Richard Rodriguez Summary Paper Language is a psycho-social thought process by which we communicate and interpret the people and community around us. Richard Rodriguez demonstrates his childhood relationship with language in his essay “Private Language‚ Public Language“. The essay is filled with numerous characteristics of language as seen through the eyes of a grown man reflecting on his childhood thoughts. While as a grown man he embraces English as his new private language‚ Rodriguez
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09-26-2011 Public and Private language: A review of the essay Private Language‚ Public Language by Richard Rodriquez In Richard Rodriguez’s article Private Language‚ Public Language Rodriguez uses his introduction to language to show the difference‚ to him‚ between his home language‚ of Spanish‚ and that of what he considers public‚ that of English. Language as he says is separated by “Just opening or closing the screen door‚” it was the difference between being home in his own language and being
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Hanyong Na Michaela Vargas English 120-8669 7 October‚ 2012 Differences of Private and Public Language “I remember to start with that day in Sacramento when I first entered a classroom‚ able to understand some fifty stray English words” (Rodriguez 535). Richard Rodriguez‚ who is the author of the essay “Private Language‚ Public Language”‚ introduces how he was raised and lived as well as how he felt growing up in the States as an immigrant family. After reading the Rodriguez’s essay‚ there
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Richard Rodriguez’s “Public and Private Language‚” Amy Tan’s “The Language of Discretion‚” and Itabari Njeri’s “What’s in a Name?” each described language‚ ethnicity‚ and identity respectively. In “Public and Private Language‚” Richard tells a story of a Spanish-speaking child who gained various positive benefits and advantages by speaking more English. However‚ they grew apart as his family began to speak less Spanish with one another. In this essay‚ the power of language greatly influenced his
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Questions for Discussion 1. One way to read Richard Rodriguez’s essay is as a discussion of two discrete educational philosophies. What are they? The two discrete educational philosophies are bilingual education and teaching a second language. 2. What does Rodriguez mean when he says‚ “[I]n a way‚ it didn’t matter very much that my parents could not speak English with ease…. And yet‚ in another way‚ it mattered very much” (para.15)? I think when Rodriguez’s said it didn’t matter to him
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English as a Second Language It is a struggle to adapt to a new culture and language‚ which may be completely different from the ones young child may have already learned. This can lead to inner conflict‚ confusion‚ and even anger. One way to handle the conflict is to cut ties with the first culture including language. But is this the answer? Doing so can create a sense of loss. In the essay “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”‚ Richard Rodriguez shares his personal experience with learning
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1. Identify and evaluate the speaker’s thesis. What was the focus of the presentation? Did the speaker address the ideas presented in the thesis? Judd Larson explained before he began that he would be talking about four c’s: Complaint‚ Caveat‚ Conflict‚ and Confidence. The focus of the presentation was on the reading read before he spoke: 2nd Corinthians Ch. 4. I think he had a great idea with the four C’s but there wasn’t really an introduction to the speech about the text. He just lists off the
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choose‚” say many students who come to this country speaking languages other than English. The ethnic and linguistic diversity in the United States is what makes this nation different from any other country in the world‚ and the ethnic population of the United States has been growing at a rapid rate. However‚ with so many different cultures and languages coexisting in this nation‚ there has been constant debate about whether or not languages other than English should be honored and maintained in the
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Rodriguez grew up as a Mexican immigrant in a middle class white dominated neighborhood. In his growing up and accustoming with the world around him‚ he learns that language may not be the key to the intimacy he had grown so accustomed to. Although‚ one may communicate intimacy through language. Rodriguez transferred into school without knowing English until he’s forced to learn it with the help of his school teacher. As a result‚ Rodriguez finds himself forgetting bits and pieces of how he used
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The relationship between Richard Rodriguez and Richard Hoggart is supremely that of a student to a teacher with Rodriguez as the student and Hoggart as the teacher. In moments when Rodriguez says that Hoggart’s opinion of what a “scholarship boy” entails is “more accurate than fair‚” Rodriguez is learning more as if he is a student (547). Of course Rodriguez now‚ after having written “The Achievement of Desire‚” understands his place as a “scholarship boy” student; however‚ there are brutally honest
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