Languages spoken in my house or community

Hello,

Some languages spoken in my community are Chinese (traditional) and English.

At home, I speak Chinese (traditional) because my parents are from Taiwan. So my brother and I speak Chinese (traditional) at home, we also occasionally call my grandparents in Taiwan. They don’t speak English, so we also have to speak to them in Chinese (traditional). A way Chinese (traditional) shapes how I connect is that it was my first language. S I say open the lights or close the lights because that is how it is directly translated.

English is the other spoken language in my community and at home. I speak English at school so everyone can understand me. I also accidentally speak English at home because I spend most of my day in school, and so I got used to speaking English (though I prefer not to speak English at home because sometimes I get yelled at). How it shapes the way I communicate with others is that if I did not speak English, then I couldn’t actually communicate with a lot of other people, given that I live in the U.S.

I hope you have learned something about me!

Best,

Jonas