3 LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A Comparative Linguistic Eitology 

		I

	I no understand new words berry gud
	so prease help me speek like reel person.
	I want to talk bout many things
	but ability is week.
	Also, most of natives talk to fast.
	It's a big headack . . . yeah.

		II

	Now confidense is growing,
	though sometimes feel weak.
	There are more things
	with this language I can do.
	Most speakers make good scents,
	but others just move their lips –
	ach, these ears itch!

		III

	At first my grasp was tentative,
	but now it feels strong.
	I've learned to wield language
	as a versatile tool
	and express ideas in varied forms.
	However, there are limits to what
	language itself can do
	and moments when the best thing
	is let the tongue be mute . . .


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from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A pictorial poem and conversation about linguistic identity and different ways of viewing English.
KEYWORDS: linguistic identities, language learning, language learners

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan  / Finished: 2013 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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