Blog Post #1

My name, as already implied, is Soledad, I speak fluent English as well as Spanish. As a child my first language was Spanish which was spoken in my house more often than not until i turned 14. In school it is generally required for me to speak in English which has now become the tongue i use most often. I was asked if the language i speak at home,school, or work are the same and unfortunately i dont have an answer for that. It depends on who's home, when its just me and my siblings we speak English, however when the adults get home we speak Spanish. When im with my friends i generally speak in English unless im upset or confused. When i write i prefer to write in English however when i read Spanish seems more natural to me. I can read and write in both languages without a problem but in the back of my mind theres always some sort of difference that i really wouldnt be able to explain. When learning a new language i was taught in the same way, i was showed a picture then told the word which i then had to repeat. this is also the same process ive been using to learn japanese. Im not really sure how language came about, if i were to guess I'd have to say that each language is an offspring of another, and using actions, pictures, or sound is how many words came to form. i do wander how it is that it was decided that blue was a color and not in fact a word meaning jump. I would love to find out how many words came about and how did that "stick." who decided what each word meant and why? Inconclusion, every language is similar in one way or another, in my opion, and for me was taught all the same way. By seeing listening and repeating.