Writting Assignment

When people want to share their experiences with each other they use language. The written and spoken language is very important because we use it to express our thoughts, emotions and opinions. Sharing same language means sharing the same culture. Language is inherited from one generation to the next generation. The culture and language that we know is given from our parents and we will give it to our children. Every human has own language since birth which helps him to communicate with family, friends, and strangers. I was born in Macedonia and my native language is Macedonian. But the first seven years of my life I lived in Germany with my family. I was speaking German and knew only some basic Macedonian words. When we moved back to Macedonia I had to learn writing and also speaking Macedonian. With learning my language very soon I started to forget German. Now I only know couple of German words. In Elementary school and High school everyone in my country have to learn second language, so I choose to learn English. Knowing English Language was very significant for me, when I decided to stay here in United States. After I finished high school I went to college in Bulgaria. Macedonian and Bulgarian language are very similar but still have a lot of differences. The Bulgarian alphabet consists of couple of letters that were new for me. As a result it was very difficult at the beginning because I couldn’t understand everything. But after couple of months I was able to learn those letters, which were not part of my alphabet and to understand the new sounds. My major in Bulgaria was International relationships so I had to study two languages, I choose English because I was familiar with the language and my second choice was Spanish, I learned only the basic of Spanish. Now I can understand a little bit Spanish, but because I never talk or practice I’m not able to respond. That is why I think when you want to learn a new language it is a big advantage to understand it and being able to answer. I will like to know if there is a way the adults can learn new language easier. Why sometimes learning a new language can interfere with the old language we learned. For example my father knows and speaks German, now he lives in Italy, and he is trying to learn Italian but it’s difficult for him because always when he tries to speak Italian, the words that he is pronouncing have German accent. So how can adults make a distinction between the old language that are familiar with and the new language that they need to learn.