Vblog Entry 2
VBlog: https://youtu.be/dvUlwfjE1FQ The person I had the pleasure of interviewing was Mew. She is from Thailand and came to the United States for college. We met at Houston Community College in an elective course. Later, we both transferred to the University of Houston. We had a mutual connection through the arts, being that we both had an appreciation of music. In hindsight, I think our mutual appreciation of music help tremendously with building a solid foundation for communication purposes. Mew’s first language was Thai and upon coming to America she had little exposure to the English language. This lack of exposure to English as a second language mainly due to the fact she was primary using her first language as a sufficient means of communication in Thailand. I also think that upon arriving to America, Mew became cultural immersed in a new environment where the common language was English. This realization prompted her to learn English as a second language ...