Alright, Hello internet and of course Miss, I have been set the homework task of writing about how language influences my life.
First off, I don't remember not being able to communicate, in one way or another , using words, and sometimes along with them an elaborate interpretive dance when in a different country. Until I went to France and was put into a real world situation of not being able to order a meal at a café without really speaking I didn't realise how much I take English for granted, a small knowledge of a second language doesn't get you by.
I feel that language over the years of my life - from when I was three and called a "drink" a "goonk," up until now. I have never realised how important it was until I was in that situation in France. I use language on a daily bases writing two blogs (this one and my personal blog), I read everyday and I talk to friends. I know how important English is to me.
I have always had trouble with spelling, I nearly always spell Guess Geuss because it is just what happens when I go to write it. You could go through everything I've ever written and very easily find spelling errors. Being concise is another problem I have, when I write it does not come across as strongly as when I speak directly to someone, when I am asked a question I will blable on for a while making the same point multiple times in my answer.
I love performing in my schools production, so being able to remember a script and then say it to an audience is something in English that I find extremely important. I feel I am a strong performer and I really enjoy it.
Up until year six I was not an avid reader, I read all the time now, I love reading because it is a way to almost escape from my adventures in real life, no matter how wonderful my life is it is a good way to escape bordem and pass time.
Writing is another part of language that I find interesting and enjoyable, I have written about five, extremely short, chapters of a short story that is purely an inner monologue of the main character. It is still a work in progress.
On a whole, the English language, being the only language I speak fluently (I speak a small amount of French also) I feel that I do take it for granted. I feel that language is not something should take for granted, you never know when you won't be able to rely on it.
Ok, so I may have been lying when I said my rambling doesn't come across in my writing.
Rosie
First off, I don't remember not being able to communicate, in one way or another , using words, and sometimes along with them an elaborate interpretive dance when in a different country. Until I went to France and was put into a real world situation of not being able to order a meal at a café without really speaking I didn't realise how much I take English for granted, a small knowledge of a second language doesn't get you by.
I feel that language over the years of my life - from when I was three and called a "drink" a "goonk," up until now. I have never realised how important it was until I was in that situation in France. I use language on a daily bases writing two blogs (this one and my personal blog), I read everyday and I talk to friends. I know how important English is to me.
I have always had trouble with spelling, I nearly always spell Guess Geuss because it is just what happens when I go to write it. You could go through everything I've ever written and very easily find spelling errors. Being concise is another problem I have, when I write it does not come across as strongly as when I speak directly to someone, when I am asked a question I will blable on for a while making the same point multiple times in my answer.
I love performing in my schools production, so being able to remember a script and then say it to an audience is something in English that I find extremely important. I feel I am a strong performer and I really enjoy it.
Up until year six I was not an avid reader, I read all the time now, I love reading because it is a way to almost escape from my adventures in real life, no matter how wonderful my life is it is a good way to escape bordem and pass time.
Writing is another part of language that I find interesting and enjoyable, I have written about five, extremely short, chapters of a short story that is purely an inner monologue of the main character. It is still a work in progress.
On a whole, the English language, being the only language I speak fluently (I speak a small amount of French also) I feel that I do take it for granted. I feel that language is not something should take for granted, you never know when you won't be able to rely on it.
Ok, so I may have been lying when I said my rambling doesn't come across in my writing.
Rosie
