According to Nawa in “Bilingual and Struggling”, “about 55 million Americans speak a language besides English at home, but by the third generation, the home language tends to diminish.” Most of the time it’s not even the parent’s fault since the US has neglected the importance of bilingualism. However, Nawa and her husband are trying to only speak in Farsi at home so her daughters can learn their native language since they can learn English at school. According to an article based on bilingualism, “A second language can boost careers, sharpen analytical skills, and encourage communication with a world outside one's own” (Nawa). It’s very important to learn to speak and write English, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to forget…show more content… According to Nawa in “Bilingual and Struggling”, “The Hispanic community, which represents the majority of bilingual Americans, may speak only English by the third generation.” Because many parents want their kids to succeed in speaking and writing in English, a lot tend to neglect their native language to their kids. Then again one can’t blame a parent for wanting what’s best for their kids, but it doesn’t mean that a kid can’t speak the perfect Standard English and their native language. What’s even worse is that “bilingual kindergartners or bilingual children who go to public school for the first time are categorized as English deficient ” (Nawa). Right away the school system wants to place kids in a language-development class because they feel that they’re are not proficient in English. According to Velazquez, Boono’s preschool teacher, in “Bilingual and Struggling”, “Her preschool classes are 75 percent bilingual, she says.” Kids come into pre- school or kindergarten not knowing any English, yet within a month they can easily pick up English like the rest of the students. For instance, my first language was Spanish and when I started kindergarten, I didn’t know how to speak English that well. Even though I struggled to learn English at first, I was still able to pick it up it quickly. I knew other kids had the advantage for having English as their first language, but I’m grateful that I’m able to write and speak in Spanish. According to oncology nurse, Suzanne Robin, in her article “Why Is It Easier for a Child to Learn a New Language Than An Adult”, “ For a child, learning language is part of their brain chemistry. They are literally built to absorb information; they do this in an unconscious state of mind, like they’re learning and they don’t even know it.” There might be pros and cons when it comes to not knowing English when starting school as a kid, but kids can
