Chang Xiong

Ms. Sizemore

AP Eng Lit

19 April 2018

Pride Sample

An accomplishment that I take great pride in is my Seal of Biliteracy award. I have

obtained this award during my senior year of high school. This project was for students whom are

bilingual, students who can speak two languages fluently. The Seal of Biliteracy is a certificate that

indicates you can speak, write, and read two languages fluently. The first process of obtaining this

certificate was writing an essay in English about how your target language has influenced your life

and how it will help your future. The second step of earning it was to write an essay in your target

language, which was to answer the prompt completely in your target language. The third and final

step of getting the Seal of Biliteracy certificate was going through an interview in both Hmong and

English. The interviewers asked the students various questions and grades them on how well they

spoke in your target language and in English. When I discovered that I have obtained this

certificate, I was excited, shocked, and thrilled. The reason why I take great pride in the Seal of

Biliteracy is because it will help my future positively and it offers me many great opportunities.

Since I want to become a Hmong teacher and teach students about the Hmong language, culture,

and history, this certificate indicates that I am certified that I understand how to speak, read, and

write in Hmong. Again, earning this certificate is a great accomplishment because I can help

translate for those who do not understand English and it gives me an advantage to become a

Hmong teacher since it defines I can write, read, and speak Hmong fluently.