【Languageisawaytocommunicatewitheachother.Westartedtolearnlanguagewhenwewereborn.Howeverpeopleareusedtospeakingtheirnativelanguagesoimmigrants(移民)arehavingmanyproblemsbetweenthefirstgenerationandthe】

　　Languageisawaytocommunicatewitheachother.Westartedtolearnlanguagewhenwewereborn.Howeverpeopleareusedtospeakingtheirnativelanguagesoimmigrants(移民)arehavingmanyproblemsbetweenthefirstgenerationandthesecondgenerationbecausetheydon’thavethesamenativelanguage.A1sothesecondgenerationislosingtheiridentity.EspeciallyinAmericatherearemanyimmigrantsthatcamefromdifferentcountriestosucceedintheStates.BecausetheysufferinlotsofareassuchasgettingajobandtryingtospeakEnglishtheywanttheirchildrentospeakEnglishnotonlyatschoolbutalsoathomeinordertobemoresuccessful.

　　ForexamplemyauntwhohasbeenlivinginChicagoforfifteenyearshasthreechildrenandtheywereallbornintheStates.Theeighteen-year-olddaughterspeaksEnglishasanativelanguageandshespeaksKoreanverywelltoo.Shehasnoproblemtalkingwithherparentsbutshestilldoesn’tunderstandKoreanjokesandtheyaresometimesmisunderstandings.Theseconddaughterisfourteenyearsoldandshedoesn’twanttospeakKorean.MyauntoftengetsupsetwithherbecausesheisveryAmericanizedandtheycannotunderstandeachother.Evenwhenmyauntpunishesherthisdaughterdoesnotunderstandwhatmyauntistalkingabout.

　　MyaunttaughtKoreantoherchildrennotinordertohelpthemsucceedintheU.S.;shedidsohopefullytohelpthemestablishaKoreanidentity(身份).Thoughthesecondgenerationisborninthenewcountrytheyoftengetconfusedabouttheiridentitybecausetheylookdifferentfromothersandalsoiftheyvisittheirparents’countrytheywillprobablyfeeldifferentfromotherpeopletheretoo.

　　Wemustrealizethatlanguageisimportantandvaluableformanyreasons.Immigrantsshouldmakeaneffortnottobeignoredbytheirchildrenandtomaketheirchildrenunderstandtheirheritage(传统)byteachingthemtheparents’language.Thisisveryimportantnotonlyfortheharmony(和谐)ofthefamilybutalsoinhelpingthesecondgenerationestablishtheiridentity.

　　1.Whatdoyouthinkthisarticleisabout?

　　A.Learningasecondlanguage.

　　B.ImmigrantswhobecomehomesickintheU.S.

　　C.Languageanditseffectontheidentityofimmigrants.

　　D.Schoolsattendedbyimmigrants