Multilingual Connections

Cinthia Muratalla                                                                                              Muratalla1

Proffesor: Amanda Reyes

English A

22 September 2015

Multilingual Connections

Ones identity can always fall back to language. For example, if you hear someone speaking Spanish you will assume that he or she is Hispanic. On the other hand if you hear someone talking English you will assume that he or she is American. I do agree with both authors regarding their views toward languages. Gloria Anzaldua just like Jamila Lyiscott, believe that the English they speak is a different form of English or Spanish. Jamila Lyiscott said in the popular show TED, “ now you may think that it is ignorant to speak broken English, but I’m here to tell you that even articulate Americans sound foolish to the british.(Lyiscott 1:30). What she means in the previous comment is true to the fact that the English language originates in England not in the United States. Therefore the American English can be seen as a form of slang or an improper way of speaking English. My opinion will fall within the same views as author Anzaldua and Lyiscott because I also speak different forms of English and Spanish. I don’t consider them different languages but more like a different form or accent. Alike something we see in the Spanish speaking countries like Mexico and central America. Although it’s the Spanish language that they speak it is quite different in the accent and some words.

Work cited

Lyiscott, Jamila. 3 ways to speak inglish.TED Talks

19 june 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?