me develop better relationships with those in the class. I am also able to bounce off ideas with those better once we both understand it. It has helped me develop relationship with more people than I could have imagined. Often times if I know someone that speaks the language, it is a conversation starter and allows us something to bond over.
