SLADuartefall18

For my SLA interview, I interviewed my husband, Erick Duenas. Erick grew up in Houston Texas, and his parents are natives of El Salvador. As I interviewed Erick, I heard his accent throughout the interview. Erick was in the bilingual class through pre-k- fifth grade. Erick did not learn English until he was in sixth grade. Erick did say that learning English later in his pre-teens did affect him because he stated that the older you get the harder it gets to learn. Erick also mentioned that he learned English from his peers at school, with his older siblings and watching American TV.   Erick feels that learning a second language has affected him in a positive way. Erick has found it very beneficial being able to speak two languages. Erick said that he found Spanish more difficult because of the accents that need to be added when writing and there are more letters in the alphabet. Erick did experience language cultural shock he found it very stressful and, in Second langu...