Trying to show my understanding of the topic and what I understood from both memoirs I'm going to write an analytical response about how language can always change our identity and how we look in peoples eyes and how they see us, and at the same time how we see ourselves and how we identify ourselves. Knowing ur identity in this case is not about how you act with people or what you do, in this case identity is understood by your name, your language, and where you come from etc. This is what actually matters in this case of knowing your identity when it comes to learning a foreign language in a different country then yours and how people see you in their eyes different then others in your own country would. The reason being is that while learning a new language it can affect you with realizing, that means that you can forget your mother tongue easily by always talking that specific language and not speaking your formal language, thats why its crucial to always keep up with your language and the slangs words etc. because if you don't remember all that you basically lost your identity. From the memoirs written by Tan and Sedaris I got to understand the difficulty of trying to learn a new language and how that can not only affect your identity but at the same time affecting our personality, looking at Sedaris when he went to France he was confident about being able to learn the language and it being easy however, he realized that being in a foreign country having everyone in the country speaking the language your trying to learn is hard so his confidence decreased and when he returned to the US he was less confident especially being separated into leveled classes.
I totally agree with the idea of language being able of changing us in many different ways and especially our identity thats why its always important to understand and develop your identity so that it doesn't change. It is hard to maintain and keep hold of your true identity while learning a language especially when its totally new to you, because you put yourself in the situation of talking one specific language and not talking anything else however thats wrong, and in my opinion you should always try to talk both the language your trying to learn and your mother tongue language cause thats what identifies you as a person.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading you blog. It clearly gives a viewpoint on the subject. I also associate my language with my identity, and my difficulty with languages as well. Holding on to your first language is important, especially when not only your identity, but your history is linked with your language. This can be a struggle for people, but I understand where your analysis is coming from. But, your grammar and spell can be improved, but overall, it was an enjoyable blog. Short and sweet.
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ReplyDeleteI liked this analytical blog post of yours because you explain how we as humans connect language and culture to our identity, and when that is changed we tend to change our identity as well and because of that we can also have struggles in life. I agree with you that language is probably the biggest struggle and that we all have suffered that but now we are past that phase. Next time before you post it check spelling child.
Well done!!!!!!!!