Analysis: As Brave As My Grandfather

English 102

Instructor: Sherry Lefevre

Name: Esther Garcia

As Brave as My Grandfather One of the memories I treasure the most about my childhood is my grandfather’s bedtime stories. My favorites were about the war were he fought to defend the territory of my country Peru. The war stories will always end with a “Don’t you worry, my dear. There is nothing to be afraid of. You are a smart and strong little girl. You can face all your fears. You are after all your grandpa’s granddaughter.” But this is not a story about my grandfather; this is a story of how his bravery and advices inspired me to keep on going during my process of acquiring a second language in a foreign

She explains that when people are exposed to a second language during childhood, they are more likely to develop some kind of independence from the first language, not using it as a reference while learning. On the other hand, when a person learns the language in adulthood or late childhood, the second language will always be used as a main reference during the first stages of the learning process, therefore will develop some kind of dependency on the native language, which is exactly what was happening to

Otto explains that the borrowing occurs when the concept that a person wants to use not available in the second language. But this process is different depending on the stage when the vocabulary is learned. Children who have acquired two languages before the age of three will develop both vocabularies at the same time. On the other hand, in children older than three the acquisition of vocabulary for the second language will be diminished during preschool years, mostly because is limited to practicing at certain hours during a day or a week . It is worth noting that although the “code mixing” and the “code switching” can happen, children develop independence from one language to the other faster than adults