Personal Narrative: My First Language In The United States
I have been in the united states of America for almost 3 years, I came to United States as a Migrant ,Although I can speak english but I was frustrated because I couldn’t communicate clearly at times, so people had hard time understanding me including friends , teacher and students.
No matter how I hard I practise speaking english I was struggling , even though english is not my first language, but it was always my favorite subject .One day I promised myself that if I could speak english well that I am going to help others who struggling the language and need help to communicate with other people.so I started helping the new comers the ones that needed help wheter it be translation or other things and giving them hope that one day …show more content…
This will help them get jobs, get an education, and understand American culture while living in the United States as a Somali. According to article Street Roots News website by Emily Green “In 2013, out of 25 Somali youth in Portland who made it to their senior year only nine graduated with a regular high school diploma.Because english is widely spoken in the united states most of refugees that came to united states are not able to speak or write the english language they have hard time getting the jobs ,the people that comes the United states have hard time understanding the americans and the people who are from like africa speak different english from the people who are from here.
Most of Somali refugees don’t know the language the feel most comfortable places and jobs where english-speaking skills aren’t necessary according to somali immigrant settlement in small minnesota and wisconsin communities by Zoltan Grossman , ‘’somali refugees the have been working by meat processing plant and (other industries that do not require advance English language) many who don't know the language when they arrive in the United States choose places to live and work a place that the can call
No matter how I hard I practise speaking english I was struggling , even though english is not my first language, but it was always my favorite subject .One day I promised myself that if I could speak english well that I am going to help others who struggling the language and need help to communicate with other people.so I started helping the new comers the ones that needed help wheter it be translation or other things and giving them hope that one day …show more content…
This will help them get jobs, get an education, and understand American culture while living in the United States as a Somali. According to article Street Roots News website by Emily Green “In 2013, out of 25 Somali youth in Portland who made it to their senior year only nine graduated with a regular high school diploma.Because english is widely spoken in the united states most of refugees that came to united states are not able to speak or write the english language they have hard time getting the jobs ,the people that comes the United states have hard time understanding the americans and the people who are from like africa speak different english from the people who are from here.
Most of Somali refugees don’t know the language the feel most comfortable places and jobs where english-speaking skills aren’t necessary according to somali immigrant settlement in small minnesota and wisconsin communities by Zoltan Grossman , ‘’somali refugees the have been working by meat processing plant and (other industries that do not require advance English language) many who don't know the language when they arrive in the United States choose places to live and work a place that the can call