This semester, I decided to join the CELOP Conversation Partner Program. My initial intention was to improve my language abilities, but I’ve also gained something much more valuable: a close friend.
In this household devoid of literacy, where no one could distinguish the difference between simple Chinese characters like “己” and “已” an unexpected obsession cultivated within a young boy — my brother.
The world is globalizing fast, instead of adapting to the integration of foreign language and culture, the United States is waiting for the rest of the world to assimilate to us or to kindly keep out.
Regardless of who you identify as, you should realize you are the same as everyone else. Minute differences in external appearance or political ideology do not give you the right to judge, belittle or harm someone.
We should commit ourselves to simply figuring out how someone talks beyond linguistic boundaries so the signs they send don’t get lost in transmission.
The most frustrating aspect, to me, about learning Spanish has been memorizing feminine and masculine nouns and adjectives. This is nothing new for many romance language speakers, but as a native English...
