What is it like living in a bilingual community?

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What is it like living in a bilingual community?
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SolitudesGrace	Dec 11 2011, 07:36 PM Post #1
Level 1 Posts: 28 Group: Members Member #1,621 Joined: Feb 20, 2010	Hello. This is sort of a weird request to post on a video game forum, but I was wondering if anyone could help me. I am taking a linguistics class, and I have a writing assignment I am unable to do on my own. The writing assignment is "Describe through personal experience or through interview what it is like to operate within a bilingual community." Well, I don't have any personal experience of living in a bilingual community, so I was just sort of wondering if anyone who does live in a bilingual community might be willing to say a few things about what it is like. You could talk about whether or not linguistic tensions or conflicts exist between different language speakers. You could talk about whether members of that community unconsciously mix elements from both languages in their own speech. You could talk about how schools handle bilingualism. Really, you can pretty much talk about anything you want. This is a very basic assignment. I don't need anything elaborate. Please, do not go out of your way. Just a few sentences will do. You can either reply through a private message, or you can just post something in this forum. In fact, I encourage you to post any thoughts in the forum rather than through a pm because that will give other people an opportunity to read about your thoughts and experiences. I would really appreciate it if someone could help. I posted this same basic request on other forum sites I am a member of; so hopefully, I will get at least one response somewhere. Anyways, thanks : ) Edited by SolitudesGrace, Dec 11 2011, 07:39 PM.



sdcpro	Dec 11 2011, 08:33 PM Post #2
Level 9 Posts: 2,243 Group: Members Member #1,460 Joined: Dec 21, 2009	When I am called to go out of the office to work, I deal in a lot of Spanish speaking communities. I don't talk to them much, however I do see that they will speak in both english and spanish while talking, mixing it together. It's interesting to hear that you can understand some of what they are saying and maybe piece it together, even when you don't understand the spanish part.



Eltimo21	Dec 13 2011, 12:18 AM Post #3
Halopwns Before Posts: 1,099 Group: Founding Members Member #77 Joined: Jan 27, 2009	I Live in the RGV and everybody knows a mixture of both English and Spanish. Like sdcpro said most of the time it's a mixing of them combined. As for non Spanish speakers they mostly understand because it's easy to learn and understand. As for me, being a freshman in Highschool my school teaches all of us Spanish and some of my friends are taking Spanish AP which is very Advanced. Anyways I hope this helps.



SolitudesGrace	Dec 13 2011, 01:59 PM Post #4
Level 1 Posts: 28 Group: Members Member #1,621 Joined: Feb 20, 2010	Thanks sdcpro and Eltimo21! Both of your responses are helpful. It appears some members of Spanish speaking communities in America may often combine elements of English and Spanish in their speech while in the public. Plus, it is interesting that English speakers mostly understand what these bilingual speakers are saying when they are combining linguistic elements of Spanish and English together. Also, it makes sense that schools in areas with a lot of Spanish speakers, such as in the RGV, make some attempts to accommodate Spanish speakers and to equip English speakers with some Spanish speaking skills. Thanks to you both I got some responses on another forum I posted this request on as well. I can probably take these responses along with the responses from the other forum and squeeze out a decent paper. Edited by SolitudesGrace, Dec 13 2011, 02:14 PM.



Jesusthe3dgame	Dec 20 2011, 08:29 PM Post #5
Level 4 Posts: 424 Group: Members Member #3,788 Joined: Apr 26, 2011	It's called 'Spanglish' in a lot of bilingual communities, Solitudes. Maybe using the buzz word could get you some extra credit.
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eSkilliam	Dec 25 2011, 10:02 PM Post #6
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sdcpro	Dec 26 2011, 02:28 AM Post #7
Level 9 Posts: 2,243 Group: Members Member #1,460 Joined: Dec 21, 2009	SolitudesGrace Dec 13 2011, 01:59 PM Thanks sdcpro and Eltimo21! Both of your responses are helpful. It appears some members of Spanish speaking communities in America may often combine elements of English and Spanish in their speech while in the public. Plus, it is interesting that English speakers mostly understand what these bilingual speakers are saying when they are combining linguistic elements of Spanish and English together. Also, it makes sense that schools in areas with a lot of Spanish speakers, such as in the RGV, make some attempts to accommodate Spanish speakers and to equip English speakers with some Spanish speaking skills. Thanks to you both I got some responses on another forum I posted this request on as well. I can probably take these responses along with the responses from the other forum and squeeze out a decent paper. Glad to help man. I'm happy my experiences can help someone out for a good cause Edited by sdcpro, Dec 26 2011, 02:28 AM.



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