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The Truth behind Being Bilingual

Can you speak other languages besides English? How would you react if someone orders you to speak only in a certain language and that language is your second language? Many Americans who came from other countries, such as immigrants, face this kind of dilemma. Many of them find talking only in English difficult, because English is either their second or even third language. Some of them do not even know how to speak English at all, and those are the one who really suffer the most. In the article Latina Ordered to Speak English to Daughter, the Author informed us about a case between a Latin American mother who was ordered by the judge, to speak to her 5-year-old daughter in English only, in or out of their home. The State District Judge, Samuel C. Kiser, who was overseeing this child custody case and the one also being accused of unfair judgment said "If she starts first grade with the other children and cannot even speak the language that the......

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