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1. Language is a way to communicate with each other. We started to learn language when we were born. However, people are used to speaking their native language, so immigrants are having many problems between the first generation and the second generation because they don't have the same native language. Also, the second generation is losing their identity. Especially in America, there are many immigrants that came from different countries to succeed in the States. Because they suffer in lots of areas such as getting a job and trying to speak English, they want their children to speak English, not only at school, but also at home in order to be more successful. Because of this situation, their children are losing their ethnic identity and, even more, they are ignoring their parents whose English is not very good.
2. I think most immigrants are trying to preserve their native language in their new country, but this doesn't
help very much in getting a good job. My aunt didn't teach Korean to her children in order to help them succeed in the U.S.; she did so, hopefully, to help them establish a Korean identity. Though the second generation is born in the new country, they often get confused about their identity because they look different from others, and also, if they visit their parent's country, they will probably feel different from other people there, too. My cousins told me that when they visited Korea a few years ago, they felt different from other Koreans. They could even feel it just strolling around the street because they wore different clothes and walked differently.
3. We must realize that language is crucial for many reasons. Immigrants should make an effort not to be ignored by their children and to make their children understand their heritage by teaching them the parents' language. This is very important, not only for the harmony of the family, but also in helping the second generation establish their identity.
I.COMPREHENSION
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A.1.This article is about…………….: Choose the right answer
a) Learning a second language
b) Language and its effect on the identity of immigrants
c) Immigrants who become sick in the U.S.
d) Schools attended by immigrants to the U.S
2. What problems do first generation immigrants encounter with in the U.S.A?
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B. True or False? Justify
1. Second generation immigrants are usually eager to learn their parents' native language
C.Find in the text words meaning nearly the same as
1.Protect(prg 2)
2.important and necessary (par.3).
D.What do the coloured word in the text refer to?
a) there
b) situation
