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Koumeng Vang

Katia Monterrey

Summer Bridge 2021 : ENGL 5-74

Due: 7/11/2021

ePortfolio Assignment 1: Literacy Autobiography Revised Draft

English is like having a second blade that I have to keep sharpening and practicing with X or

else I'll lose my skill as a swordsman. A sword analogy is used because I see it as a way to

express the feeling of the English language English wasn't my first languaggand it was hard when)

had to split from speaking ong at home and€nglish at school. It felt like different languages clashing
in
with one another to see who'll be dominant. For this reasoyl struggled a lot and I had to be placed

support classes that 2H help me with myGnglish literature. c Asses earne

oesn •erto•communicateto •ustthe people and ifyowwantto really get our mess e acros
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audience orieadé@l grew up as a bilingual speaker with immigrant

parents and a lot of older siblings. as e oun e uc estto receive help; nOtjuStfrom m

Thope to one-daynotdisappoint them because they diceverything, o

helpÄneSOthereforeJdonfwant to waste their effort* In my life there were moments or stages in my

in middle school and improvement made in

development in my struggle in elementary school, discipline
my skills has given me great insight and
highschool. This long joumey of sharpening or improving
a lot. I will carry this experience on throughout my
broadened my view ongnglish literacy and helped me

next stage in college.

understand thatenglish was probably not your
Many people who grew up with immigrant parents can .

use sometimes when you speak or write. My

first language and that it was hard to find the right words to

adolescent years I've spent speaking my ong language but haven't gotten around to speaking Glish
 ong
because I didn't need it at first until I started school. For instance, when I was a little kid I spoke

but never spoke a word of english until I got to public school as a kindergartener and had to learn a lesson

that I needed to learnGnglish to properly communicate with new people who was notkmong and create

friendships. This was important because it was only the beginning of my journey to learning english

literacy and I had never needed to learn english properly until I started going to school, which is why I

know that I was not the only one who struggled with a second language. My relationship with speaking,

writing and reading was difficult because I never fully understood the text, my handwriting was sloppy

and I didn't know how to speak english properly. The reason for this was because it was diffcult for me

to understand and It felt like something out of my comfort zone in communication with people. For

instance, I have always talked to my parents and siblings in hmong ,so I got so used to it that everythin

that wasn't in hmong would be diffcult to understand for me and if I wanted something in class or needed

help I never knew how to ask because I truly didn't know how

because it made me realize that I will need help from others If I want to succeed in life which means to

step out of my comfort zone which I can accept now compared to when was little at the time. Luckily I

ellin dis i lin d 10 fr mm f il an e he hi h hel ed m relationshi ithen li h. I'll

say it's not the most emcient way of improving but it was my way of getting better when I was still in my

adolescence years

The joumey to improvement was probably diffcult for most people but now th ouv made it to

middle school it's time to refine it and improve your overall writing and reading skills because you'll need

to be good at it to be able to pass on what high school is gonna put you through. I know this because I
through the
have been through the same boat as everyone where I had to improve over time and persevere

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r hen I ot somethin r n I'd i r be f rce t writ
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helping me though, because they
only tried to help me improve on my english literacy. Since I doubted
my confidence- I learned to be proactive
and adapt to helping myselfbv avoiding help and being

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academically but. I also learned to be, self-disciplined and find other ways to help myself when po one can

I know now that this kind of mindset was negative and that I shouldn't be afraid to ask for help when I

need it. but during this time I truly felt alone even when I was with friends or had teachers who really

wanted to help. When I think back about those moments in middle,school in which I had confusion.

depression and self-doubt. I was luckv to have such a wonderful mother. even though she didnt speak or

write english well and was going through dialvsis. All of us were there to take care of her when she was

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drivin force tom self-im rovement disci line and her love fueled me to strive for success even when

felt like was alone.

already had my skills sharpened in writing and

It is almost the end of the school year and by this time I've
my highschool year I completed my
ready to tackle any writing assignment that was given.. By the end of
My senior year was the time to
finals and finished the necessary requirements to graduate high school.
these transcripts I delve deep into my
write transcripts to apply for colleges and scholarships. In writing
I realize it took me a while to get to
years which made me think about my relationship with writing and
 was difficult because
where I am now with writing today. For instance, in high school my freshman year
that I had to
english writing was hard for me to grasp and even my teachers said that it's something
I knew that 1
improve on. This is important because I was told this throughout my whole life in school and
I
wasn't the best. It was that my skills as a writer werent as concise as the teacher required it to be and

still lack the proper adequate skills to be an acceptable writer To improve, I had to revise my writing and

learn better vocabulary to better express my thoughts and paste it onto paper with proper grammar. I

didn't achieve this skill in a couple months but overtime it improved and when it did my relationship

with writing got better. In fact, over time writing became as I practiced and now it's easier to paste my

feelings onto paper that'll make the reader understand it. Overall, my writing experience has been a whole

journey that has prepared me for what's to come in college and I'll never forget the times I spent all

studying with blood sweat and tears to get things done. I hope to continue my relationship with writing to

sharpen it better and have an easier time when wHting.

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