Sunday, November 12, 2006
Ann's visit
Last week, I found it was nice experience, that Ann visited our class to express her views of the US. I think what she explained was interesting and made us think that not all American people are like the impression we have from the press. Sometimes we forget that we haven’t to put all the people in same sac (it’s a Spanish expression).
Ann spoke about the situation of the emigrants in US. For example she explained that her parents or grandparents were from Norway and they weren’t allowed to speak with their children in their own language. Fortunately this has changed. She’s told us that now in the US the opposite succeeds. There are a lot of parents which only speak Spanish to their children.
My opinion is that emigrants and their children should be able to maintain their own languages and also have an interest in learning the language and the culture of the country there are currently living.
Ann spoke about other things, but I will left it for another occasion.
Ann spoke about the situation of the emigrants in US. For example she explained that her parents or grandparents were from Norway and they weren’t allowed to speak with their children in their own language. Fortunately this has changed. She’s told us that now in the US the opposite succeeds. There are a lot of parents which only speak Spanish to their children.
My opinion is that emigrants and their children should be able to maintain their own languages and also have an interest in learning the language and the culture of the country there are currently living.
Ann spoke about other things, but I will left it for another occasion.
