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It was a day long awaited by my parents. My parents were Spanish speakers only by that time.
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I was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. During my first years of childhood I had not any contact With The Inglés language. Everybody around me spoke the native language born from my place, the Spanish language
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My ears heard the first words in the English language from my first grade teacher. I still remember her asking us to repeat the word "umbrella". I though, this is amazing, I'm speaking Inglés.
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During this time I learned new vocabulary. I acquired some skills in pronunciation at basic words. I did not have the ability to maintain a conversation in English.
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I had learned some words and many songs in English. I would not be afraid to learn a second language by that time.
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At the end of my Secondary a knew to writea few sentences with a basic vocabulary. I could read basic lectures. Also I could understand what I was reading with some difficulty.
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I felt frustrated and afraid because for first time I realized that did not how speak English . My developed for those year was almost NOTHING.
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I arrived to New York on my first time and I really believe that with just stepping on the Big Apple City I could been able to speak English such as magic. Wrong, wrong, wrong......
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During those years I learned more English but not sufficient to find a good pay job.
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I started to work at an Industrial Laundry. I learned new vocabulary terms used in relation to my work area.
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I studied part of a degree in psycology. I acquired some academic vocabulary. I left the schoolbecause my Productive English language was insufficient.
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This is the College I was studying for two years in Bronw, New York.
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When I returned to Puerto Rico had acquired a lot of experiences English language skills.
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I had not to much contact with the English language. Sometimes I seem movies in English but that was all.
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At last I could completed my degree in Elementary Education.
I took some English courses. My proficiency in the language skills were improved. -
At present I am developing my Recetive and Productive skills in English as never before. I am very happy and have the hope to completed my Certification in Bilingualism in July.
