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2026-04-02 21:27:45 UTC

Both Spanish and English were learned growing up. English was taught more formally through schooling, whereas Spanish was taught through our home environment and family members.

2026-04-02 21:28:07 UTC

I learned from my partner that he came from Mexico City and learned English throughout elementary school as well as bilingual classes when he moved to San Diego for schooling.

2026-04-02 21:28:31 UTC

Everyone in our group spoke multiple languages. One person speaks English, Italian, and Spanish. Another person speaks Japanese and English. As for myself, I grew up speaking both Korean and English.

2026-04-02 21:28:44 UTC

I learned from my partner, how he was introduced to Spanish through his family's heritage however he's not orally fluent on it. He understands it perfectly but he can't really speak it as he would want to. I also learned how he got introduced to ASL through his partially deaf teacher in high school.

2026-04-02 21:28:46 UTC

1) English, French, ASL (in school)

Spanish (at home)

2) Mandarin (in school in China)

English (at home)

3) English (in school)

Tamil (at home and at separate language class)

mfarag12 — 2026-04-02 21:29:07 UTC

philipino, tagalog (placed in ESL)

korean (slightly fluent)

two dialects of chinese (immersion program) spanish, french in school

Arabic

2026-04-02 21:29:13 UTC

English: At home but mainly in school starting from day care and preschool till k-12 and beyond

Telugu: Spoke it at home - grew in fluency when i moved to India in third grade (was there until 12th grade)

Hindi: Learnt it in school from 3-10th grade, also was introduced to it through media (cartoons and movies)

2026-04-02 21:29:45 UTC

1) I only knew Spanish until third grade. I heard Spanish in my home environment and the surrounding community, but when I entered elementary school, I had to learn English, and from there it became my main language. | | 2) My dad spoke Tagalog, and my mom spoke Ilocano, so I had to constantly switch between the two languages at a time, especially with my sister. I learned English by living in America. | | 3) I learned Spanish through my parents, and learned English in school

2026-04-02 21:30:34 UTC

I learned from my partner that she speaks Cambodian and English. She speaks and understands Cambodian, mainly due to her family's origin. As of myself, I speak English and Hindi- English from school and Hindi from friends and family around me.

2026-04-02 21:30:34 UTC

in our group we both speak English and Spanish '
we both learned Spanish through our surroundings, family members, and community
we both learned English when we finally started school (elementary)

2026-04-02 21:31:05 UTC

For my group we all have experiences learning English and Spanish in school.We talk, read, and write in English and Spanish but overall feel English is the dominant language as we use this language it in schooling more.

2026-04-02 21:31:26 UTC

I learned from my partner that they speak mostly Mandarin at home and English at school, and that they were learning English while in school in Taiwan where they were from. We both took languages that we knew of in high school to fulfill the language requirement, where she took Mandarin and I took Spanish. She also had a friend who took ASL in high school who I can relate to since by the end of the schooling, we both felt as if we had not learned that much from the high school classes.

2026-04-02 21:31:42 UTC

1) English and Tagalog growing up. Fluent in English, can understand conversational Tagalog

2)English and Hindi, fluent in both but lack literary skills in Hindi

2026-04-02 21:32:01 UTC

My classmate mentioned a disconnect with people who know a language since an in-group and out groups is formed between people who speak and people who do not speak a language. I also feel this disconnect sometimes since I was born in and grew up in the US. I speak my parents' village dialect, but I can understand the main language through childhood movies. So, I also feel a disconnect. I know what people are saying, but I cannot form complete thoughts without a dictionary in the main language. It made me very good at the dialect because I had to translate things for my family, though.

2026-04-02 21:32:03 UTC

We both spoke English at home and learned Spanish in high school.

2026-04-02 21:32:27 UTC

Our group talked about our experiences as bilingual speakers (Spanish and English; Korean and English). We talked about how similarly we grew up speaking our home language (Spanish; Korean) but did not have much experience reading and writing until taking classes in junior high/high school. We would speak our home language to our parents and extended relatives but would mainly use English anywhere else. Although we grew up learning our home language, we both ended up being more fluent at English.

2026-04-02 21:32:42 UTC

1) Spanish spoken at home and once my partner and I entered elementary school we started to learn English

2) My partner was emerged into a bilingual school where she spoke both Spanish and English, as where I only spoke English, but kept speaking Spanish at home

3) I started to take more Spanish courses in middle school and high school, whereas she started to take more classes in Spanish in highschool, but still spoke Spanish at home

2026-04-02 21:33:38 UTC

1) English: At home and at school

2) Spanish: At home, High school/middle school classes

3) ASL: Courses at community college

2026-04-02 21:33:48 UTC

Spanish was our first language as children, spoken primarily at home and in our communities. Entering school changed that dynamic for us and English later became our primary languages. We consider ourselves bilingual, in the sense that we regularly speak both English and Spanish and it has stuck by us throughout our personal and academic lives.

2026-04-02 21:34:06 UTC

My partner and I both had a different language as our very first with opportunities to learn the language. However, with time the language depletes. I had only learned grammar and Spanish literature once I got to highschool with very limited knowledge prior.

2026-04-02 21:34:21 UTC

I am only fluent in English but I grew up around Spanish because my grandmother spoke it all the time. However, it was never a case of home language and outside language kind of learning, so I was around it but not responding back in Spanish only speaking English. I then took Spanish as a class from 7th grade throughout high school, but still only really have a beginner level understanding of it.

2026-04-02 21:34:57 UTC

I grew up speaking, listening, reading, and writing in both English and Spanish. I would say that I am definitely more proficient in English as I utilize it the most in school, work, and communicating with others. However, I do use Spanish at home, with family members/friends, and sometimes with Spanish speakers at work/volunteering. I was in only bilingual classrooms throughout elementary because my parents thought it was important for me to have the ability to communicate in both languages.

2026-04-02 21:35:10 UTC

In our group we discussed

We both speak English and Spanish.
We both find English a lot harder to communicate than in Spanish.
Spanish was both our first language!

- One of us was taught Tagalog but never retained.

- One of us flipped flopped between Spanish, Tagalog, and English in our youth.

Being labeled a "no sabo" kid.

2026-04-02 21:35:19 UTC

My partner's first language was Spanish while my first language was Vietnamese. We both only started learning/speaking English at age 4-5 when we entered school, and both took Spanish in high school. I also grew up going to Vietnamese school on Saturdays from 1st to 8th grade, so I learned grammar, spelling, and writing/reading. We are now both more fluent in English than in our native languages.